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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 54 / Tuesday, March 23, 2021 / Proposed Rules FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
MB Docket No. 2151; RM11876; DA 21
160; FR ID 17523

Television Broadcasting Services Cedar Rapids, Iowa Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:

The Video Division has before it a petition for rulemaking filed November 27, 2020 Petition by Gray Television Licensee, LLC Petitioner, the licensee of KCRGTV ABC, channel 9 KCRG or Station, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Petitioner requests the substitution of channel 32 for channel 9 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa in the digital television DTV Table of Allotments.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be filed on or before April 22, 2021 and reply comments on or before May 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary, 45
L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve counsel for petitioner as follows: Joan Stewart, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, 1776 K
Street NW, Washington, DC 20006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Manley, Media Bureau, at 202
4180596 or Andrew.Manley@fcc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support of its channel substitution request, the Petitioner states that the Commission has recognized that VHF channels have certain propagation characteristics which may cause reception issues for some viewers, and also that the reception of VHF signals require larger antennas . . . relative to UHF
channels. According to the Petitioner, many of its viewers experience significant difficulty receiving KCRG
TVs signal. The Petitioner further states that its channel substitution proposal will result in no loss of service.
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substitution proposal warrants consideration. Channel 32 can be substituted for channel 9 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as proposed, in compliance with the principal community coverage requirements of 73.625a of the Commissions rules at coordinates 421859.0 N and 9151
31.0 W. In addition, we find that this channel change meets the technical requirements set forth in 73.616 and 73.623 of the rules.
This is a synopsis of the Commissions notice of proposed rulemaking, MB Docket No. 2151; RM
11876; DA 21160, adopted February 12, 2021, and released February 12, 2021. The full text of this document is available for download at https
www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request materials in accessible formats braille, large print, computer diskettes, or audio recordings, please send an email to FCC504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer &
Government Affairs Bureau at 202
4180530 VOICE, 202 4180432
TTY.
This document does not contain information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any proposed information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees, pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506c4. Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, 5 U.S.C. 601
612, do not apply to this proceeding.
Members of the public should note that all ex parte contacts are prohibited from the time a notice of proposed rulemaking is issued to the time the matter is no longer subject to Commission consideration or court review, see 47 CFR 1.1208. There are, however, exceptions to this prohibition, which can be found in 1.1204a of the Commissions rules, 47 CFR 1.1204a.
See 1.415 and 1.420 of the Commissions rules for information regarding the proper filing procedures for comments, 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

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List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Television.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan, Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.

Proposed Rule For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR
part 73 as follows:
PART 73RADIO BROADCAST
SERVICE
1. The authority citation for part 73
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339.

2. In 73.622i, amend the PostTransition Table of DTV Allotments under Iowa by revising the entry for Cedar Rapids to read as follows:

73.622 Digital television table of allotments.

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Community

Channel No.

Iowa

Cedar Rapids

27, 29, 32, 47.

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