[Federal Register: October 31, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 211)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 62046]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[DA 03-3144, MB Docket No. 03-221, RM-10796]
Television Broadcast Service; Tupelo, MS
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by KB
Prime Media and United Television, Inc. requesting the substitution of
channel 49 for channel 35+ at Tupelo, Mississippi. TV Channel 49 can be
allotted to Tupelo with a plus offset at reference coordinates 33-55-37
N. and 88-33-36 W.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before December 8, 2003, and reply
comments on or before December 23, 2003.
ADDRESSES: The Commission permits the electronic filing of all
pleadings and comments in proceeding involving petitions for rule
making (except in broadcast allotment proceedings). See Electronic
Filing of Documents in Rule Making Proceedings, GC Docket No. 97-113
(rel. April 6, 1998). Filings by paper can be sent by hand or messenger
delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or
overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. The Commission's contractor, Natek,
Inc., Inc., will receive hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper
filings for the Commission's Secretary at 236 Massachusetts Avenue,
NE., Suite 110, Washington, DC. 20002. The filing hours at this
location are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. All hand deliveries must be held together
with rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes must be disposed of
before entering the building. Commercial overnight mail (other than
U.S. Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to
9300 East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service
first-class mail, Express Mail, and Priority Mail should be addressed
to 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. All filings must be
addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary,
Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to
filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve the
petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: David D.
Oxenford, Shaw Pittman, 2300 N Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037-1128
(Counsel for KB Prime Media LLC) and Marvin J. Diamond, Law Offices of
Marvin J. Diamond, PMB 365, 464 Common Street, Belmont, Massachusetts
02478 (Counsel for United Television, Inc.).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Blumenthal, Media Bureau, (202)
418-1600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 03-221, adopted October
9, 2003, and released October 16, 2003. The full text of this document
is available for public inspection and copying during regular business
hours in the FCC Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th
Street, SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. This document may also
be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, Qualex
International, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW, Room CY-B402,
Washington, DC, 20554, telephone 202-863-2893, facsimile 202-863-2898, or via-e-mail qualexint@aol.com.
Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply
to this proceeding.
Members of the public should note that from the time a Notice of
Proposed Rule Making is issued until the matter is no longer subject to
Commission consideration or court review, all ex parte contacts are
prohibited in Commission proceedings, such as this one, which involve
channel allotments. See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules governing
permissible ex parte contacts.
For information regarding proper filing procedures for comments,
see 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Television broadcasting.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73 as follows:
PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES
1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334 and 336.
Sec. 73.606 [Amended]
2. Section 73.606(b), the Table of Television Allotments under
Mississippi, is amended by removing channel 35+ and adding channel 49+
at Tupelo.
Federal Communications Commission.
Barbara A. Kreisman,
Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 03-27429 Filed 10-30-03; 8:45 am]
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