# Digital television table of allotments.
**AGENCY:**
Federal Communications Commission.
**ACTION:**
Proposed rule.
**SUMMARY:**
The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Corridor Television, L.L.P. (Petitioner), the licensee of KCWX (MyNetwork), channel 5, Fredericksburg, Texas. The Petitioner requests the substitution of channel 8 for channel 5 at Fredericksburg in the DTV Table of Allotments.
**DATES:**
Comments must be filed on or before July 26, 2021 and reply comments on or before August 9, 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 the Petitioner as follows: Jonathan Mark, Esq., Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 1301 K Street NW, Suite 500 East, Washington, DC 20005.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202) 418-1647 or at *[email protected]* .
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
In support of its channel substitution request, the Petitioner states that since it converted to digital channel 5 operations in 2009 it has received numerous complaints from the public about poor reception. The Petitioner recounts the steps it has taken to improve reception on its low-VHF channel, but concludes that it has no option to resolve the Station's reception problems other than to move from its low-VHF channel 5 to high-VHF channel 8. In its Amended Engineering Statement, the Petitioner proposes to utilize a Distributed Transmission System (DTS) facility comprised of six single frequency network (SFN) nodes, and submitted documentation showing that the loss areas would continue to be well-served by at least five other television stations, except an area with only 14 people, a number the Commission considers *de minimis.*
This is a synopsis of the Commission's *Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,* MB Docket No. 21-254; RM-11911; DA 21-705, adopted June 16, 2021, and released June 16, 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 *[email protected]* or call the Consumer & Government Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (VOICE), (202) 418-0432 (TTY).
This document does not contain information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. 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 107-198, *see* 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4). 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 Section 1.1204(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.1204(a).
*See* Sections 1.415 and 1.420 of the Commission's rules for information regarding the proper filing procedures for comments, 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420.
**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 73 — Radio 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 § 73.622 in paragraph (i), amend the Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments under Texas by revising the entry for Fredericksburg to read as follows:
§ 73.622
(i) * * *
| Community | Channel No. |
| --- | --- |
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| * * * * * | |
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| * * * * * | |
| Fredericksburg | 8 |
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| * * * * * | |