Television Broadcasting Services St. George, Utah

AGENCY:

Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION:

Final rule.

SUMMARY:

On February 12, 2021, the Media Bureau, Video Division (Bureau) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in response to a petition for rulemaking filed by KUTV Licensee, LLC (Licensee), the licensee of KMYU, channel 9 (MyNetwork/CBS), St. George, Utah, requesting the substitution of channel 21 for channel 9 at St. George in the DTV Table of Allotments. For the reasons set forth in the Report and Order referenced below, the Bureau amends FCC regulations to substitute channel 21 for channel 9 at St. George.

DATES:

Effective June 3, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202) 418-1647 or Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The proposed rule was published at 86 FR 16313 on March 29, 2021. The Licensee filed comments in support of the petition reaffirming its commitment to apply for channel 21. No other comments were filed. In support, the Licensee asserts that KMYU, as a VHF channel station, has a long history of dealing with severe reception problems, and that substitution of channel 21 for channel 9 will result in enhanced signal levels to a large percentage of the population within KMYU's service area, without any predicted loss of coverage and with a predicted increase of more than 8,000 persons in the KMYU service area. This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket No. 21-53; RM-11878; DA 21-596, adopted May 20, 2021, and released May 20, 2021. The full text of this document is available for download at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental 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.

The Commission will send a copy of this Report and Order in a report to be sent to Congress and the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

• Television

Final Rule

For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission amends 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(i), amend the Post-Transition Table of DTV Allotments, under Utah, by revising the entry for St. George to read as follows: