04-20905. Digital Television Broadcast Service; Anchorage, AK

AGENCY:

Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION:

Final rule.

SUMMARY:

The Commission, at the request of Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc., Channel 2 Broadcasting Company, and Smith Television License Holding, Inc., licensees of stations KAKM, KTUU and KIMO, substitutes DTV channels *8c, 10c, and 12c, respectively, at Anchorage, Alaska. See 69 FR 30856, June 1, 2004. DTV channels *8c, 10c, and 12c can be allotted to Anchorage, Alaska, in compliance with the principle community coverage requirements of Section 73.625(a) at reference coordinates 61-25-22 N. and 149-52-20 with a power of 50, 21, 41 respectively, HAAT of 240 meters and with a DTV service population of 264 thousand for each station. With this action, this proceeding is terminated.

DATES:

Effective October 25, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Pam Blumenthal, Media Bureau, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MB Docket No. 04-189, adopted September 1, 2004, and released September 9, 2004. 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. This document may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC, 20554, telephone [phone], facsimile 301-816-0169, or via-e-mail [e-mail].

This document does not contain [new or modified] information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104-13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any new or modified “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).

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

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

• Digital television broadcasting
• Television

Part 73 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 73—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334 and 336.

§ 73.622

[Amended]

2. Section 73.622(b), the Table of Digital Television Allotments under Alaska, is amended by removing DTV channels 18, *24 and 30 and adding DTV channels *8c, 10c, and 12c at Anchorage.

Federal Communications Commission.

Barbara A. Kreisman,

Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau.