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Television Broadcasting Services Missoula, Montana.

The Federal Communications Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on May 3, 2024. It took effect on May 3, 2024.

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What the agency says

The Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau), has before it a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed by Sinclair Media Licensee, LLC (Petitioner or Sinclair), the licensee of KECI-TV (Station or KECI-TV), channel 13, Missoula, Montana (Missoula). The Station is currently operating on channel 13, and in 2021, the Bureau granted Sinclair's request to substitute UHF channel 20 for VHF channel 13 at Missoula in the Table of TV Allotments (Table). Sinclair currently holds a construction permit to modify its facility to operate on channel 20 and has petitioned for the substitution of channel 21 for channel 20 at Missoula in the Table. Sinclair filed comments in support of the petition, as required by the Commission's rules (rules), reaffirming its present intention to apply for a construction permit to build the Station's facilities on channel 21 and to promptly construct such facilities.

Key facts

Document number
2024-09658
Type
Final rule
Action
Final rule
Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Published
May 3, 2024
Takes effect
May 3, 2024
Dates
Effective May 3, 2024.
Docket
MB Docket No. 23-380; RM-11968; DA 24-381; FR ID 216242
Code of Federal Regulations
47 CFR 73
Topics
Television
Pages
2

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