2025-18342: Television Broadcasting Services Hutchinson, Kansas

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 181 (Monday, September 22, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 181 (Monday, September 22, 2025)] [Proposed Rules] [Page 45367] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-18342] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 73 [MB Docket No. 25-287; RM-12010; DA 25-854; FR ID 313820] Television Broadcasting Services Hutchinson, Kansas

Agency

Federal Communications Commission.

Action

Proposed rule. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

This document proposes to amend the Table of TV Allotments (table) of the Federal Communications Commission's (Commission) rules by substituting channel *33 for *8 at Hutchinson, Kansas in response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed by Kansas Public Telecommunications Service, Inc. (Kansas Public or Licensee), the licensee of noncommercial educational PBS member television station KPTS(TV) (KPTS or Station) channel *8, Hutchinson, Kansas (Hutchinson). In support of its channel substitution request, the Petitioner asserts that allowing the Station to move from a VHF to a UHF channel would serve the public interest by improving signal reception for viewers. The staff engineering analysis finds that the proposal is in compliance with the Commission's principal community coverage and technical requirements. The proposed channel change is predicted to result in service to more viewers, both through better signal quality and an expanded coverage area.

Dates

Comments must be filed on or before October 22, 2025 and reply comments on or before November 6, 2025.

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: Derek Teslik, Gray Miller Persh LLP, 2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 226, Washington, DC 20007.

For Further Information Contact

Emily Harrison, Media Bureau, at [email protected], (202) 418-1665, or Mark Colombo, Media Bureau, at [email protected], (202) 418-7611.

Supplementary Information

This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 25-287; RM-12010; DA 25- 854, adopted September 16, 2025, and released September 16, 2025. The full text of this document is available online at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. 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 Sec. 1.1204(a) of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.1204(a). See Sec. Sec. 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. Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act: The Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act, Public Law 118-9, requires each agency, in providing notice of a rulemaking, to post online a brief plain-language summary of the proposed rule. The required summary of this notice of proposed rulemaking is available at https://www.fcc.gov/proposed-rulemakings. 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 SERVICES 0