Wednesday, September 26, 2007 Part II Federal Communications Commission 47 CFR Part 73 Advanced Television Systems and Their Impact Upon the Existing Broadcast Service; Proposed Rule and Final Rule VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:58 Sep 25, 2007 Jkt 211001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4717 Sfmt 4717 E:\FR\FM\26SER2.SGM 26SER2 jlentini on PROD1PC65 with RULES2 54720 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 186 / Wednesday, September 26, 2007 / Rules and Regulations FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 418–0530 (voice), (202) 418–0432 coordinates are specified on a station COMMISSION (TTY). license or construction permit, and the requested change did not result in a Summary of the Seventh Report and 47 CFR Part 73 change of more than three seconds Order [MB Docket No. 87–268; FCC 07–138] latitude or longitude for the station, we 1. In this Seventh Report and Order, are making the requested correction. Advanced Television Systems and the Commission adopts a new Table of Accepting corrections to Appendix B of Their Impact Upon the Existing Allotments for digital television three seconds or less is consistent with Television Broadcast Service (‘‘DTV’’) providing all eligible stations the Commission’s rules, which do not with channels for DTV operations after require a construction permit for such a AGENCY: Federal Communications the DTV transition on February 17, correction before it can be licensed. Commission. 2009. The new DTV Table is the result Three seconds of latitude or longitude is ACTION: Final rule. of informed decisions made by eligible approximately 200 to 300 feet. The licensees and permittees during the stations for which we make such a SUMMARY: The Commission adopts a Commission’s channel election process. correction are listed in Appendix D1 new Table of Allotments for digital As the Commission stated in the hereto and the changes requested by television (DTV) providing all eligible Seventh Further Notice of Proposed those stations are reflected in DTV Table stations with channels for DTV Rule Making in this proceeding (71 FR Appendix B adopted herein. operations after the DTV transition on 66592, November 15, 2006) (‘‘Seventh 4. We also received comments filed February 17, 2009. The new DTV Table Further Notice’’), in developing these on behalf of stations requesting accommodates all eligible broadcasters, final DTV allotments the Commission modification of the proposed DTV Table reflects to the extent possible the has attempted to accommodate Appendix B in the Seventh Further channel elections made by broadcasters, broadcasters’ channel preferences as Notice either to express a station’s and is consistent with efficient well as their replication and geographic coordinates in tenths of spectrum use. The new DTV Table maximization service area certifications seconds in addition to the currently finalizes the channels and facilities (made via FCC Form 381). The DTV listed degrees, minutes, and seconds or necessary to complete the digital Table adopted herein reflects to round to the nearest whole second transition and ultimately will replace consideration of the comments filed in rather than merely truncate the data. the existing DTV Table at the end of the response to the Seventh Further Notice One such commenter argued that DTV transition. The existing DTV Table as well as our efforts to promote overall precision is important as even a small continues to govern stations’ DTV spectrum efficiency and ensure that change in location data could have an operations until the end of the DTV broadcasters provide the best possible impact on interference studies in light transition. service to the public. of the 0.1 percent interference standard. DATES: Effective October 26, 2007. 2. In early 2006, Congress established We note that a tenth of a second latitude February 17, 2009 as a new hard ADDRESSES: Federal Communications or longitude is equivalent to deadline for the end of the DTV Commission, Washington, DC 20554. approximately 10 feet. transition and the end of analog 5. We find it is appropriate to round FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For transmissions by full power television to the nearest whole second because the additional information on this broadcasters. In view of the short period resources necessary to collect more proceeding, contact Kim Matthews of of time remaining before this deadline, precise data and revise the computer the Media Bureau, Policy Division, (202) our goal has been to finalize DTV software that generates the Table would 418–2154. channels and facilities as expeditiously not be justified by the small difference SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a as possible to provide stations with the in physical location. For those summary of the Federal certainty they need to complete their commenters that have requested a Communications Commission’s Seventh digital build out, consistent with the correction of their station coordinates Report and Order in MB Docket No. 87– interference and other standards set and provided us with station 268, FCC 07–138, adopted August 1, forth in the Seventh Further Notice. coordinates expressed to the tenth of a 2007, and released August 6, 2007. The second, we have revised DTV Table Requests for Minor Adjustments full text of this document is available for Appendix B to round the coordinates to public inspection and copying during 3. We will make a variety of minor the nearest whole second. The stations regular business hours in the FCC adjustments based on requests from for which such a change is made are Reference Center, Federal commenters. We received comments included in the list of stations in Communications Commission, 445 12th filed on behalf of 22 stations requesting Appendix D1 herein. Street, SW., CY–A257, Washington, DC that we make minor adjustments to the 20554. These documents will also be station coordinates specified in the Requests To Make Changes to available via ECFS (http://www.fcc.gov/ proposed DTV Table Appendix B. We Certification cgb/ecfs/). (Documents will be available asked licensees to review the accuracy 6. We are permitting changes to electronically in ASCII, Word 97, and/ of their information contained in the stations’ facility certifications (FCC or Adobe Acrobat.) The complete text proposed DTV Table Appendix B and Form 381) based on appropriate may be purchased from the comment on any inaccuracies or demonstrations from these stations Commission’s copy contractor, 445 12th discrepancies in this information. In where such changes are consistent with Street, SW., Room CY–B402, some cases, the station requested a the circumstances contemplated in the Washington, DC 20554. To request this change to conform to the coordinates Seventh Further Notice. In paragraph 28 document in accessible formats reflected on a station authorization and/ of the Seventh Further Notice, the (computer diskettes, large print, audio or the coordinates of the Antenna Commission recognized that some recording, and Braille), send an e-mail Structure Registration (‘‘ASR’’) for the stations have already constructed or to [email protected] or call the station’s tower. In circumstances where received authorization to construct Commission’s Consumer and a station submitted a correction to the facilities on the station’s TCD that Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) station’s coordinates, the corrected provide service to areas that extend VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:58 Sep 25, 2007 Jkt 211001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\26SER2.SGM 26SER2 jlentini on PROD1PC65 with RULES2 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 186 / Wednesday, September 26, 2007 / Rules and Regulations 54721 beyond that to which the station transition channel. In these (‘‘SBBC’’), licensee of WPPB–TV, certified on FCC Form 381. Because the circumstances, we have revised DTV channel *63, and permittee of WPPB– interference protection provided during Table Appendix B to specify the DT, channel *40, Boca Raton, FL, the channel election process was station’s authorized facilities. The received channel *40 for its TCD in the limited to the facilities to which the following paragraphs describe three proposed DTV Table. In comments filed station certified in FCC Form 381, the situations that merit additional to this proceeding, SBBC supports the Commission noted that stations serving explanation. proposed allotment of channel *40, but or authorized to serve areas beyond 9. KBCW, San Francisco, CA. San asks to change its certified facilities and their certified area could become subject Francisco Television Station KBCW, DTV Table Appendix B to reflect to interference in those areas. The Inc. (‘‘KBCW’’), licensee of station facilities authorized by the Commission Commission stated that it would permit KBCW, channel 44, and KBCW–DT, in 2002. No other comments were filed stations in this situation to file channel 45, San Francisco, CA, received related to this TCD. comments proposing to modify their channel 45 for its TCD in the proposed 12. SBBC’s request to change WPPB’s certified facilities to match their DTV Table. In comments filed on behalf DTV channel from *44 to *40 was authorized or constructed facilities. of KBCW, CBS Corporation (‘‘CBS’’) approved in the 2002 Boca Raton Stations requesting such a change were requests a change to conform to the Allotment Order. In that order, WPPB– required either to (1) Submit an parameters of KBCW’s licensed facilities DT, channel *40, was authorized to engineering analysis demonstrating that on Channel 45. CBS states that, along operate at maximized facilities, the proposed change to their certified most azimuths, the currently licensed including an ERP of 1000 kW and an facilities would not result in digital facilities of KBCW exceed those antenna HAAT of 310 m. However, interference in excess of 0.1 percent to resulting from the replication facilities SBBC certified in its FCC Form 381 for any licensee’s existing TCD or (2) assigned to the station in the proposed maximized facilities as authorized by its submit the signed, written consent of DTV Table Appendix B.