Television Broadcasting Services Roanoke, Virginia

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Federal Communications Commission 47 CFR Part 73 [MB Docket No. 23-14; RM-11943; DA 23-23; FR ID 122971] AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: The Commission has before it a petition for rulemaking filed by Blue Ridge Public Television (Petitioner), the licensee of WBRA-TV, channel 3, Roanoke, Virginia. The Petitioner requests the substitution of channel 13 in place of channel 3 at Roanoke in the Table of Allotments. DATES: Comments must be filed on or before February 21, 2023 and reply comments on or before March 6, 2023. 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: Brad Deutsch, Esq., Foster Garvey PC, 1000 Potomac Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202) 418-1647, Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov ; or Emily Harrison, Media Bureau, at (202) 418-1665, Emily.Harrison@fcc.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In support, the Petitioner states that the proposed channel substitution serves the public interest because it will improve viewers' access to the Station's PBS and other public television programming by improving reception and resolving low-VHF reception issues. The Petitioner further states that the Commission has recognized that VHF channels have certain propagation characteristics which may cau…