The FCC Media Bureau seeks comment on LeSEA Broadcasting...

The FCC Media Bureau seeks comment on LeSEA Broadcasting of South Bend’s petition for substitution of its previously allotted Channel 48. In 2010, the FCC substituted Channel 46 of LeSEA’s WHME-TV South Bend, Ind., for Channel 48 at the broadcaster’s request, the bureau said in an NPRM (http://bit.ly/1lZhzIA). LeSEA also requests a waiver of the FCC’s freeze on the filing of petitions for rulemaking by TV stations seeking a channel substitution, the NPRM said. The bureau proposed to substitute Channel 48 for Channel 46 with DTV power of 300 kilowatts and 295-meter height above average terrain, it said. Comments will be due 30 days after the notice is published in the Federal Register, it said. Meanwhile, another broadcaster seeking to move channel slots reiterated its interest in doing so, for channels where there’s no FCC freeze on such changes. (See separate report below in this issue.)