The FCC seeks comment on petitions on channel...
The FCC seeks comment on petitions on channel substitution. Initial comments are due Oct. 14, replies Oct. 27, on whether WPXS Mount Vernon, Illinois, should substitute Channel 11 for Channel 21, the commission said Friday in a Federal Register notice (http://1.usa.gov/1tQ0Q39). The commission set the same comment period for the petition of WPXA-TV Rome, Georgia, to substitute Channel 31 for Channel 51, and for the petition of KPXE-TV Kansas City, Missouri, to substitute Channel 30 for Channel 51, it said in other Federal Register notices (http://1.usa.gov/1uLMmOI) (http://1.usa.gov/ZjEgDk). The agency had previously released NPRMs on the channel change requests.