[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-1873]


[Federal Register: January 28, 1994]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 93-321, RM-8409]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Ocean Isle Beach, NC

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission comments on a petition filed by Ocean Isle 
Broadcasting Company seeking the allotment of Channel 228A to Ocean 
Isle Beach, North Carolina, as its first local aural transmission 
service. Channel 228A can be allotted to Ocean Isle Beach in compliance 
with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a 
site restriction of 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) west, at coordinates 
North Latitude 33-53-40 and West Longitude 78-28-26, to avoid a short 
spacing to vacant but applied-for Channel 229A at Wrightsville Beach, 
North Carolina.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before March 17, 1994, and reply 
comments on or before April 1, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In 
addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: Gary S. 
Smithwick, Esq., Shaun A. Maher, Esq., Smithwick & Belendiuk, P.C., 
1990 M Street NW., suite 510, Washington, DC 20036 (Counsel to 
petitioner).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leslie K. Shapiro, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 634-6530.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 93-321, adopted December 
21, 1993, and released January 25, 1994. The full text of this 
Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during 
normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center (room 239), 1919 M 
Street NW., Washington, DC. The complete text of this decision may also 
be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International 
Transcription Services, Inc., (202) 857-3800, 2100 M Street NW., suite 
140, Washington, DC 20037.
    Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply 
to this proceeding.
    Members of the public should note that from the time a Notice of 
Proposed Rule Making is issued until the matter is no longer subject to 
Commission consideration or court review, all ex parte contacts are 
prohibited in Commission proceedings, such as this one, which involve 
channel allotments. See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules governing 
permissible ex parte contacts.
    For information regarding proper filing procedures for comments, 
see 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Radio broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Acting Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 94-1873 Filed 1-27-94; 8:45 am]
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