[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 154 (Thursday, August 10, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 40812-40813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19752]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 95-129, RM-8673]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Colchester, IL

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition filed by Sharon 
K. Bryan, requesting the allotment of Channel 281A to Colchester, 
Illinois, as that community's first local FM service. Channel 281A can 
be allotted to Colchester in compliance with the Commission's minimum 
distance separation requirements, with a site restriction of 12.2 
kilometers (7.6 miles) northwest of the community, in order to avoid a 
short-spacing to the licensed site of Station WMOS (FM), Channel 280A, 
Quincy, Illinois. The coordinates for Channel 281A at Colchester are 
North Latitude 40-31-26 and West Longitude 90-51-08.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before September 25, 1995, and 
reply comments on or before October 10, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C. 20554. 
In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: John S. 
Neely, Miller & Miller, P.C., P.O. Box 33003, Washington, DC 20033, 
(Attorney for Petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy J. Walls, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 95-129, adopted July 28, 
1995, and released August 4, 1995. 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 

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Street, NW., Washington, DC. The complete text of this decision may 
also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractors, International 
Transcription Service, Inc., (202) 857-3800, 1919 M Street, NW., Room 
246, or 2100 M Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037.
    Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of l980 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.
Andrew J. Rhodes,
Acting Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 95-19752 Filed 8-9-95; 8:45 am]
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