[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 154 (Thursday, August 10, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 40813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19755]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 95-130, RM-8674]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Taylorville, IL

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition filed by Miller 
Communications, Inc., requesting the allotment of Channel 247A to 
Taylorville, Illinois, as that community's third local FM service. 
Channel 247A can be allotted to Taylorville in compliance with the 
Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site 
restriction of 7.9 kilometers (4.9 miles) south, in order to avoid a 
short-spacing to Station WHMS(FM), Channel 248B, Champaign, Illinois. 
The coordinates for Channel 247A at Taylorville, Illinois, are North 
Latitude 39-28-44 and West Longitude 89-18-36.

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, DC 20554. In 
addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: John F. 
Garziglia, Pepper & Corazzini, 1776 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20006, (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. 95-130, 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 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. 95-19755 Filed 8-9-95; 8:45 am]
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