[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 10300-10301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5899]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 96-29; RM-8731]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Chester and Richmond, VA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition by Hoffman 
Communications, Inc., licensee of Station WDYL(FM), Channel 289A, 
Chester, Virginia, proposing the substitution of Channel 266A for 
Channel 289A and modification of Hoffman's construction permit to 
specify operation on the alternate Class A channel. In order to 
accommodate the substitution at Chester, we also propose to substitute 
Channel 289A for unoccupied but applied for Channel 266A at Richmond, 
Virginia. See Supplementary Information, infra.

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DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 29, 1996, and reply 
comments on or before May 14, 1996.

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 R. 
Feore, Jr. and Andrew C. Fish, Doe, Lohnes & Albertson, 1255 23rd 
Street, NW., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20037 (Counsel for petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 96-29, adopted February 
22, 1996, and released March 6, 1996. The full text of this Commission 
decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business 
hours in the FCC's 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, ITS, Inc., (202) 857-
3800, 2100 M Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037.
    Channel 266A can be allotted to Chester in compliance with the 
Commission's minimum distance separation requirements and can be used a 
the transmitter site specified in Station WDYL(FM)'s construction 
permit. The coordinates for Channel 266A at Chester are 37-22-58 and 
77-25-41. Channel 289A can be allotted to Richmond, Virginia, in 
compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation 
requirements and can be used at all four sites specified in the five 
applications for Channel 266A at Richmond. The coordinates for Channel 
289A at Richmond as proposed in the pending applications are: 37-30-23 
and 77-30-15; 37-30-11 and 77-30-08; 37-30-52 and 77-30-28; and, 37-30-
02 and 77-30-09.
    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,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 96-5899 Filed 3-12-96; 8:45 am]
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