[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 56 (Thursday, March 21, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 11584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6795]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 95-111; RM-8652, RM-8704]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Athens and Atlanta, IL

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission, at the request of Atlantis Broadcasting Co., 
LLC, allots Channel 242A at Atlanta, Illinois, as the community's first 
local aural transmission service (RM-8704). We also deny the mutually 
exclusive proposal filed by WMSI, Inc., proposing the allotment of 
Channel 241A at Athens, Illinois, as the community's first local aural 
transmission service (RM-8652). See 60 FR 39143, August 8, 1995. 
Channel 242A can be allotted to Atlanta in compliance with the 
Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site 
restriction of 6.1 kilometers (3.8 miles) southwest to avoid short-
spacings to the licensed sites of Station WHOW-FM, Channel 240A, 
Clinton, Illinois, and Station KIHT(FM), Channel 242C1, St. Louis, 
Missouri, and to the application site (40-40-11 and 89-53-34) for 
Channel 243A, Farmington, Illinois. The coordinates for Channel 242A at 
Atlanta are North Latitude 40-13-22 and West Longitude 89-17-04. With 
this action, this proceeding is terminated.

DATES: Effective May 2, 1996. The window period for filing applications 
will open on May 2, 1996 and close on June 3, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon P. McDonald, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Report and Order, MM Docket No. 95-111, adopted March 5, 1996, and 
released March 18, 1996. 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, 2100 M Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC 
20037.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Radio broadcasting.

    Part 73 of title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
as follows:

PART 73--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Sections 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1082; 47 U.S.C. 
154, as amended.


Sec. 73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Illinois, is 
amended by adding Atlanta, Channel 242A.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc.96-6795 Filed 3-20-96; 8:45 am]
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