[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 2, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 34407-34408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16763]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No.96-138, RM-8822]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Shell Knob, MO

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition filed by Galen 
Gilbert proposing the allotment of Channel 249A at Shell Knob, 
Missouri, as that community's first local service. The coordinates for 
Channel 249A are 36-42-51 and 93-34-36. There is a site restriction 
10.5 kilometers northeast of the community. Petitioner has been 
requested to provide information demonstrating that Shell Knob 
qualifies as a community for allotment purposes. Since Shell Knob is 
located inside the Mark Twain National Forest, petitioner has also been 
requested to provide information showing a site is available that will 
provide city grade coverage to the community.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before August 12, 1996, and reply 
comments on or before August 27, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In 
addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioner's counsel, as follows: William J. Pennington, III, 
Post Office Box 1447, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 29465.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Notice 
of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.96-138, adopted June 14, 1996, 
and released June 21, 1996. The full text of this Commission decision 
is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in 
the Commission'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 contractors,

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International Transcription Services, Inc., 2100 M Street, NW., Suite 
140, Washington, DC 20037, (202) 857-3800.
    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 contact.
    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. 96-16763 Filed 7-1-96; 8:45 am]
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