[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 165 (Friday, August 23, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 43515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21222]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No.96-167, RM-8843]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Powhatan, VA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition by David Layne 
proposing the allotment of Channel 263A at Powhatan, Virginia, as the 
community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 263A can be 
allotted to Powhatan in compliance with the Commission's minimum 
distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 12.2 
kilometers (7.6 miles) northwest in order to avoid short-spacing 
conflicts with the licensed sites of Station WSOJ(FM), Channel 262A, 
Petersburg, Virginia, and Station WCMS(FM), Channel 263B, Norfolk, 
Virginia. The coordinates for Channel 263A at Powhatan are 37-38-00 and 
77-59-32.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before September 3, 1996, and reply 
comments on or before October 15, 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: David 
Layne, P.O. Box 110, Farmville, Virginia 23901 (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.96-167, adopted August 2, 
1996, and released August 9, 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.
    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. 96-21222 Filed 8-22-96; 8:45 am]
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