[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 180 (Monday, September 16, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 48660-48661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23618]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No.96-179, RM-8859]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Sunburg, MN

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition filed by Lac Qui 
Parle Broadcasting Company, Inc., proposing the allotment of Channel 
293A to Sunburg, Minnesota, as that community's first local service. 
Channel 293A can be allotted to Sunburg without a site restriction at 
coordinates 45-20-54 and 95-14-12.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 28, 1996, and reply 
comments on or before November 12, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In 
addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioner, as follows: Maynard R. Myer, Vice President, Lac 
Qui Parle Broadcasting Co., Inc., 623 W. 3rd Street, P.O. Box 70, 
Madison, Minnesota 56256.

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. 96-179, adopted August 30, 1996, 
and released September 12, 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, 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.

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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. 96-23618 Filed 9-13-96; 8:45 am]
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