[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 26, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 60067-60068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30130]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 96-224; RM-8906]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Clear Lake, SD

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Lac 
Qui Parle Broadcasting Company, Inc., proposing the allotment of 
Channel

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296C3 at Clear Lake, South Dakota, as the community's first local aural 
transmission service. Channel 296C3 can be allotted to Clear Lake in 
compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation 
requirements with a site restriction of 2.7 kilometers (1.6 miles) 
southwest to avoid a short-spacing to the licensed site of Station 
KMGK(FM) Channel 296A, Glenwood, Minnesota. The coordinates for Channel 
296C3 at Clear Lake are North Latitude 44-44-21 and West Longitude 96-
42-38.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before December 30, 1996, and reply 
comments on or before January 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C. 20554. 
In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: Maynard 
R. Meyer, Vice President, Lac Qui Parle Broadcasting Co., Inc., 623 W. 
3rd Street, P.O. Box 70, Madison, Minnesota 56256 (Petitioner).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 96-224, adopted November 
1, 1996, and released November 8, 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, N.W., Washington, D.C. The complete text of this decision may 
also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International 
Transcription Service, Inc., (202) 857-3800, 2100 M Street, N.W., Suite 
140, Washington, D.C. 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. 96-30130 Filed 11-25-96; 8:45 am]
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