[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 241 (Friday, December 13, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 65509-65510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31654]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 96-240, RM-8946]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Lockport, New York

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Culver 
Communications Corp. seeking the allotment of Channel 221A to Lockport, 
NY, as the community's first local FM service. Channel 221A can be 
allotted to Lockport in compliance with the Commission's minimum 
distance separation requirements, with request to domestic allotments, 
without the imposition of a site restriction, at coordinates 43-10-12 
North Latitude and 78-41-54 West Longitude. However, Lockport is 
located within 320 kilometers (200 miles) of the U.S.-Canadian border, 
and the allotment would result in short-spacings to Station CKPC-FM, 
Channel 221C1, Brantford, Ontario, Channels 219C1, St. Catherine, 
Ontario, 220B, Peterboro, Ontario, 222B, Oshawa, Ontario, and 223B, 
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Petitioner states that appropriate protection 
of all of the above channels, with the exception of Station CKPC-FM, 
can be accomplished with the proposed Lockport station operating 
nondirectionally with 6 kilowatts of power at 100 meters above average 
terrain. With regard to the short-spacing to Station CKPC-FM, 
petitioner states that it will directionalize its signal to avoid any 
prohibited interference. Therefore, we will request concurrence by the 
Canadian Government in the allotment of Channel 221A to Lockport as a 
specially negotiated allotment.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before January 27, 1997, and reply 
comments on or before February 11, 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: Richard 
C. Greene, President, Culver Communications Corporation, P.O. Box 477, 
Lockport, New York 14095 (Petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie K. Shapiro, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 96-240, adopted November 
29, 1996, and released December 6, 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, D.C. The complete text of this decision may 
also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International 
Transcription Services, 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. 96-31654 Filed 12-12-96; 8:45 am]
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