[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 2639-2640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1096]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 96-264, RM-8977]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Roxton, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition by Northeast 
Texas Broadcasters requesting the allotment of Channel 257A to Roxton, 
Texas, as the community's first local FM service. Channel 257A can be 
allotted to Roxton in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance 
separation requirements with a site restriction of 12.2 kilometers (7.6 
miles) north to avoid short-spacing conflicts with the licensed 
operation of Station KPLX(FM), Channel 258C, Fort Worth, Texas, and to 
a construction permit for a station operating on Channel 257C3 at 
Linden, Texas, at coordinates 33-39-17 NL; 95-44-54 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before March 3, 1997, and reply 
comments on or before March 18, 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: William 
J. Pennington, III, Post Office Box 403, Westfield, Massachusetts 10186 
(Counsel for petitioners).

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. 96-264, adopted December 
27, 1996, and released January 10, 1997. 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, D.C. The complete text of this decision may

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also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, ITS, Inc., 
(202) 857-3800, 2100 M Street, NW, 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. 97-1096 Filed 1-16-97; 8:45 am]
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