[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 17 (Monday, January 27, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3850-3851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1932]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97-4, RM-8923]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Huntsville, UT

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition by South Fork 
Broadcasting requesting the allotment of Channel 276C3 at Huntsville, 
Utah, as the community's first local aural transmission service. 
Channel 276C3 can be allotted to Huntsville in compliance with the 
Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site 
restriction of 20.2 kilometers (12.6 miles) northeast in order to avoid 
a short-spacing conflict with the licensed operation of Station 
KRSP(FM), Channel 278C, Salt Lake City, Utah. The coordinates for 
Channel 276C3 at Huntsville are 41-25-12 and 111-39-24.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before March 10, 1997, and reply 
comments on or before March 25, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In

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addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: Henry 
E. Crawford, Esq., 1150 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 900, 
Washington, DC 20036 (Counsel for 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. 97-4, adopted January 10, 
1997, and released January 17, 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, 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, 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. 97-1932 Filed 1-24-97; 8:45 am]
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