[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 7981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4299]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97-64; RM-9001]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Lexington, IL

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by 
Atlantis Broadcasting Co., L.L.C., proposing the allotment of Channel 
258A at Lexington, Illinois, as the community's first local aural 
transmission service. Channel 258A can be allotted to Lexington in 
compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation 
requirements with a site restriction of 8.1 kilometers (5.1 miles) 
southwest to avoid short-spacings to the licensed sites of Station 
WAJK(FM), Channel 257B1, LaSalle, Illinois, and Station WUSN(FM), 
Channel 258B, Chicago, Illinois. The coordinates for Channel 258A at 
Lexington are North Latitude 40-35-15 and West Longitude 88-50-39.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 7, 1997, and reply 
comments on or before April 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In 
addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: James 
K. Edmundson, Esq., Gardner, Carton & Douglas, 1301 K Street, NW., 
Suite 900, East Tower, Washington, DC 20005 (Counsel for 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. 97-64, adopted February 
7, 1997, and released February 14, 1997. 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, DC. 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, NW., Suite 
140, Washington, DC 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. 97-4299 Filed 2-20-97; 8:45 am]
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