[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 70 (Friday, April 11, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 17773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9441]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97-109, RM-9018]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Eckley, CO

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rule making 
filed by KRDZ Broadcasters, Inc., requesting the allotment of Channel 
237C1 to Eckley, Colorado, an incorporated community, as its first 
local aural transmission service. Coordinates used for Channel 237C1 at 
Eckley are those of the city reference at 40-06-48 NL and 102-29-18 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 27, 1997, and reply 
comments on or before June 11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 
20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties 
should serve the petitioner, as follows: KRDZ Broadcasters, Inc., Attn: 
Robert D. Zellmer, Jr., President, P.O. Box 2475, Greeley, CO 80632.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Joyner, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 97-109, adopted March 26, 
1997, and released April 4, 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 contractors, International 
Transcription Service, Inc., (202) 857-3800, 2100 M Street, NW., Suite 
140, Washington, DC 20037.
    Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of l980 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. 97-9441 Filed 4-10-97; 8:45 am]
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