[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 9, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 36700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17873]


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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: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission, at the request of Atlantis Broadcasting Co., 
L.L.C., allots Channel 258A at Lexington, Illinois, as the community's 
first local aural transmission service. See 62 FR 7981, February 21, 
1997. Channel 258A can be allotted at 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. With this action, this 
proceeding is terminated.

DATES: Effective August 11, 1997. The window period for filing 
applications for Channel 258A at Lexington, Illinois, will open on 
August 11, 1997, and close on September 11, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon P. McDonald, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Report and Order, MM Docket No. 97-64, adopted June 18, 1997 and 
released June 27, 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 contractors, International Transcription Service, 
Inc., (202) 857-3800, 2100 M Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC 
20037.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Radio broadcasting.

    Part 73 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
as follows:

PART 73--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for Part 73 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Sections 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1082; 47 U.S.C. 
154, as amended.


Sec. 73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Illinois, is 
amended by adding Lexington, Channel 258A.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 97-17873 Filed 7-8-97; 8:45 am]
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