[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 38031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18736]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 93-270; RM-8323, RM-8339, RM-8428, RM-8429, and RM-8430]


FM Broadcasting Services; Nashville, Cordele, Dawson, Montezuma, 
Hawkinsville, Cuthbert, and Leary, GA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Chief, Allocations Branch, granted the counterproposal 
(RM-8428) filed by Tifton Broadcasting Corporation, licensee of Station 
WJYF(FM), Channel 237C3 (95.3 MHz), Nashville, Georgia, to upgrade that 
station by substituting Channel 237C2 for Channel 237C3 and modifying 
its license to operate on Channel 237C2. That counterproposal was filed 
in response to the Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 58 FR 58,671, 
published November 3, 1993, which had set forth two allotment proposals 
in response to the interrelated petitions for rule making filed by 
Radio Cordele, Inc. (``RCI'') (RM-8323), licensee of Station WKKN(FM), 
Cordele, Georgia, and by John F. Tuck and Phonson Donaldson, Bankruptcy 
Court Appointed Receivers for Dawson Broadcasting Company (``DBC'') 
(RM-8339), licensee of Station WAZE(FM), Dawson, Georgia. With this 
action, the proceeding is terminated.

DATES: Effective September 2, 1997. The window period for filing 
applications for Channel 251A at Dawson, Georgia will open on August 
25, 1997, and close on September 25, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Bertron Withers, Jr., Mass Media 
Bureau, (202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Channel 237C2 can be allotted at Nashville, 
Georgia in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation 
requirements at a site restricted to 6.3 kilometers (3.9 miles) 
northwest of the community at coordinates North Latitude 31-15-18 and 
West Longitude 83-17-08. RCI's petition was denied and DBC's petition 
and its later-filed counterproposal (RM-8430) were dismissed because 
the license for Station WAZE(FM) was canceled, creating a vacant 
allotment at Dawson, Georgia. Accordingly, a filing window is being 
opened for Dawson. A counterproposal jointly filed by Tri-County 
Broadcasting, Inc., licensee of Station WQSY(FM), Hawkinsville, 
Georgia, and Montezuma Broadcasting, licensee of Station WLML(FM), 
Montezuma, Georgia (RM-8429), was also dismissed. This is a summary of 
the Commission's Report and Order, MM Docket No. 93-270 adopted June 
25, 1997 and released July 11, 1997. The full text of this Commission 
decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business 
hours in Commission's Reference Center (Room 239), 1919 M Street, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20554. The complete text of this decision may also be 
purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International 
Transcription Services, 2100 M Street, N.W., Suite 140, Washington, DC 
20037, (202) 857-3800.

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 reads continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: Secs. 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 Georgia, is 
amended by removing Channel 237C3 at Nashville and adding Channel 
237C2.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 97-18736 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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