[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 171 (Thursday, September 4, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 46708-46709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23439]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97-188, RM-9137]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Macon, MS

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Team 
Broadcasting Company, Inc., requesting the allotment of Channel 244A to 
Macon, Mississippi, as the community's local aural transmission 
service. Channel 244A can be allotted to Macon in compliance with the 
Commission's minimum distance separation

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requirements with a site restriction of 4.6 kilometers (2.9 miles) west 
in order to avoid a short-spacing conflict with the licensed operation 
of Station WMJJ-FM, Channel 243C, Birmingham, Alabama. The coordinates 
for Channel 244A at Macon are 33-07-25 NL and 88-36-34 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 20, 1997, and reply 
comments on or before November 4, 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: Ruben 
C. Hughes, President, Team Broadcasting Company, Inc., 561 Golden 
Avenue, Mobile, Alabama 36617 (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. 97-188, adopted August 
20, 1997, and released August 29, 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, 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. 97-23439 Filed 9-3-97; 8:45 am]
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