[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48773-48774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24724]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 1

[MD Docket No. 96-186; FCC 97-215]


Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 
1997; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects a footnote in the FCC's Report and 
Order for the final rule regarding Assessment and Collection of 
Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 1997, published in the

[[Page 48774]]

Federal Register issue of July 11, 1997 (62 FR 37408).

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry D. Johnson, 202-418-0445; e-
mail: T[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document corrects footnote 23 of the 
Report and Order in the above-captioned proceeding, which appeared on 
page 37416 in the Federal Register issue of July 11, 1997 (62 FR 
37416). Footnote number 23 associated with paragraph 50 erroneously 
stated that the AM station population was determined using the 1mV/m 
field strength contour, and it further stated that the FM station 
population was determined using the 60 dBuV/m contour. For all AM 
stations, the 0.5 mV/m contour was used. For Class B FM stations, the 
54 dBuV/m contour was used. For Class B1 FM stations, the 57 dBuV/m 
contour was used. For all other FM Classes, the 60 dBuV/m contour was 
used.

Correction

    Therefore, footnote 23 should be corrected to read as follows:

    DataWorld MediaXpert Service prepared for NAB a calculation of 
the signal coverage for each station, and overlaid this data onto 
1990 decennial census population data to estimate the population 
contained within each station's signal coverage area. For each AM 
station, estimated soil conductivity data was retrieved for each of 
360 radial azimuths around the transmitter site, the standard 
horizontal plane radiation pattern was calculated and any pertinent 
pattern augmentations applied, and the distance to the 0.5 mV/m 
field strength contour for each of the 360 radials was calculated 
using the appropriate propagation curves and the FCC equivalent 
distance method. For each FM station, terrain averages were 
calculated from the USGS/DMA 3 arc second terrain database for each 
of 360 radial azimuths, the HAAT was calculated using the height of 
the center of radiation AMSL and processed with FM contour 
calculation software, pertinent directional antenna information was 
applied, and the distance to the 54 dBuV/m (for Class B stations), 
57 dBuV/m (for Class B1 stations), or 60 dBuV/m (for all other 
classes of station) contour was calculated using the appropriate FCC 
F[50,50] curves. For both AM and FM, the distance to contour data 
was applied to population counting software using 1990 census data 
to determine the total population within each station's coverage 
area.

    Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-24724 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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