[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 54007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27512]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No.97-209, RM-9152]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Coarsegold, CA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rule making 
filed on behalf of Thomas L. Whitlock d.b.a. West Coast Wireless, 
seeking the allotment of FM Channel 233A to Coarsegold, California, as 
that community's first local aural transmission service. Coordinates 
for this proposal are 37-18-51 and 119-42-20.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 24, 1997, and reply 
comments on or before December 9, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 
20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties 
should serve the petitioner's counsel, as follows: James A. Koerner, 
Esq., Baraff, Koerner & Olender, P.C., Three Bethesda Metro Center, 
Suite 640, Bethesda, MD 20814.

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. 97-209, adopted September 
24, 1997, and released October 3, 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, International 
Transcription Service, Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20036, (202) 857-3800.
    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. 97-27512 Filed 10-16-97; 8:45 am]
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