[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 61719-61720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30285]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97-224, RM-9177]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Monroe, UT

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by 
Charles D. Hall requesting the allotment of Channel 257C2 to Monroe, 
Utah, as the community's first local aural transmission service. 
Channel 257C2 can be allotted to Monroe in compliance with the 
Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site 
restriction of 1.3 kilometers (0.8 miles) south in order to avoid a 
short-spacing conflict with vacant Channel 256A at Levan, Utah. The 
coordinates for Channel 257C2 at Monroe are 38-37-21 NL and 112-07-29 
WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before December 22, 1997, and reply 
comments on or before January 6, 1998.

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: James 
K. Edmundson, Gardner, Carton & Douglas, 1301 K Street, NW., Suite 900, 
East Tower, Washington, DC 20005 (Counsel for 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. 97-224, adopted October 
22, 1997, and released October 31, 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, 1231 20th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036.
    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

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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. 97-30285 Filed 11-18-97; 8:45 am]
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