[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 49 (Friday, March 13, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 12412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6511]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97-190; RM-9139]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Ipswich, SD

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission, at the request of Mountain Tower Broadcasting, 
allots Channel 300A at Ipswich, South Dakota, as the community's first 
local aural transmission service. See 62 FR 46708, September 4, 1997. 
Channel 300A can be allotted to Ipswich in compliance with the 
Commission's minimum distance separation requirements at city reference 
coordinates. The coordinates for Channel 300A at Ipswich are North 
Latitude 45-26-42 and West Longitude 99-01-48. With this action, this 
proceeding is terminated.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 20, 1998. A filing window for Channel 300A at 
Ipswich, South Dakota, will not be opened at this time. Instead, the 
issue of opening a filing window for this channel will be addressed by 
the Commission in a subsequent order.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon P. McDonald, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Report and Order, MM Docket No. 97-190, adopted February 25, 1998, and 
released March 6, 1998. The full text of this Commission decision is 
available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in 
the FCC 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 contractors, International Transcription Service, 
Inc., (202) 857-3800, 1231 20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036.

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 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336.


Sec. 73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under South 
Dakota, is amended by adding Ipswich, Channel 300A.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 98-6511 Filed 3-12-98; 8:45 am]
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