[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 24 (Friday, February 5, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 5738-5739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2769]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 99-19, RM-9397]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Lockwood, MT

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition filed by 
Lockwood Broadcasting Company proposing the allotment of Channel 294A 
to Lockwood, Montana, as that community's first local broadcast 
service. The channel can be allotted to Lockwood without a site 
restriction at coordinates 45-49-09 NL and 108-24-51 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before March 22, 1999, and reply 
comments on or before April 6, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554.
    In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties 
should serve

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the petitioner's counsel, as follows: Frank R. Jazzo, Andrew S. 
Kersting, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C., 1300 N. Seventeenth 
Street, 11th Floor, Arlington, Virginia 22209.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Notice 
of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 99-19, adopted January 13, 1999, 
and released January 29, 1999. The full text of this Commission 
decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business 
hours in the Commission'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 contractors, International 
Transcription Services, Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20036, (202) 857-3800, facsimile (202) 857-3805.
    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 contact.
    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. 99-2769 Filed 2-4-99; 8:45 am]
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