[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 54 (Monday, March 22, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 13757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6873]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 99-74; RM-9367]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Bay Springs and Ellisville, MS

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 Blakeney Communications, Inc., licensee of Station 
WZKW(FM), Channel 232C2, Bay Springs, Mississippi, requesting the 
reallotment of Channel 232C2 to Ellisville, Mississippi, as that 
community's first locally competitive aural transmission service, and 
modification of its authorization accordingly. Coordinates used for 
Channel 232C2 at Ellisville, Mississippi, are 31-33-25 NL and 89-28-42 
WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 3, 1999, and reply 
comments on or before May 18, 1999.

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: Frank R. Jazzo, and 
Anne Goodwin Crump, Esq., Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C., 1300 
North 17th Street, Eleventh Floor, Arlington, VA 22209.

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. 99-74, adopted March 3, 
1999, and released March 12, 1999. 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 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 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. 99-6873 Filed 3-19-99; 8:45 am]
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