[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 67 (Thursday, April 8, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17141-17142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8731]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 99-103; RM-9506]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Bayfield, CO

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 Mountain West Broadcasting, requesting the allotment 
of Channel 237A to Bayfield, Colorado, as that community's first local 
commercial FM transmission service. See Supplementary Information, 
infra. Coordinates used for this proposal are 37-13-32 NL and 107-35-51 
WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 24, 1999, and reply 
comments on or before June 8, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 
20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties 
should serve the petitioner, as follows: Mountain West Broadcasting, c/
o Victor A. Michael, Jr., President, 6807 Foxglove Drive, Cheyenne, 
Wyoming 82009.

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.

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99-103, adopted March 24, 1999, and released April 2, 1999. The full 
text of this Commission decision is available for inspection and 
copying during normal business hours in the FCC's Reference Information 
Center (Room CY-A257), 445 Twelfth Street, SW., 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.
    Although Channel 237A is requested for allotment to Bayfield, 
Colorado, as that community's first local FM transmission service, 
Channel 296C has been proposed for allotment to Bayfield in the context 
of MM Docket No. 99-76 (RM-9400). See Notice of Proposed Rule Making 
adopted March 10, 1999 (DA 99-534). 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. 99-8731 Filed 4-7-99; 8:45 am]
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