[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 88 (Friday, May 7, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 24565-24566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11497]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 99-141; RM-9339]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Monticello, AR; Bastrop, LA

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 Midway Broadcasting Company, licensee of Station 
KHBM-FM, Monticello, Arkansas, seeking the substitution of Channel 
229C2 for Channel 229C3 at Monticello, and modification of its license 
accordingly. To accommodate the Monticello modification, petitioner 
requests the substitution of Channel 230A for Channel 232A at Bastrop, 
Louisiana, and modification of the license for Station KTRY-FM. The 
retention of vacant Channel 230C3 at Bastrop at a revised site is also 
proposed as a modification alternative to the allotment of Channel 230A 
at that community. An Order to Show Cause is issued to the licensee of 
Station KTRY-FM at Bastrop. Coordinates used for Channel 229C2 at 
Monticello, Arkansas, are 33-43-44 and 91-34-02; coordinates for 
Channel 230A at Bastrop, Louisiana, are 32-49-10 and 91-54-29; revised

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coordinates for vacant Channel 230C3 at Bastrop are 32-43-25 and 91-56-
56.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before June 21, 1999, and reply 
comments on or before July 6, 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: Gary S. Smithwick, 
Esq., Smithwick & Belendiuk, P.C., 1990 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20036.

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. 99-141, adopted April 21, 
1999, and released April 30, 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.

    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. 99-11497 Filed 5-6-99; 8:45 am]
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