[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 89 (Monday, May 10, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 24996-24997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11642]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 99-134, RM-9543 and RM-9572]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Victor, MT or Drummond, MT

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on two mutually exclusive 
petitions for rule making proposing a first local service at Victor or 
Drummond, Montana. The first is filed by Mountain West Broadcasting 
proposing the allotment of Channel 269C3 at Victor, Montana (RM-9543). 
The channel can be allotted to Victor without a site restriction at 
coordinates 46-25-00 NL and 114-08-57 WL. The second is filed by 
Battani Corporation requesting the allotment of Channel 268C at 
Drummond, Montana (RM-9572). The channel can be allotted to Drummond 
with a site restriction 51.8 kilometers (32.2 miles) southwest of the 
community. The coordinates for Channel 268C at Drummond are 46-16-47 
and 113-31-05. Canadian concurrence will be requested for the allotment 
of Channel 269C3 at Victor and Channel 268C at Drummond.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before June 21, 1999, and reply 
comments on or before July 6, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In 
addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioner, as follows: Victor A. Michael, President, 
Mountain West Broadcasting, 6807 Foxglove Drive, Cheyenne, Wyoming 
82009 and Robert Lewis Thompson, Taylor Thiemann & Aitken, L.C., 908 
King Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, Virginia 22314.

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


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Notice 
of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 99-134, 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 Commission's Reference Center, 445 Twelfth Street, SW, 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. 99-11642 Filed 5-7-99; 8:45 am]
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