[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 107 (Friday, June 4, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 29979-29980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14110]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 99-196; RM-9619]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Bethel Springs, TN

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Sherry 
A. Brown proposing the allotment of Channel 249A at Bethel Springs, 
Tennessee, as the community's first local aural transmission service. 
Channel 249A can be allotted to Bethel Springs in compliance with the 
Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site 
restriction of 5.9 kilometers (3.6 miles) north to avoid short-spacings 
to the licensed sites of Station WWMS(FM), Channel 248C1, Oxford, 
Mississippi, and Station WKGL(FM), Channel 249A at Russellville, 
Alabama. The coordinates for Channel 249A at Bethel Springs are 35-17-
02 North Latitude and 88-37-36 West Longitude.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before July 12, 1999, and reply 
comments on or before July 27, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In 
addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioner, his counsel, or consultant, as follows: Jimmy D. 
Brown, 3668 Kimball Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38111 (Consultant for 
Petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon P. McDonald, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 99-196, adopted May 12, 
1999, and released May 21, 1999. The full text of this Commission 
decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business 
hours in the FCC Reference Information Center (Room CY-A257), 445 12th 
Street, S.W, Washington, DC. The complete text of this decision may 
also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International 
Transcription Service,

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Inc., (202) 857-3800, 1231 20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036.
    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. 99-14110 Filed 6-3-99; 8:45 am]
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