[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 147 (Monday, August 2, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 41833-41834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19781]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No.99-54; RM-9457]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Ridgeley, WV

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.


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ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission, at the request of West Wind Broadcasting, 
allots Channel 263A at Ridgeley, West Virginia, as the community's 
first local aural transmission service. See 64 FR 8786, February 23, 
1998. Channel 263A can be allotted to Ridgeley in compliance with the 
Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site 
restriction of 7.8 kilometers (4.8 miles) northeast to avoid a short-
spacing to the licensed and construction permit site of Station 
WDZN(FM), Channel 261A, Romney, West Virginia, and to the licensed site 
of Station WOMP-FM, Channel 263B, Bellaire, Ohio. The coordinates for 
Channel 263A at Ridgeley are 39-42-08 and 78-43-49 West Longitude. With 
this action, this proceeding is terminated.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 7, 1999. The window period for filing 
applications for Channel 263A at Ridgeley, West Virginia, will not be 
opened at this time. Instead, the issue of opening a filing window for 
this channel will be addressed by the Commission in a subsequent order.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Report and Order, MM Docket No. 99-54, adopted July 14, 1999, and 
released July 23, 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, 
SW, Washington, DC. The complete text of this decision may also be 
purchased from the Commission's copy contractors, International 
Transcription Service, Inc., (202) 857-3800, 1231 20th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20036.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Radio broadcasting.

Part 73 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
as follows:

PART 73--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for Part 73 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336.

Sec. 73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under West 
Virginia, is amended by adding Ridgeley, Channel 263A.
Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 99-19781 Filed 7-30-99; 8:45 am]
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