[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 51285-51286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24662]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 99-1851; MM Docket No. 99-281; RM-9684]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Ringgold, 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 Black Lake Broadcasting, requesting the allotment of 
Channel 253C3 to Ringgold,

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Louisiana, as that community's first local aural transmission service. 
Coordinates used for this proposal are 32-19-49 NL and 93-12-33 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 1, 1999, and reply 
comments on or before November 16, 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: Henry E. Crawford, 
Esq., 1150 Connecticut Avenue, NW., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20036-
4192.

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. 99-281, adopted September 
1, 1999, and released September 10, 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 A-257), 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. 99-24662 Filed 9-21-99; 8:45 am]
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