[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 59655-59656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28481]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 99-1444; MM Docket No. 96-249, RM-8926 and RM-9068; MM Docket No. 
96-259, RM-8970, RM-9069, and RM-9070]


FM Broadcasting Services; St. Maries, Moscow, Post Falls, and 
Troy, Idaho

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In MM Docket No. 96-249, the Chief, Allocations Branch, 
granted the petition for rulemaking filed by Pentacle Investments, Inc. 
(RM-8926), set forth in Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 61 FR 66,249, 
published December 17, 1996, to allot Channel 221A at St. Maries, 
Idaho. In MM Docket No. 96-259, the Chief denied the petition for 
rulemaking filed by Darin L. Siebert (RM-8970), set forth in the Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking, 62 FR 372, published January 3, 1997, to allot 
Channel 277A at Moscow, Idaho. However, the Chief granted two 
counterproposals filed in response to this Notice: by Rook 
Broadcasting, Inc. (RM-9069), licensee of Station KCDA(FM), Coeur 
d'Alene, Idaho, to upgrade its station by substituting Channel 276C1 
for Channel 276C2 and to change that station's community of license by 
modifying it for operation at Post Falls, Idaho, and by Radio Palouse, 
Inc. (RM-9070) to allot Channel 262A at Troy, Idaho. With this action, 
the proceeding is terminated.

DATES: Effective November 26, 1999. A filing window for Channel 221A at 
St. Maries, Idaho and for Channel 262A at Troy, Idaho, will not be 
opened at this time. Instead, the Commission will address the issue of 
opening a filing window for this channel in a subsequent order.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Bertron Withers, Jr., Mass Media 
Bureau, (202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Report and Order, 
MM Dockets 96-249 and 96-259, adopted September 29, 1999, and released 
October 12, 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 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20554. The complete text of this decision also may be purchased from 
the Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription Service, 
1231 20th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857-3800.
    Channel 221A can be allotted at St. Maries, Idaho in compliance 
with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements without 
a site restriction at reference coordinates North Latitude 47-18-54 and 
West Longitude 116-34-30. Channel 276C1 can be allotted at Post Falls, 
Idaho in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation 
requirements at a site restricted to 6.0 kilometers (3.7 miles) north 
of the community at coordinates North Latitude 47-39-35 and West 
Longitude 116-57-12. Channel 262A can be allotted at Troy, Idaho in 
compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation 
requirements at a site restricted to 7.7 kilometers (4.8 miles) east of 
the community at coordinates North Latitude 46-44-49 and West Longitude 
116-39-59. Because St. Maries, Troy, and Post Falls are located within 
320 kilometers (199 miles) of the U.S.-Canadian border, concurrence of 
the Canadian government has been obtained.
    The Chief referred back to the Audio Services Division for final 
disposition, the application filed by Spokane Public Radio, Inc. (BPED-
961210MC), which had been treated as a counterproposal (RM-9068) in MM 
Docket No. 96-249. That application seeks to upgrade Station KSFC(FM) 
at Spokane by substituting Channel 220C2 for Channel 220A. The Chief 
also rejected an alternative proposal offered by Spokane Public Radio 
to allot Channel 278A to St. Maries in lieu of Channel 221A. Since this 
decision removes the conflict with the application filed by Wilson 
Creek Communications, L.L.C. (BPH-970227ID), to upgrade Station 
KVYF(FM) at Wilson Creek by substituting Channel 278C1 for Channel 
277C3, processing of this application may be resumed upon finality in 
this proceeding.

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 reads continues to read as 
follows:

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


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Sec. 73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments, under Idaho, is 
amended by adding St. Maries, Channel 221A and Troy, Channel 262A and 
by removing Channel 276C2 at Coeur d'Alene and adding Post Falls, 
Channel 276C1.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 99-28481 Filed 11-2-99; 8:45 am]
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