[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 70671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32705]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 99-2695, MM Docket No. 99-345, RM-9782]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Minerva, NY

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Bible 
Broadcasting Associates, seeking the allotment of Channel 264A to 
Minerva, NY, as the community's first local aural service. Channel 264A 
can be allotted to Minerva in compliance with the Commission's minimum 
distance separation requirements, with respect to domestic allotments, 
with a site restriction of 2.9 kilometers (1.8 miles) northwest, at 
coordinates 43-48-33 North Latitude and 74-00-41 West Longitude, to 
avoid a short-spacing to Station WKBE, Channel 262B1, Warrensburg, New 
York, and Station WWFY, Channel 265A, Middlebury, Vermont. The 
allotment would be short-spaced to Station CBF-FM, Channel 264C1, 
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Since Minerva is located within 320 
kilometers (200 miles) of the U.S.-Canadian border, concurrence by the 
Canadian Government in the allotment of Channel 264A at Minerva, as a 
specially-negotiated, short-spaced allotment, must be obtained.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before January 24, 2000, and reply 
comments on or before February 8, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW, Room 
TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the 
FCC, interested parties should serve the petitioner, or its counsel or 
consultant, as follows: Jerrold Miller, Miller & Miller, P.C., P.O. Box 
33003, Washington, DC 20033 (Counsel to petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie K. Shapiro, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 99-345, adopted November 
24, 1999, and released December 3, 1999. The full text of this 
Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during 
normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center, 445 12th Street, SW, 
Washington, DC. The complete text of this decision may also be 
purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International 
Transcription Services, 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. 99-32705 Filed 12-16-99; 8:45 am]
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