[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 3406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1470]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 99-2563; MM Docket No. 99-330; RM-9677]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Kankakee and Park Forest, IL

AGENCY:  Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION:  Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY:  The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Gene 
Milner Broadcasting Company, Inc., proposing the reallotment of Channel 
260B from Kankakee to Park Forest, Illinois, as the community's first 
local aural transmission service. Channel 260B can be reallotted to 
Park Forest in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance 
separation requirements without the imposition of a site restriction at 
petitioner's licensed site. The coordinates for Channel 260B at Park 
Forest are 41-18-04 North Latitude and 87-49-35 West Longitude.

DATES:  Comments must be filed on or before February 7, 2000, and reply 
comments on or before February 22, 2000.

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: Dennis J. 
Kelly, Esq., Post Office Box 6648, Annapolis, Maryland 21401 (Counsel 
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. 99-330, adopted December 
8, 1999, and released December 15, 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, NW., Washington, DC. The complete text of this 
decision may also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, 
International Transcription Service, 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. 00-1470 Filed 1-20-00; 8:45 am]
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