[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 43 (Friday, March 3, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 11537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5101]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA No. 00-298, MM Docket No. 00-27, RM-9820]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Valley Mills, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition filed by Valley 
Mills Radio proposing the allotment of Channel 237C2 at Valley Mills, 
Texas, as that community's first local service. The coordinates for 
Channel 237C2 at Valley Mills are 31-44-52 and 97-44-33. There is a 
site restriction 27.8 kilometers (17.3 miles) west of the community.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 10, 2000, and reply 
comments on or before April 25, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, 
interested parties should serve the petitioner's counsel, as follows: 
Robert Lewis Thompson, Taylor Thiemann & Aitken, L.C., 908 King Street, 
Suite 300, Alexandria, Virginia 22314.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Notice 
of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 00-27, adopted February 9, 2000, 
and released February 18, 2000. The full text of this Commission 
decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business 
hours in the Commission's Reference Center 445 Twelfth Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20554. The complete text of this decision may also be 
purchased from the Commission's copy contractors, International 
Transcription Services, Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20036, (202) 857-3800, facsimile (202) 857-3805.
    Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of l980 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 contact.
    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. 00-5101 Filed 3-2-00; 8:45 am]
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