[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 5, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 53640-53641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22617]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00-1904; MM Docket No. 98-59; RM-9859, RM-9886]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Casper, Lusk, and Sinclair, WY

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission, at the request of Citicasters Co., allots 
Channel 228C1 at Casper, Wyoming, as the community's eighth local 
commercial FM transmission service (RM-9859). See 63 FR 24517, May 4, 
1998. At the request of Mountain States Radio, Inc., we also allot 
Channel 242C at Lusk, and Channel 262C at Sinclair as each community's 
first local aural transmission service (RM-9886). Channel 228C1 can be 
allotted to Casper in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance 
separation requirements with a site restriction of 7.9 kilometers (2.2 
miles) southeast to avoid a short-spacing to the allotment reference 
site for Channel 228A at Moorcoft, Wyoming. The coordinates for Channel 
228C1 at Casper are 42-47-45 North Latitude and 106-22-53 West 
Longitude. Additionally, Channel 242C can be allotted to Lusk in 
compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation 
requirements at city reference coordinates; and Channel 262C can be 
allotted to Sinclair with a site restriction of 8 kilometers (5 miles) 
north at petitioner's requested site. The coordinates for Channel 242C 
at Lusk are 42-45-42 North Latitude and 104-27-06 West Longitude; and 
the coordinates for Channel 262C at Sinclair are 41-51-01 North 
Latitude and 107-06-48 West Longitude.

DATES: Effective October 2, 2000. A filing window for Channel 228C1 at 
Casper, Wyoming, Channel 242C at Lusk, Wyoming, and Channel 262C at 
Sinclair, Wyoming, will not be opened at this time. Instead, the issue 
of opening filing windows for these channels will be addressed by the 
Commission in a subsequent order.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon P. McDonald, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Report and Order, MM Docket No. 99-59, adopted August 8, 2000, and 
released August 18, 2000. 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, 
SW, Washington, DC. The complete text of this decision may also be 
purchased from the Commission's copy contractors, International 
Transcription Service, Inc., (202) 857-3800, 1231 20th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20036.

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 continues to read as follows:

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


Sec. 73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Wyoming is 
amended by adding Channel 228C1 at Casper; Lusk, Channel 242C; and 
Sinclair, Channel 262C.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 00-22617 Filed 9-1-00; 8:45 am]
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