[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 180 (Friday, September 15, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 55925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23696]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00-2002; MM Docket No. 99-151; RM-9559; RM-9932]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Rangely, Ridgway and Silverton, CO

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In response to a proposal filed by Mountain West Broadcasting, 
the Commission allots Channel 279C1 to Rangely, Colorado, as that 
community's first local aural transmission service. See 64 FR 26719, 
May 17, 1999. Additionally, in response to a counterproposal filed on 
behalf of Idaho Broadcasting Consortium, Inc. (RM-9932), permittee for 
Station KBNG, Channel 279C2, Silverton, Colorado, the Commission 
substitutes Channel 279C1 for Channel 279C2 at Silverton, reallots 
Channel 279C1 to Ridgway, Colorado, as that community's first local 
aural transmission service, and modifies the authorization for Station 
KBNG, as requested. Additionally, the Commission allots Channel 238A to 
Silverton, Colorado. Coordinates used for Channel 279C1 at Rangely, 
Colorado, are 40-05-06 NL and 108-48-18 WL. The coordinates for Channel 
279C1 at Ridgway, Colorado, are 38-03-18 NL and 107-41-40 WL. 
Coordinates for Channel 238A at Silverton, Colorado, are 37-48-42 NL 
and 107-40-00 WL.

DATES: Effective October 16, 2000. A filing window for Channel 279C1 at 
Rangely, Colorado, and for Channel 238A at Silverton, Colorado, will 
not be opened at this time. Instead, the issue of opening a filing 
window for those channels will be addressed by the Commission in a 
subsequent Order.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allocations Branch, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180. Questions related to the application process for 
Channel 279C1 at Rangely, Colorado and for Channel 238A at Silverton, 
Colorado, should be addressed to the Audio Services Division, (202) 
418-2700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Report and Order, MM Docket No. 99-151, adopted August 30, 2000, and 
released September 1, 2000. The full text of this Commission decision 
is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in 
the FCC's Reference Information Center (Room CY-A257), 445 Twelfth 
Street, SW., Washington, DC. The complete text of this decision may 
also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International 
Transcription Service, Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20036, (202) 857-3800.

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, 336.


Sec. 73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Colorado, is 
amended by adding Rangely, Channel 279C1.

    3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Colorado, is 
amended by adding Ridgway, Channel 279C1.

    4. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Colorado, is 
amended by removing Channel 279C2 and adding Channel 238A at Silverton.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 00-23696 Filed 9-14-00; 8:45 am]
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