[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 26, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 57799-57800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24646]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00-2111, MM Docket No. 99-284; RM-9697)


Radio Broadcasting Services; Galveston and Missouri City, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests further comment on a proposal filed on 
behalf of KQQK License, Inc., licensee of Station KQQK-FM, Channel 
293C, Galveston, Texas, proposing the reallotment of Channel 293C from 
Galveston to Missouri City, Texas, and the modification of the Station 
KQQK-FM license to specify Missouri City as the community of license. 
64 FR 55223, published October 12, 1999. The original Notice of 
Proposed Rule Making proposed the modification of the Station KQQK-FM 
license as a first local service for Missouri City. However, on August 
30, 2000, the Commission adopted a Report and Order in MM Docket No. 
99-26, DA 00-2057, released September 8, 2000, which substituted 
Channel 287A for Channel 285A at Galveston, Texas, reallotted Channel 
287A to Missouri City, and modified the license of Station KLTO to 
specify operation on Channel 287A at Missouri City. As a consequence, 
the proposal in this proceeding will no longer be providing a first 
local service to Missouri City. For this reason, the Commission is 
affording KQQK License and other interested parties an opportunity to 
comment on the proposal in the context of a competitive service for 
Missouri City and the removal of the sole local FM service from 
Galveston.

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

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, 
DC, 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC,

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interested parties should serve the petitioner's counsel, as follows: 
Lawrence Roberts, Mary L. Plantamura, c/o Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, 
1155 Connecticut Ave. NW Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Hayne, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2177.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making in MM Docket No. 99-284, adopted 
September 13, 2000, and released September 15, 2000. The full text of 
this Commission action is available for inspection and copying during 
normal business hours in the FCC Reference Information Center at 
Portals II, CY-A257, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, D.C. The complete 
text of this action may also be purchased from the Commission's copy 
contractor, International Transcription Service, Inc., (202) 857-3800, 
1231 20th Street, Washington, D.C. 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.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 00-24646 Filed 9-25-00; 8:45 am]
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