[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 232 (Friday, December 1, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 75222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30689]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00-2570; MM Docket No. 00-228, RM-9991]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Linden, White Oak, Lufkin, Corrigan, 
Mount Enterprise, and Pineland, TX and Zwolle, LA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition filed by OARA, 
Inc. proposing the reallotment of Channel 257C2 from Linden, Texas, to 
White Oak, Texas, as that community's first local service. The 
coordinates for Channel 257C2 at White Oak are 32-30-32 and 94-50-41. 
To accommodate the allotment at White Oak, we shall also propose to 
substitute Channel 261C2 for Channel 257C2 at Lufkin, Texas, and 
modifiy the license for Station KUEZ at coordinates 31-24-28 and 94-45-
53; substitute Channel 257A for vacant Channel 261A at Corrigan, Texas, 
at coordinates 30-59-47 and 94-49-36; reallot Channel 260A from Mount 
Enterprise, Texas to Zwolle, Louisiana, at coordinates 31-37-53 and 93-
38-39; and allot Channel 256A at Pineland, Texas at coordinates 31-08-
48 and 93-56-53.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before January 2, 2000, and reply 
comments on or before January 17, 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: 
Ann Bavender, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C., 1300 N. 17th Street, 
11th Floor, Arlington, Virginia 22209.

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. 00-228, adopted November 1, 
2000, and released November 9, 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.
    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR part 73 as follows:

PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES

    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 Texas, is 
amended by removing Linden, Channel 257C2 and adding White Oak, Channel 
257C2, by removing Channel 257C2 at Lufkin and adding Channel 261C2 at 
Lufkin, by removing Channel 261A at Corrigan and adding Channel 257A at 
Corrigan, by removing Channel 260A and Mount Enterprise, and by adding 
Pineland, Channel 256A.
    3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Louisiana, 
is amended by adding Zwolle, Channel 260A.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 00-30689 Filed 11-30-00; 8:45 am]
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