[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 246 (Thursday, December 21, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 80367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32330]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00-2710; MM Docket No. 98-29; RM-9190, RM-9275]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Indian Wells, Indio, CA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission, at the request of Professional Broadcasting, 
Inc. allots Channel 238A at Indian Wells, California, as the 
community's first local aural transmission service. See 63 FR 12426 
(March 13, 1998). The Commission considers comparatively and denies a 
petition filed by Elia Tawil proposing to allot Channel 238A at Indio, 
California, as the community's fourth aural transmission service, and 
to reserve the channel as a noncommercial educational channel. It also 
dismisses as technically and procedurally defective a pleading filed by 
Playa Del Sol Broadcasters, permittee of an unbuilt station on Channel 
249A in Mecca, California, requesting the allotment of Channel 238A at 
Mecca, California, reallotment of Channel 249A from Mecca to Indian 
Wells, California, and modification of its permit for unbuilt station 
in Mecca to reflect the new community. Channel 238A can be allotted to 
Indian Wells in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance 
separation requirements, with respect to domestic allotments, at a site 
6 kilometers (3.7 miles) east, at coordinates 33-42-04 North Latitude 
and 116-14-47 West Longitude. A filing window for Channel 238A at 
Indian Wells, California, will not be opened at this time. Instead, the 
issue of opening filing windows for this channel will be addressed by 
the Commission in a subsequent Order. With this Order, this proceeding 
is terminated.

DATES: Effective January 22, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria M. McCauley, Mass Media 
Bureau, (202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Report and Order, MM Docket No. 98-29, adopted November 22, 2000, and 
released December 1, 2000. The full text of this Commission decision is 
available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in 
the FCC Reference Center (Room 239), 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, 
DC. The complete text of this decision may also be purchased from the 
Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription Services, 
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 FM Table of Allotments under California is 
amended by adding Indian Wells, Channel 238A.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 00-32330 Filed 12-20-00; 8:45 am]
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