[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 247 (Friday, December 22, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 80790-80791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32676]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00-2779; MM Docket No. 00-15; RM-9804]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Susquehanna and Hallstead, PA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission, at the request of Tammy M. Celenza, allots 
Channel 227A at Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, as the community's second 
local FM transmission service. See 65 FR 12155, March 8, 2000. We also 
dismiss the counterproposal filed by Montrose Broadcasting Corporation 
to allot Channel 227A at Hallstead, Pennsylvania, as the community's 
first local aural transmission service as being technically defective. 
Channel 227A can be allotted at Susquehanna in compliance with the 
Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site 
restriction of 6.3 kilometers (3.9 miles) east to avoid a short-spacing 
to the licensed sites of WBZD-FM, Channel 227B1, Muncy, Pennsylvania, 
and Station WKXZ(FM), Channel 230B, Norwich, New York. The coordinates 
for Channel 227A at Susquehanna are 41-55-44 North Latitude and 75-31-
50 West Longitude. See Supplementary Information, infra.

DATES: Effective January 22, 2001. A filing window, will not be opened 
at this time. Instead, the issue of opening a filing window for this 
channel will be addressed by the Commission in a subsequent order.

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. 00-15, adopted November 29, 2000, and 
released December 8, 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.
    Since Susquehanna is located within 320 kilometers (200 miles) of 
the U.S.-Canadian border, Canadian concurrence for the allotment of 
Channel 227A at Susquehanna has been requested, but not yet received. 
Therefore, if a construction permit is granted prior to the receipt of 
formal concurrence in the allotment by the Canadian government, the 
construction permit will include the following condition: ``Operation 
with the facilities specified herein is subject to modification, 
suspension or termination without right to a hearing, if found by the 
Commission to be necessary in order to conform to the USA-Canadian FM 
Broadcast Agreement.''

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. 54, 303, 334, 336.


Sec. 73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under 
Pennsylvania, is amended by adding Channel 227A at Susquehanna.


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Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 00-32676 Filed 12-21-00; 8:45 am]
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