[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 7607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1983]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01-64; MM Docket No. 01-4; RM-10020]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Willow Creek, CA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on the proposed allotment of 
FM Channel 295A to Willow Creek, California, as that community's first 
local aural transmission service. Coordinates used for this proposal 
are 40-56-24 NL and 123-37-48 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before March 5, 2001, and reply 
comments on or before March 20, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 
20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties 
should serve the petitioner, as follows: Howard M. Weiss and Alison J. 
Shapiro, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C., 1300 North 17th Street, 
11th Floor, Arlington, VA 22209.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. Barthen Gorman, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 01-4, adopted January 3, 
2001, and released January 12, 2001. 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.
    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 Sec. 1.1204(b) for rules governing 
permissible ex parte contacts.
    For information regarding proper filing procedures for comments, 
see 47 CFR Secs. 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. Secs. 154, 303, 334 and 336.


Sec. 73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under California, 
is amended by adding Willow Creek, Channel 295A.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-1983 Filed 1-23-01; 8:45 am]
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