[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 41 (Thursday, March 1, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 12921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4917]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01-398; MM Docket No. 01-47; RM-10063]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Valley Mills, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition for rule making 
filed by Valley Mills Radio Broadcasting Company seeking the allotment 
of Channel 237C2 at Valley Mills, TX, as the community's first local 
aural service. Channel 237C2 can be allotted to Valley Mills in 
compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation 
requirements with a site restriction of 27.8 kilometers (17.3 miles) 
west, at coordinates 31-44-52 NL; 97-44-33 WL, to avoid a short-spacing 
to proposed Channel 236C2 at Caldwell, TX.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 9, 2001, and reply 
comments on or before April 24, 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: Robert Lewis Thompson, Taylor 
Thiemann & Aitkin, L.C., 908 King Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, VA 
22314 (Counsel to petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie K. Shapiro, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 01-47; adopted February 
7, 2001 and released February 16, 2001. 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 contractor, 
International Transcription Service, Inc., (202) 857-3800, 1231 20th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 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.

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 adding Valley Mills, Channel 237C2.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-4917 Filed 2-28-01; 8:45 am]
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