[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 14, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 14873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6243]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA No. 01-565, MM Docket No. 01-64, RM-10074]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Monticello, Maine

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition filed by Allan 
H. Wiener proposing the allotment of Channel 234A at Monticello, Maine, 
as that community's first local FM service. The coordinates for Channel 
234A at Monticello are 46-24-20 and 67-50-45. There is a site 
restriction 10.8 kilometers (6.7 miles) north of the community. 
Canadian concurrence will be requested for the allotment of Channel 
234A at Monticello as a specially negotiated short-spaced allotment.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 23, 2001, and reply 
comments on or before May 8, 2001.

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, as follows: Allan H. 
Wiener, East Road, Monticello, Maine 04760.

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. 01-64, adopted February 21, 
2001, and released March 2, 2001. The full text of this Commission 
decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business 
hours in the Commission's Reference Information 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. Secs. 154, 303, 334 and 336.


Sec. 73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Maine, is 
amended by adding Monticello, Channel 234A.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-6243 Filed 3-13-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-U