[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 15065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6409]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01-564, MM Docket No. 01-65, RM-10078]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Emmetsburg and Sibley, IA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition filed by Eisert 
Enterprises, Inc. proposing the substitution of Channel 261C3 for 
Channel 261A at Emmetsburg, Iowa, and modification of the license for 
Station KEMB accordingly. The coordinates for Channel 261C3 at 
Emmetsburg are 43-07-24 and 94-51-29. In accordance with Section 
1.420(g) of the Commission's Rules, we will not accept competing 
expressions of interest for the use of Channel 261C3 at Emmetsburg. To 
accommodate the allotment of Channel 261C3 at Emmetsburg we shall also 
propose the removal of vacant Channel 262A at Sibley, Iowa.

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. 01-65, 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. 154, 303, 334 and 336.


Sec. 73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Iowa, is 
amended by removing Channel 261A and adding Channel 261C3 at Emmetsburg 
and by removing Channel 262A at Sibley.


Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-6409 Filed 3-14-01; 8:45 am]
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