[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 26825-26826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12164]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01-1083; MM Docket No. 01-101; RM-10097]


Radio Broadcasting Services; St. Augustine and Neptune Beach, FL

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rule making 
filed on behalf of Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc., licensee 
of Station WFKS(FM), Channel 250C2, St. Augustine, Florida, requesting 
the reallotment of Channel 250C2 from St. Augustine to Neptune Beach, 
Florida, and modification of its authorization accordingly, pursuant to 
the provisions of Section 1.420(i) of the Commission's Rules. 
Coordinates used for requested Channel 250C2 at Neptune Beach, Florida, 
are 36-16-53 and 81-34-15.
    Petitioner's reallotment proposal complies with the provisions of 
Section 1.420(i) of the Commission's Rules, and therefore, the 
Commission will not accept competing expressions of interest in the use 
of Channel 250C2 at Neptune Beach, Florida, or require the petitioner 
to demonstrate the availability of an additional equivalent class 
channel.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before June 18, 2001, and reply 
comments on or before July 3, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th 
Street, SW., Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing 
comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve the petitioner's 
counsel, as follows: F. William LeBeau; Hogan and Hartson, L.L.P.; 555 
13th Street, NW.; Washington, DC 20004-1109.

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

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Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 01-101 adopted April 18, 2001, and 
released April 27, 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 at Portals II, 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, located at 1231 20th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036.
    The 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 Florida, is 
amended by adding Neptune Beach, Channel 250C2, and removing Channel 
250C2 at St. Augustine.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-12164 Filed 5-14-01; 8:45 am]
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