[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 31596-31597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14804]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01-1296; MM Docket No. 01-113; RM-9655]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Big Piney and LaBarge, Wyoming

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition for rule making 
filed by Mount Rushmore Broadcasting, Inc. (``petitioner'') requesting 
allotments at Big Piney and LaBarge, Wyoming.

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Channel 224A can be allotted at Big Piney without a site restriction 
and Channel 231A can be allotted at La Barge without a site 
restriction. The coordinates for Channel 224A at Big Piney are 42-32-24 
NL and 110-06-42 WL. The coordinates for Channel 231A at LaBarge are 
42-15-42 NL and 110-11-36 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before July 16, 2001, and reply 
comments on or before July 31, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, 
D.C. 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested 
parties should serve the petitioner, as follows: Thomas J. Hutton, 
Holland and Knight, 2100 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20037-
5564 (Counsel to Petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria M. McCauley, Mass Media 
Bureau, and (202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 01-113 adopted May 16, 
2001 and released May 25, 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.
    Petitioner originally requested the allotment of Channel 259A at 
Big Piney, Wyoming, and Channel 261A at La Barge, Wyoming as a 
counterproposal to MM Docket No. 99-56. Consistent with the minimum 
distance separation requirements of Sec. 73.207(b) and the principal 
community coverage requirements of Sec. 73.315(a) of the Commission's 
Rules, neither channel can be allotted at the requested community. We 
determined that alternate channels could be allotted at both 
communities.
    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 Wyoming, is 
amended by adding Big Piney, Channel 224A and LaBarge, Channel 231A.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-14804 Filed 6-11-01; 8:45 am]
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