[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 33656-33657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15783]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01-1388; MM Docket No.01-120, RM-10126]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Lincoln, Sherman, Illinois

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition for rule making 
filed by Saga Communications of Illinois, Inc., requesting the 
reallotment of Channel 230B1 from Lincoln to Sherman, Illinois, as the 
community's first local aural transmission service. Petitioner is asked 
to provide additional information in support of the requested 
reallotment, specifically the relative population gains and losses. 
Channel 230B1 can be allotted at Sherman with a site restriction of 13 
kilometers (8.1 miles) north of the community. Coordinates for Channel 
230B1 at Sherman, Illinois are 40-00-09 NL and 89-39-35 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before July 30, 2001, and reply 
comments on or before August 14, 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: Gary S. Smithwick, Smithwick 
and Belendiuk, 5028 Wisconsin Ave., NW., Suite 301,Washington, DC 
20016.

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. 01-120 adopted May 30, 
2001 and released June 8, 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

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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 Illinois, is 
amended by removing Lincoln, Channel 230B1 and adding Sherman, Channel 
230B1.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-15783 Filed 6-22-01; 8:45 am]
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