[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 131 (Monday, July 9, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 35768-35769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17033]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01-1488; MM Docket No. 01-135, RM-10154; MM Docket No. 01-136; RM-
10155; and MM Docket No. 01-137; RM-10156]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Caliente, NV; Boswell, OK; and 
Altus, OK

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document proposes three allotments. The Commission 
requests comments on a petition filed by Schleicher County Radio 
proposing the allotment of Channel 291C2 at Caliente,

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Nevada, as the community's second local FM transmission service. 
Channel 291C2 can be allotted to Caliente in compliance with the 
Commission's minimum distance separation requirements at city reference 
coordinates. The coordinates for Channel 291C2 at Caliente are 37-36-54 
North Latitude and 114-30-40 West Longitude. See Supplementary 
Information, infra.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before August 13, 2001, and reply 
comments on or before August 28, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In 
addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioner, his counsel, or consultant, as follows: Randy 
Parker, 25415 Gleen Lock, The Woodlands, Texas 77380 (Consultant for 
Schleicher County Radio); Ann Bavender, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, 
P.L.C., 1300 N. 17th Street, 11th Floor, Arlington, Virginia 22209 
(Counsel for Boswell Broadcasting Company); and Katherine Pyeatt, 6655 
Aintree Circle, Dallas, Texas (Petitioner for Atlus, Oklahoma).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon P. McDonald, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 01-135; MM Docket No. 01-
136, and MM Docket No. 01-137, adopted June 13, 2001, and released June 
22, 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.
    The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Boswell 
Broadcasting Company proposing the allotment of Channel 282C3 at 
Boswell, Oklahoma, as the community's first local aural transmission 
service. Channel 282C3 can be allotted to Boswell in compliance with 
the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements at city 
reference coordinates. The coordinates for Channel 282C3 at Boswell, 
Oklahoma are 34-01-38 North Latitude and 95-52-08 West Longitude.
    The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Katherine 
Pyeatt proposing the allotment of Channel 295C2 at Altus, Oklahoma, as 
the community's third local FM transmission service. Channel 295C2 can 
be allotted to Altus1 in compliance with the Commission's minimum 
distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 3.8 
kilometers (2.3 miles) northeast to avoid a short-spacing to the 
proposed allotment of Channel 296C3 at Paducah, Texas. The coordinates 
for Channel 295C2 at Altus are 34-39-30 North Latitude and 99-18-03 
West Longitude.
    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 proposed 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 Oklahoma, is 
amended by adding Channel 295C2 at Altus and Boswell, Channel 282C3.
    3. Section 73.202(b), the table of FM Allotments under Nevada, is 
amended by adding Channel 291C2 at Caliente.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-17033 Filed 7-6-01; 8:45 am]
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