[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 14, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 42622-42623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20294]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01-1860; MM Docket No. 01-176; RM-10191]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Sykesville, PA

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 Sykesville Broadcasting, requesting the allotment of 
Channel 240A to Sykesville, Pennsylvania, as that community's first 
local aural transmission service. Coordinates used for this proposal 
are 41-03-01 NL and 78-49-21 WL. Sykesville is located within 320 
kilometers (200 miles) of the U.S.-Canadian border and therefore, 
concurrence of the Canadian government to this proposal must be 
obtained.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before September 24, 2001, and 
reply comments on or before October 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 
20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties 
should serve the petitioner's counsel, as follows: A. Wray Fitch, III, 
Esq., Gammon & Grange, P.C., 8280 Greensboro Drive, 7th Floor, McLean, 
VA 22102-3807.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Joyner, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 01-176, adopted July 25, 
2001, and released August 3, 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 (Room CY-A257), 445 
Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC. The complete text of this decision 
may also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, 
International Transcription Service, Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857-3800.
    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

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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 Secs. 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. Secs. 154, 303, 334 and 336.


Sec. 73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under 
Pennsylvania, is amended by adding Sykesville, Channel 240A.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-20294 Filed 8-13-01; 8:45 am]
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