[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 5, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 46425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22201]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01-2001; MM Docket No. 01-205; RM-10212]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Weinert, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rule making 
filed by Jeraldine Anderson, requesting the allotment of Channel 266C3 
to Weinert, Texas, as that community's first local aural transmission 
service. This proposal requires a site restriction 13.8 kilometers (8.6 
miles) south of the community at coordinates 33-12-15 NL and 99-37-35 
WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 15, 2001, and reply 
comments on or before October 30, 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: Jeraldine Anderson, 1702 
Cypress Drive, Irving, Texas 75061.

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. 01-205, adopted August 
15, 2001, and released August 24, 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 parte contacts are 
prohibited in Commission proceedings, such as this one, which involve 
channel allotments. See 47 CFR Sec. 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 Texas, is 
amended by adding Weinert, Channel 266C3.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-22201 Filed 9-4-01; 8:45 am]
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