[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 18, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 48107-48108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23183]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01-2103; MM Docket No. 01-224, RM-10101]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Shelbyville and La Vergne, TN

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by WYCQ, 
Inc. proposing the reallotment of Channel 275C1 from Shelbyville to La 
Vergne, Tennessee, and the modification of Station WZPC(FM)'s license 
accordingly. Channel 275C1 can be reallotted to La Vergne in compliance 
with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements without 
the imposition of a site restriction at petitioner's presently licensed 
site. The coordinates for Channel 275C1 at La Vergne are 35-48-01 North 
Latitude and 86-37-17 West Longitude.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 29, 2001, and reply 
comments on or before November 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington DC 20054. In 
addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: 
Patricia M. Chuh, Pepper & Corazzini, L.L.P., 1776 K Street, NW, Suite 
200, Washington, DC 20006 (Counsel for Petitioner).

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. 01-224, adopted August 
29, 2001, and released September 7, 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, 
Qualex International, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW, Room CY-B402, 
Washington, DC 20554.
    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

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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 Tennessee, 
is amended by removing Shelbyville, Channel 275C1 and adding La Vergne, 
Channel 275C1.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-23183 Filed 9-17-01; 8:45 am]
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