[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 50602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24862]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01-2207; MM Docket No. 01-249; RM-10272]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Telluride and Norwood, CO

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 Rocky III Investments, Inc., licensee of Station 
KRYD(FM), Channel 285C1, Telluride, Colorado, requesting the 
reallotment of Channel 285C1 to Norwood, Colorado, as that community's 
first local aural transmission service, and modification of its license 
accordingly. The petitioner's modification proposal complies with the 
provisions of Section 1.420(i) of the Commission's Rules and therefore, 
we will not be accepting competing expressions of interest in the use 
of Channel 285C1 at Norwood. Coordinates used for this proposal are 38-
00-05 NL and 107-57-53 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 13, 2001, and reply 
comments on or before November 27, 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: Barry D. Wood and 
Stuart W. Nolan, Jr., Esqs., Wood, Maines & Brown, Chartered, 1827 
Jefferson Place, NW., Washington, DC 20036.

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. 01-249, adopted September 
12, 2001, and released September 21, 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 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC. The complete text of 
this decision may also be purchased from the Commission's copy 
contractor, Qualtex International, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone (202) 863-2893.
    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 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 Colorado, is 
amended by adding Norwood, Channel 285C1, and removing Telluride, 
Channel 285C1.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-24862 Filed 10-3-01; 8:45 am]
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