[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 16, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 52566-52567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25916]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01-2251; MM Docket No. 01-263; RM-10280; MM Docket No. 01-264; RM-
10281; MM Docket No. 01-265; RM-10282; MM Docket No. 01-266; RM-10283; 
MM Docket No. 01-267; RM-10289]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Junction, TX; Chino Valley, AZ; 
Arkadelphia, AR; Aspermont, TX; Cotulla, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a five petitions for 
rulemaking proposing new channels. A petition filed by Maurice Salsa, 
proposing the allotment of Channel 292A at Juntion,Texas as that 
community's second commercial FM transmission service. Channel 292A can 
be allotted to Junction without a site restriction at coordinates 30-
29-21NL and 99-46-18 WL. Mexican concurrence will be requested for this 
allotment. A petition filed by Charles Crawford proposing the allotment 
of Channel 223A at Chino Valley, Arizona, as the community's second 
local service. Channel 223A can be allotted at Chino Valley at a site 6 
kilometers (3.7 miles) west of the community at coordinates 34-46-10 NL 
and 112-31-03 WL. A petition filed by Charles Crawford proposing the 
allotment of Channel 228A at Arkadelphia, Arkansas, as the community's 
second local FM service. Channel 228A can be allotted at Arkadelphia at 
a site 11.5 kilometers (7.2 miles) west of the community at coordinates 
34-07-1-NL and 93-10-43 WL. A petition filed by Jeraldine Anderson 
proposing the allotment of Channel 226C2 at Aspermont, Texas, as the 
community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 226C2 can 
be allotted at Aspermont at a site 6.7 kilometers (4.1 miles) north of 
the community at coordinates 33-11-27 NL and 100-14-50 WL. A petition 
filed by Jeraldine Anderson proposing the allotment of Channel 289A at 
Cotulla, Texas, as the community's second local service. Channel 289A 
can be allotted at Cotulla at a site 5.0 kilometers (3.1 miles) 
southwest of the community. Mexican concurrence will be requested for 
this allotment.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 19, 2001, and reply 
comments on or before December 4, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 
20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties 
should serve the petitioners, as follows: Maurice Salsa, 5616 Evergreen 
Valley Drive, Kingwood, TX 77345 (petitioner for Junction, TX); Charles 
Crawford, 4553 Bordeaux Ave., Dallas, TX 75205 (petitioner for Chino 
Valley, AZ and Arkadelphia, AR); Jeraldine Anderson, 1702 Cypress 
Drive, Irving, TX 75061 (petitioner for Aspermont, TX and Cotulla, TX) 
.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket Nos. 01-263, 01-264, 01-265, 
No. 01-266, and 01-267, adopted September 19, 2001, and released 
September 28, 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, 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

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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 Arkansas, is 
amended by adding Channel 228A at Arkadelphia.
    3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Arizona, is 
amended by adding Channel 223A at Chino Valley.
    4. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Texas, is 
amended by adding Channel 292A at Junction, Channel 289A at Cotulla, 
and Aspermont, Channel 226C2.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-25916 Filed 10-15-01; 8:45 am]
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