[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 6, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 56038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27781]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[FCC 01-241, MM Docket No. 97-107, RM-9023]


FM Broadcasting Services; Pottsville and Saltillo, MS

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; application for review, denied.

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SUMMARY: In MM Docket No. 97-107, the Commission denied an application 
for review filed by Olvie E. Sisk, licensee of Station WCNA(FM), 
Channel 240C3 (95.9 MHz), Potts Camp, Mississippi. Sisk had requested 
review of the Report and Order, 64 FR 38,592, published July 19, 1999, 
which the Commission denied because it found that the staff had 
properly denied in the Report and Order Sisk's petition for rulemaking 
(RM-9023) seeking the reallotment of Channel 240C3 from Potts Camp to 
Saltillo, Mississippi. The staff relied upon strong Commission policy 
against removal of a community's sole aural broadcast transmission 
service absent a compelling showing that a waiver of this prohibition 
is warranted. Sisk's allegations of his station's financial peril fell 
well short of justifying such a waiver. With this action, the 
proceeding is terminated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Bertron Withers, Jr., Mass Media 
Bureau, (202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Memorandum Opinion 
and Order, MM Docket 97-107, adopted August 23, 2001, and released 
August 29, 2001. The full text of this Commission decision is available 
for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the 
Commission's Reference Information Center (room CY-A257), 445 12th 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554. The complete text of this decision 
may be also purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, Qualex 
International Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW, Room CY-B402, 
Washington, DC, 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-27781 Filed 11-5-01; 8:45 am]
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