[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 21, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 58429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29087]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01-2569; MM Docket No. 99-244; RM-9678, 9873]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Cumberland, KY and Weber City, VA; 
Glade Spring, Marion, Richlands and Grundy, VA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Order to show cause.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests a written statement from Virginia-
Kentucky Broadcasting Co., why its license should not be modified to 
specify operation on Channel 264A in lieu of Channel 249A at Grundy, 
Virginia, to accommodate the counterproposal filed by Holston Valley 
Broadcasting Corporation requesting the allotment of Channel 274A at 
Glade Spring, Virginia. See 14 FCC Rcd 10545 (1991). Channel 249A can 
be substituted at Grundy in compliance with the Commission's minimum 
distance separation requirements at Station WMJD(FM)'s presently 
licensed site. The coordinates for Channel 249A at Grundy are 37-18-08 
North Latitude and 82-07-04 West Longitude.

DATES: Statements must be filed on or before December 24, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In 
addition to filing a written statement to FCC, Virginia-Kentucky 
Broadcasting Co., should serve the following: William J. Pennington, 
Esq., Post Office Box 403, Westfield, Massachusetts 01086 (Counsel for 
Cumberland City Broadcasting Co.); and Dennis J. Kelly, Esq., Post 
Office Box 6648, Annapolis, Maryland 21401 (Counsel for Holston Valley 
Broadcasting Corporation).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon P. McDonald, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's Order 
to Show Cause, MM Docket No. 99-244, adopted October 24, 2001, and 
released November 2, 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 20054.
    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 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.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-29087 Filed 11-20-01; 8:45 am]
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