[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 5961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3031]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 02-206; MM Docket No. 02-12, RM-10356; MM Docket No. 02-13, RM-
10357; MM Docket No. 02-14, RM-10358]


Radio Broadcasting Services: Ash Fork, AZ; Bunnell, FL; and 
Ketchum, ID

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document proposes new allotments to Ash Fork, AZ; 
Bunnell, FL; and Ketchum, ID. The Commission requests comments on a 
petition filed on behalf of Liberty Ventures, III, LLC, proposing the 
allotment of Channel 285A at Ash Fork, Arizona, as the community's 
first local aural transmission service. Channel 285A can be allotted to 
Ash Fork in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance 
separation requirements with a site restriction of 13.6 kilometers (8.4 
miles) west of Ash Fork, Arizona. The coordinates for Channel 285A at 
Ash Fork, are 35-12-27 North Latitude and 112-37-49 West Longitude. The 
Commission requests comments on a petition filed on behalf of 
Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation, proposing the allotment 
of Channel 254A at Bunnell, Florida, as the community's first local 
aural transmission service. Channel 254A can be allotted to Bunnell in 
compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation 
requirements with a site restriction of 9.8 kilometers (6.1 miles) east 
of Bunnell. The coordinates for Channel 254A at Bunnell are 29-29-38 
North Latitude and 81-09-45 West Longitude. The Commission requests 
comments on a petition filed by Best Ski Country Radio proposing the 
allotment of Channel 224A at Ketchum, Idaho, as that community's second 
local aural transmission service. Channel 224A can be allotted to 
Ketchum in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation 
requirements with a site restriction of 3.6 kilometers (2,2 miles) 
northwest of Ketchum. The coordinates for Channel 224A at Ketchum are 
43-41-58 North Latitude and 114-23-55 West Longitude.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before March 18, 2002, and reply 
comments on or before April 2, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., 20554. 
In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioners, as follows: Scott C. Cinnamon, Law Offices of 
Scott C. Cinnamon, PLLC; 1090 Vermont Ave., Suite 800; Washington, 
20005. (Counsel for petitioner for Ash Fork, Arizona); James P. Riley 
and Anne Goodwin Crump, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C.; 1300 North 
17th Street, Eleventh Floor; Arlington, Virginia 22209 (Counsel for 
petitioner for Bunnell, Florida); and Walter A. Sanders, Jr., Best Ski 
Country Radio; 28 Union Creek Road; Tylertown, Mississippi 39667 
(Petitioner for Ketchum, Idaho).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. Barthen Gorman, Mass Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 02-12; MM Docket No. 02-
13; and MM Docket No. 02-14, adopted January 16, 2002, and released 
January 25, 2002. The full text of this document is available for 
public inspection and copying during regular business hours in the FCC 
Reference Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 
CY-A257, Washington, DC, 20554. This document may also be purchased 
from the Commission's duplicating contractor, Qualex International, 
Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW, Room CY-B402, Washington, DC, 20554, 
telephone 202-863-2893, facsimile 202-863-2898, or via e-mail 
[email protected].
    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.
    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]

    1. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Arizona, is 
amended by adding Ash Fork, Channel 285A.
    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Florida, is 
amended by adding Bunnell, Channel 254A.
    3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Idaho, is 
amended by adding Channel 224A at Ketchum.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 02-3031 Filed 2-7-02; 8:45 am]
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