[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15735-15736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7975]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 02-620; MM Docket No. 99-244; RM-9678, 9873]


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

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission, at the request of Holston Valley Broadcasting 
Corporation, allots Channel 274A at Glade Spring, Virginia, as the 
community's first local aural transmission service (RM-9873). To 
accommodate the allotment, we will (1) substitute Channel 263A for 
Channel 273A at Marion, Virginia, and modify Station WOLD-FM's license 
accordingly; (2) substitute Channel 249A for Channel 264A at Richlands, 
Virginia, and modify Station WRIC-FM's license accordingly; and (3) 
substitute Channel 2654A for Channel 249A at Grundy, Virginia, and 
modify Station WMJD(FM)'s license accordingly. We also deny the 
petition for rule making filed by Cumberland City Broadcasting Company 
requesting the substitution of Channel 274C3 for Channel 274A at 
Cumberland, the reallotment of Channel 274C3 from Cumberland to Weber 
City, Virginia, and the modification of Station WSEH(FM)'s license 
accordingly (RM-9678). See 64 FR 37925, July 14, 1999. See 
Supplementary Information, infra.

DATES: Effective May 3, 2002. A window for Channel 274A at Glade 
Spring, Virginia, will not be opened at this time. Instead, the issue 
of opening this allotment for auction will be addressed by the 
Commission in a subsequent order.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Report and Order, MM Docket No. 99-244, adopted March 6, 2002, and 
released March 19, 2002. 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.
    Channel 274A can be allotted to Glade Spring in compliance with the 
Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site 
restriction of 13.3 kilometers (8.3 miles) east at petitioner's 
requested site. The coordinates for Channel 274A at Glade Spring are 
36-45-15 North Latitude and 81-37-56 West Longitude. Additionally, 
Channel 263A can be substituted at Marion with a site restriction of 
2.2 kilometers (1.3 miles) north at

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petitioner's requested site. The coordinates for Channel 263A at Marion 
are 36-51-23 North Latitude and 81-30-21 West Longitude. Channel 249A 
can be substituted at Richlands at Station WRIC-FM's presently licensed 
site. The coordinates for Channel 249A at Richlands are 37-09-04 North 
Latitude and 81-53-56 West Longitude. Channel 264A can be substituted 
at Grundy at Station WMJD(FM)'s presently licensed site. The 
coordinates for Channel 264A at Grundy are 37-18-08 North Latitude and 
82-07-04 West Longitude.
    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.
    Part 73 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended 
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, 336.


Sec. 73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Virginia, is 
amended by adding Glade Spring, Channel 274A; by removing Channel 273A 
and adding Channel 263A at Marion; by removing Channel 264A and adding 
Channel 249A at Richlands; and by removing Channel 249A and adding 
Channel 264A at Grundy.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 02-7975 Filed 4-2-02; 8:45 am]
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