[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 39864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14653]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 02-1153; MM Docket No. 00-245; RM-9971, 10185, 10186]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Alberta and Dinwiddie, VA and 
Whitakers and Garysburg, NC

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In response to a Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 65 FR 79327 
(December 19, 2000), this document allots Channel 276A to Garysburg, 
North Carolina as its first local aural transmission service, 
substitutes Channel 299A for Channel 276A at Alberta, Virginia, and 
modifies Station WSMY-FM's authorization accordingly. This document 
denies a request by Dinwiddie Radio Company that Channel 299A be 
allotted to Dinwiddie, Virginia and that Channel 276A be retained at 
Alberta. This document also denies a request by Station WSMY-FM to 
substitute Channel. 276C3 for Channel 276A at Alberta, Virginia, and to 
reallot Channel 276C3 from Alberta, Virginia to Whitakers, North 
Carolina. The coordinates for Channel 276A at Garysburg, North Carolina 
are 36-26-30 North Latitude and 77-35-00 West Longitude.

DATES: Effective July 8, 2002.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Report and Order, MM Docket No. 00-245, adopted May 8, 2002, and 
released May 17, 2002. The full text of this Commission decision is 
available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in 
the FCC's Reference Information Center at Portals II, CY-A257, 445 12th 
Street, SW, Washington, DC. This document may also be purchased from 
the Commission's duplicating contractors, 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].

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 reads as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334 and 336.


Sec. 73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under North 
Carolina, is amended by adding Garysburg, Channel 276A.

    3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Virginia, is 
amended by adding Channel 299A at Alberta and removing Channel 276A at 
Alberta.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Office of Broadcast License Policy, 
Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 02-14653 Filed 6-10-02; 8:45 am]
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