[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 39934-39935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14673]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 02-1248; MB Docket No. 02-118; RM-10394]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Ridgway, Rangley, CO

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on the proposed substitution 
of Channel 279C1 for Channel 279C2 at Ridgway, Colorado, and the 
modification of Station KBNG's authorization accordingly, and the 
substitution of Channel 257C1 for vacant Channel 279C1 at Rangely, 
Colorado, to accommodate its upgrade filed on behalf of Idaho 
Broadcasting Consortium. Channel 279C1 can be allotted at Ridgway at 
petitioner's requested site 11.9 kilometers (7.4 miles) north of the 
community. Additionally, Channel 257C1 can be allotted at Rangely at 
petitioner's suggested site 5.0 kilometers (3.1 miles) northwest of the 
community. The coordinates for Channel 279C1 at Ridgway are 38-15-26 NL 
and 107-46-54 WL. The coordinates for Channel 257C1 are 40-7-12 NL and 
108-50-29 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before July 15, 2002, and reply 
comments on or before July 30, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 
20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties 
should serve the petitioner, as follows: Lee W. Shubert Katten Muchin 
Zavis Rosenman, 1025 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW., East Lobby, Suite 
700 Washington, DC, 20007-5201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria M. McCauley, Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 02-118, adopted May 15, 
2002, and released May 24, 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 Twelfth 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, or via e-mail: 
[email protected].
    Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of l980 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.

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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]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Colorado, is 
amended by removing Channel 279C2 and adding 279C1 at Ridgway, and by 
removing Channel 279C1 and adding Channel 257C1 at Rangely.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Office of Broadcast License Policy, 
Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 02-14673 Filed 6-10-02; 8:45 am]
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