[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 160 (Monday, August 19, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 53769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20923]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 02-1812: MB Docket Nos. 02-198, 02-199; RM-10513, RM-10514]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Magnolia, AR and Oil City, LA; 
Hilton Head Island, Hollywood and Port Royal, SC.

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission seeks comment on proposals in two separate 
docketed proceedings in a multiple docket Notice of Proposed Rule 
Making. The first, jointly filed by Apex Broadcasting, Inc., and 
Monterey Licenses, LLC, proposes to reallot Channel 259C from Port 
Royal to Hollywood, South Carolina, as the community's first local 
aural transmission service and modify the license of Station WJZX(FM) 
to reflect the new community, and reallot Channel 300C2 from Hilton 
Head Island to Port Royal to retain Port Royal's sole local aural 
transmission service and modify the license of Station WLOW(FM) to 
reflect the new community. Channel 259C can be reallotted from Port 
Royal to Hollywood at Station WJZX(FM)'s current transmitter site 41.2 
km (25.6 miles) southwest of the community at coordinates 32-25-10 NL 
and 80-28-30 WL. Channel 300C2 can be reallotted from Hilton Head 
Island to Port Royal at Station WLOW(FM)'s current transmitter site 
22.3 km (13.9 miles) southwest of the community at coordinates 32-13-36 
NL and 80-50-53 WL. The second, filed by Columbia Broadcasting Company, 
Inc., Substitute Channel 300C2 for 300C1 at Magnolia, Arkansas and 
reallot Channel 300C2 from Magnolia to Oil City, Louisiana, as the 
community's first local transmission service, and modify Station KVMA's 
authorization to specify Oil City as the community of license. Channel 
300C2 can be reallotted from Magnolia to Oil City at petitioner's 
proposed site 27.6 kilometers (17.1 miles) northeast of the community 
at coordinates 32-54-06 NL and 93-44-01 WL. See Supplementary 
Information.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before September 23, 2002, and 
reply comments must be filed on or before October 8, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, 
interested parties should serve the petitioner, his counsel, or 
consultant, as follows: Columbia Broadcasting Company, Inc. c/o Mark N. 
Lipp, J. Thomas Nolan, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, 600 14th Street, NW., 
Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005; Apex Broadcasting, Inc., c/o Erwin G. 
Krasnow, Mark N. Lipp, J. Thomas Nolan, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, 600 14th 
Street, NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005; and Monterey Licenses, 
LLC, David D. Oxenford, Shaw Pittman LLP, 2300 N Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20037.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket Nos. 02-198, and 02-199, 
adopted July 17, 2002, and released August 2, 2002. The full text of 
this document is available for public inspection and copying during 
regular business hours at 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]. The 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, 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 Arkansas, is 
amended by removing Magnolia, Channel 300C1.
    3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Louisiana, 
is amended by adding Oil City, Channel 300C2.
    4. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under South 
Carolina is amended by adding Hollywood, Channel 259C, by removing 
Channel 300C2 at Hilton Head Island, and by removing Channel 259C and 
adding Channel 300C2 at Port Royal.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 02-20923 Filed 8-16-02; 8:45 am]
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