[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 57781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23139]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 02-2066; MB Docket No. 02-255; RM-10524]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Cottage Grove, Depoe Bay, Garibaldi, 
Toledo, and Veneta, OR

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comment on a petition for rulemaking 
filed on behalf of Alexandra Communications, Inc. licensee of Station 
KDEP(FM), Depoe Bay, Oregon, Signal Communications, Inc., licensee of 
Station KEUG, Inc., Cottage Grove, Oregon, and Agpal Broadcasting, 
Inc., licensee of Station KPPT(FM), Toledo, Oregon, requesting that we 
substitute Channel 288A for Channel 288C3 at Depoe Bay, Oregon, reallot 
Channel 288A from Depoe Bay to Garibaldi, Oregon, and modify the 
license of Station KDEP(FM) to specify the new community. The petition 
also requests that we substitute Channel 283C3 for Channel 288A at 
Cottage Grove, Oregon, reallot Channel 288C3 to Veneta, Oregon, and 
modify the license of Station KEUG(FM) to specify the new community. 
Finally, the petition requests that we reallot Channel 264C2 from 
Toledo, Oregon to Depoe Bay, and modify the license of Station KPPT(FM) 
to specify the new community. Channel 288A can be allotted at Garibaldi 
at a site 11 kilometers ( 6.8 miles) south of the community at 
coordinates NL 45-27-50 and WL 123-56-37. Channel 288C3 can be allotted 
at Veneta at a site 4.8 kilometers (3.0 miles) southwest of the 
community at coordinates NL 44-01-56 and WL 123-24-19. Channel 264C2 
can be allotted at Depoe Bay at Station KPPT(FM)'s current site 5.9 
kilometers (3.7 miles) south of the community at coordinates NL 44-45-
23 and WL 124-03-01.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 21, 2002, and reply 
comments on or before November 5, 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: Robert Lewis Thompson, 
Thiemann, Aitken & Vohra, LLC, 908 King Street, Suite 300, Alexandria, 
VA 22314.

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. 02-255, adopted August 
14, 2002, and released August 30, 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, 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 Sec.  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 Oregon, is 
amended by removing Channel 288A and adding Channel 264C2 at Depoe Bay, 
by removing Channel 288A at Cottage Grove, by removing Toledo, Channel 
264C2, by adding Garibaldi, Channel 288C3, and by adding Veneta, 
Channel 288C3.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 02-23139 Filed 9-11-02; 8:45 am]
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