[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 57780-57781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23140]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 02-2100; MB Docket No. 02-266; RM-10557]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Chillicothe, Dublin, Hillsboro, and 
Marion, OH

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rule making 
filed on behalf of Citicasters Licenses, Inc., licensee of Station 
WMRN-FM and Citicasters Company, licensee of Station WSRW-FM, 
Hillsboro, Ohio. The petition proposes to change Station WMRN-FM's 
community of license from Marion to Dublin, Ohio, downgrade that 
station's channel from Channel 295B to Channel 294B1, and provide 
Dublin with its first local aural transmission service. To achieve 
compliance with the Commission's spacing rules, the petition also 
requests permission to change Station WSRW-FM's community of license 
from Hillsboro, Ohio, to Chillicothe, Ohio, and to downgrade Station 
WSRW-FM's channel from Channel 294B to Channel 293A. The coordinates 
for requested Channel 294B1 at Dublin, Ohio, are 40-09-20 NL and 82-54-
12 WL. The coordinates for requested Channel 293A at Chillicothe, Ohio, 
are 39-17-31 NL and 82-51-38 WL.
    Petitioner's reallotment proposal complies with the provisions of 
Section 1.420(i) of the Commission's Rules, and therefore, the 
Commission will not accept competing expressions of interest in the use 
of Channel 294B1 at Dublin, Ohio, or Channel 293A at Chllicothe, Ohio, 
or require the petitioner to demonstrate the availability of an 
additional equivalent class channel for either proposal.

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, 445 12th 
Street, SW., Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing 
comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve the petitioners' 
counsel, as follows: Mark N. Lipp, Esq., J. Thomas Nolan, Esq., and 
Tamara Y. Brown, Esq; Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP.; 600 14th Street, NW., 
Suite 800; Washington, DC 20005-2004.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 02-266, adopted August 
21, 2002, and released August 30, 2002. The full text of this 
Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during 
regular business hours in the FCC's Reference Information Center at 
Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. 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-

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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 Ohio, is 
amended by adding Dublin, Channel 294B1, and Channel 293A at 
Chillicothe; and removing Hillsboro, Channel 294B, and Channel 295B at 
Marion.

    Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 02-23140 Filed 9-11-02; 8:45 am]
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