[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 3, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 71926-71927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30510]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 02-3066; MB Docket No. 02-352, RM-10602]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Glenville, NC

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by 
Glenville Radio Broadcasters proposing the allotment of Channel 289A at 
Glenville, North Carolina, as the community's first local aural 
transmission service. Channel 289A can be allotted to Glenville in 
compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation 
requirements with a site restriction of 1.5 kilometers (.93 miles) west 
to avoid a short-spacing to the licensed site of Station WZNY(FM), 
Channel 289C, Augusta, Georgia. The coordinates for Channel 289A are 
35-09-38 North Latitude and 83-07-28 West Longitude.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before December 30, 2002, and reply 
comments on or before January 14, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20054.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon P. McDonald, Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 02-352, adopted October 
30, 2002, and released November 8, 2002. The full text of this 
Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during 
normal business hours in the FCC Reference Information Center (Room CY-
A257), 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC. The complete text of this 
decision may also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, 
Qualex International, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, 
Washington, DC 20554.
    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.

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See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules governing permissible ex parte contacts.

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 North 
Carolina, is amended by adding Glenville, Channel 289A.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 02-30510 Filed 12-2-02; 8:45 am]
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