[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8356-8357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3966]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 04-288; MB Docket No. 04-25; RM-10849]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Laughlin, Nevada and Meadview, AZ

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rule making 
filed by Desert Sky Media, LLC, licensee of Station KVGS(FM), Laughlin, 
Nevada. The petition proposes the reallotment of Channel 300C from 
Laughlin to Meadview, Arizona, as the community's first local 
transmission service, and the modification of the license for Station 
KVGS(FM) to reflect the changes. The coordinates for Channel 300C at 
Meadview are 35-50-11 NL and 114-19-088 WL with a site restriction of 
20.3 kilometers (12.6 miles) west of the community.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 1, 2004, and reply 
comments on or before April 16, 2004.

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 petitioner's 
counsel, as follows: Lee J. Peltzman, Esq., Shainis & Peltzman, 
Chartered, 1850 M Street, NW., Suite 240, Washington, DC 20036; Mark N. 
Lipp, Esq., J. Thomas Nolan, Esq., Vinson & Elkins, LLP, 1455 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20004-1008.

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. 04-25, adopted February 
4, 2004, and released February 9, 2004. 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 202-863-2893, facsimile 
202-863-2898, or via e-mail [email protected]. Channel 300C1 was 
allotted to Laughlin, Nevada in 1987. See 52 FR 38766, published 
October 19, 1987. The channel is not currently listed in the FM Table 
of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) under Nevada for the community of 
Laughlin. Station KVGS(FM) obtained a license for this channel on May 
13, 1992. See BLH-19910903KD. Station KVGS(FM) currently operates on 
Channel 300C at Laughlin, Nevada because the station was granted a 
license to specify operation on Channel 300C in lieu of Channel 300C1 
at Laughlin, Nevada on June 20, 2001. See BLH-20010327ABN.
    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.

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    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 Arizona, is 
amended by adding Meadview, Channel 300C.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 04-3966 Filed 2-23-04; 8:45 am]
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