[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 35560-35561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14481]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 04-1652; MB Docket No. 04-224; RM-10853, RM-10854]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Lake Havasu City, Arizona and 
Pahrump, NV

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on two mutually exclusive 
Petitions for Rule Making. The first proposal, filed by SSR 
Communications Incorporated, proposes the allotment of Channel 272C3 at 
Pahrump, Nevada, as that community's third local service. The second 
proposal, filed by Steven M. Greeley, licensee of Station KJJJ(FM), 
Lake Havasu City, Arizona, requests the substitution of Channel 272C 
for Channel 272B at Lake Havasu City, Arizona, the reallotment of 
Channel 272C from Lake Havasu City to Pahrump, Nevada, as its third 
local service, and modification of Station KJJJ(FM)'s license 
accordingly. Channel 272C3 can be allotted to Pahrump, Nevada, in 
conformity with the Commission's Rules, provided there is a site 
restriction of 6.1 kilometers (3.8 miles) northwest of the community. 
The reference coordinates for Channel 272C3 at Pahrump are 36-14-09 
North Latitude and 116-02-32 West Longitude. Alternatively, Channel 
272C can be allotted to Pahrump, consistent with the minimum distance 
separation requirements of Section 73.207(b) of the Commission's Rules, 
provided there is a site restriction of 15.6 kilometers (9.7 miles) 
west of the community. The reference coordinates for Channel 272C at 
Pahrump are 36-15-25 North Latitude and 116-08-45 West Longitude.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before August 2, 2004, and reply 
comments on or before August 17, 2004.

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, as follows: Matthew K. 
Wesolowski, General Manager, SSR Communications Incorporated, 5270 West 
Jones Bridge Road, Norcross, GA 30092-1628 and Robert L. Olender, Esq., 
c/o Steven M. Greeley, Koerner & Olender, PC, 5809 Nicholson Lane, 
Suite 124, North Bethesda, Maryland 20852-5706.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Notice 
of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No.

[[Page 35561]]

04-224, adopted June 8, 2004, and released June 10, 2004. The full text 
of this Commission decision is available for inspection and copying 
during normal business hours in the Commission's Reference Center 445 
Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. The complete text of this 
decision may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating 
contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., Room 
CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 1-800-378-3160 or http://www.BCPIWEB.com.
    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 contact.
    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 removing Channel 272C2 at Lake Havasu City.
    3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Nevada, is 
amended by adding Channel 272C3 or Channel 272C at Pahrump.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 04-14481 Filed 6-24-04; 8:45 am]
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