[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 35562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14485]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 04-1617; MB Docket No. 04-219; RM-10986]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Evergreen, AL, and Shalimar, FL

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rule making 
filed by Gulf Coast Broadcasting Company, Inc., licensee of Station 
WPGG(FM) (``WPGG''), Channel 227C1, Evergreen, Alabama. The petition 
proposes to downgrade Channel 227C1 to Channel 227C2 and reallot 
Channel 227C2, from Evergreen to Shalimar, Florida, thus providing 
Shalimar with its first local aural transmission service. The 
coordinates for requested Channel 227C2 at Shalimar are 30-23-36 NL and 
86-29-45 WL, with a site restriction of 9.9 kilometers (6.1 miles) 
southeast of Shalimar.
    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 227C2 at Shalimar, Florida, or require Petitioner to 
demonstrate the availability of an additional equivalent class channel.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before August 2, 2004, and reply 
comments on or before August 17, 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 Petitioner's 
counsel, as follows: Lauren A. Colby, Esq.; 10 E. Fourth Street; PO Box 
113; Frederick, Maryland 21705-0113.

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. 04-219, adopted June 8, 
2004, and released June 10, 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, CY7-A257, Washington, DC, 20554. This document may 
also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractors, Best 
Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-
B402, Washington, DC, 20554, telephone 202-863-2893, facsimile 202-863-
2898.
    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 Alabama, is 
amended by removing Evergreen, Channel 227C1.
    3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Florida, is 
amended by adding Shalimar, Channel 227C2.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 04-14485 Filed 6-24-04; 8:45 am]
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