[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 160 (Thursday, August 19, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 51414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19022]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 04-2460; MB Docket No. 04-299; RM-10958]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Refugio, Sinton, and Taft, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking 
filed jointly by Amigo Radio, Ltd. licensee of Station KOUL(FM), 
Sinton, Texas, and Pacific Broadcasting of Missouri LLC, licensee of 
Station KTKY(FM), Taft, proposing the reallotment of Channel 279C1 from 
Sinton to Refugio, Texas and modify the license of Station KOUL(FM) to 
reflect the change of community. They also request that we modify the 
operating condition for Station KTKY(FM), Taft, Texas, to permit the 
station to commence program test authority on Channel 293C2 when 
Station KOUL(FM) commences program test authority at Refugio. Channel 
279C1 can be reallotted at Refugio at Petitioners' proposed site, 33.8 
kilometers (21 miles) southwest of the community. Since this proposal 
is within 320 kilometers (199 miles) of the U.S.-Mexico border, 
concurrence of the Mexican government to the proposed allotments has 
been requested. The coordinates for Channel 279C2 at Refugio are 28-02-
07 NL and 97-26-11 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 4, 2004, and reply 
comments on or before October 19, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, 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: 
Robert B. Jacobi, Esq., Cohn & Marks, 1920 N Street, NW., Suite 300, 
Washington, DC 20036, (Counsel to Amigo Radio, Ltd.) and Pamela C. 
Cooper, Esq., Davis, Wright & Tremaine, LLP, 1500 K Street, NW., Suite 
450, Washington, DC 20005, (Counsel to Pacific Broadcasting of 
Missouri, LLC).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria McCauley, Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 04-299, adopted August 
10, 2004, and released August 12, 2004. The full text of this 
Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during 
normal business hours in the FCC's Reference Information Center at 
Portals II, CY-A257, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC. This 
document may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating 
contractors, 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 l980 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 Sec.  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 Texas, is 
amended by adding Channel 279C1 at Refugio, and by removing Channel 
279C1 at Sinton.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 04-19022 Filed 8-18-04; 8:45 am]
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