[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 160 (Thursday, August 19, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 51415-51416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19028]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 04-2499; MB Docket No. 04-317, RM-11004]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Center, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Audio Division requests comments on two petitions filed by 
Team Broadcasting Company, Inc., and Charles Crawford, proposing the 
allotment of Channel 248A at Center, Texas, as the community's second 
local FM transmission service. Channel 248A can be allotted to Center 
in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation 
requirements with a

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site restriction of 12.5 kilometers (7.8 miles) southeast to avoid a 
short-spacing to the proposed allotment site for Channel 247C2 at 
Longview, Texas. The coordinates for Channel 248A at Center are 31-42-
51 North Latitude and 94-05-13 West Longitude.

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

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In 
addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should 
serve the petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: Mark N. 
Lipp, Esq., Law Offices of Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., The Willard Office 
Building, 1455 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC. 20004-1008, 
(Counsel for Team Broadcasting Co., Inc.); and Charles Crawford, 4553 
Bordeaux Ave., Dallas, Texas 75205 (Petitioner).

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, MB Docket No. 04-317, 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 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, 
Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 
CY-B402, Washington, DC 20054.
    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 Texas, is 
amended by adding Channel 248A at Center.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 04-19028 Filed 8-18-04; 8:45 am]
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