[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 175 (Friday, September 10, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 54761-54762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20532]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 04-2671; MB Docket No. 04-327; RM-11063 ]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Union Gap, WA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking 
filed by Linda A. Davidson requesting the allotment of Channel 285A at 
Union Gap, Washington as that community's first local service. The 
coordinates for Channel 285A at Union Gap are 46-31-48 NL and 120-27-18 
WL. There is a site restriction 3.4 kilometers (2.1 miles) southeast of 
the community. The proposed site will require concurrence by Canada 
because it is located within 320 kilometers (199 miles) of the Canadian 
border.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 18, 2004, and reply 
comments on or before November 2, 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: 
Linda A. Davidson, 2134 Oak Street, Unit C, Santa Monica, California 
90405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen McLean, Media Bureau, (202) 418-
2738.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 04-327, adopted August 
25, 2004, and released August 27, 2004. The full text of this 
Commission notice 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 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

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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 Washington, 
is amended by adding Channel 285A Union Gap.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 04-20532 Filed 9-9-04; 8:45 am]
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