[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 75016-75017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27447]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 04-3813; MB Docket No. 04-428, RM-11124]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Clatskanie, OR; Ilwaco and Long 
Beach, WA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition filed by 
Portmeirion Partners (``Petitioner'') proposing the allotment of 
Channel 225C3 at Clatskanie, Oregon, as the community's first local 
service. Channel 225C3 can be allotted to Clatskanie, consistent with 
the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules 
at a restricted site located 21.5 kilometers (13.3 miles) north of the 
community. The reference coordinates for Channel 225C3 at Clatskanie 
are 46-17-44 North Latitude and 123-14-13 West Longitude. Additionally, 
to accommodate the proposed allotment of Channel 225C3 at Clatskanie, 
Petitioner requests the substitution of Channel 259A for Channel 224A 
at Long Beach, California, and modification of the license for Station 
KAQX(FM) at its current transmitter site. An Order to Show Cause is 
issued to New Northwest Broadcasters, LLC, licensee of Station 
KAQX(FM), as requested. To accommodate the substitution at Long Beach, 
Petitioner also proposes the substitution of Channel 253A for Channel 
259A at Ilwaco, Washington at its current reference coordinates.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before January 24, 2005, and reply 
comments on or before February 8, 2005.

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's counsel, as follows: 
John J. McVeigh, Esq., 12101 Blue Paper Trail, Columbia, MD 21044-2787.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 04-428, adopted December 1, 2004, 
and released December 3, 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. 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 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 Oregon, is 
amended by adding Clatskanie, Channel 225C3.
    3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Washington, 
is amended removing Channel 224A and by adding Channel 259A at Long 
Beach and by removing Channel 259A and by adding Channel 253A at 
Ilwaco.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 04-27447 Filed 12-14-04; 8:45 am]
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