[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 775-776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-117]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 04-3877; MB Docket No. 04-436; RM-11112]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Cannelton and Tell City, Indiana

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making 
filed by Hancock Communications, Inc. ``(Petitioner''), licensee of 
Station WLME(FM), Channel 275C3, Cannelton, Indiana, and Station WTCJ-
FM, Channel 289A, Tell City, Indiana. Petitioner requests that Channel 
275C3 be reallotted from Cannelton to Tell City and that Station 
WLME(FM)'s license be modified accordingly. Petitioner also requests 
that Channel 289A be reallotted from Tell City to Cannelton, Indiana, 
and that Station WTCJ-FM's license be modified accordingly. The 
coordinates for proposed Channel 289A at Cannelton are 37-48-13 NL and 
86-48-57 WL, with a site restriction of 13.5 kilometers (8.4 miles) 
southwest of Cannelton. The coordinates for proposed Channel 275C3 at 
Tell City are 37-50-52 NL and 86-36-18 WL, with a site restriction of 
18.4 kilometers (11.4 miles) southeast of Tell City.
    Since Petitioner's reallotment proposals comply with the provisions 
of section 1.420(i) of the Commission's rules, the Commission will not 
accept competing expressions of interest in the use of Channel 289A at 
Cannelton, Indiana, or the use of Channel 275C3 at Tell City, Indiana, 
or require the Petitioner to demonstrate the availability of additional 
equivalent class channels in those communities.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before February 10, 2005, and reply 
comments on or before February 25, 2005.

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 the petitioner's 
counsel, as follows: John F. Garziglia, Esq. and Howard J. Barr, Esq., 
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC; 1401 Eye Street, NW., Seventh 
Floor; Washington, DC 20005.

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. 04-436, adopted December 
15, 2004, and released December 20, 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., CY-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 1-800-378-3160 or 
http://www.BCPIWEB.com.
    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.

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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 Indiana, is 
amended by removing Channel 275C3 and adding Channel 289A at Cannelton 
and by removing Channel 289A and adding Channel 275C3 at Tell City.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05-117 Filed 1-4-05; 8:45 am]
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