[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 51 (Thursday, March 17, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 13003-13004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5316]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 05-579; MB Docket No. 05-80; RM-11160]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Booneville and Guntown, MS

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking 
filed by Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc., licensee of Station 
WBIP-FM, Channel 257A, Booneville, Mississippi, proposing to substitute 
Channel 257C3 for Channel 257A at Booneville, reallot Channel 257C3 to 
Guntown, Mississippi, and modify Station WBIP-FM's license to reflect 
those changes. The coordinates for Channel 257C3 at Guntown are 34-21-
42 NL and 88-35-34 WL with a site restriction of 11.1 kilometers (6.9 
miles) southeast of the community.

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

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's counsel as 
follows: Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc., c/o Mark N. Lipp, 
Esq., Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., 1455 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Suite 600, 
Washington, DC 20004-1008.

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. 05-80, adopted March 2, 
2005, and released March 4, 2005. 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. This 
document does not contain proposed information collection requirements 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. In 
addition,

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therefore, it does not contain any proposed information collection 
burden ``for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees,'' 
pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 
107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4).
    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 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 Mississippi, 
is amended by removing Booneville, Channel 257A, and by adding Guntown, 
Channel 257C3.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05-5316 Filed 3-16-05; 8:45 am]
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