[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 63 (Monday, April 4, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 17049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6563]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 05-710; MB Docket No. 05-116; RM-11188]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Fisher and Thief River Falls, MN

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rule making 
filed by Citicasters Licenses, L.P., licensee of Station KSNR(FM), 
Channel 262C1, Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Petitioner requests that 
the Commission reallot Channel 262C1 from Thief River Falls to Fisher, 
Minnesota. The coordinates for Channel 262C1 at Fisher are 47-58-38 NL 
and 96-36-42 WL, with a site restriction of 24.2 kilometers (15.1 
miles) northeast of Fisher.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 9, 2005, and reply 
comments on or before May 24, 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 Petitioner's 
counsel, as follows: Marissa G. Repp, Esq., and Tarah S. Grant, Esq., 
Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P.; 555 Thirteenth Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20004-1109.

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. 05-116, adopted March 16, 
2005 and released March 18, 2005. 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. This document does not contain proposed information 
collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
Public Law 104-13. In addition, 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).
    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.

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 Minnesota, 
is amended by removing Channel 262C1 at Thief River Falls, and adding 
Fisher, Channel 262C1.

Federal Communications Commission
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05-6563 Filed 4-1-05; 8:45 am]
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