[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 6, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17383-17384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6565]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 05-709; MB Docket No. 05-115; RM-11202]


Radio Broadcasting Services; High Point and Liberty, NC

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Audio Division requests comment on a petition filed by 
Capstar TX Limited Partnership to reallot, downgrade, and modify its 
liceense for Station WVBZ(FM) from Channel 262C at High Point, North 
Carolina, to Chanel 262C0 at Liberty, North Carolina, as a first local 
service. Pursuant to Section 1.420(i) of the Commission's Rules, we 
shall not accept competing expressions of interest pertaining to the 
use of Channel 262C0 at Liberty. Channel 262C0 can be allotted to 
Liberty with a site restriction of 17.6 kilometers northeast at 
reference coordinates of 35-58-57 and 79-27-29.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 9, 2005, and reply 
comments on or before May 24, 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, as follows: Marissa G. 
Repp, Esq., Tarah S. Grant, Esq., Hogan & Hartson LLP, 555 Thirteenth 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20004-1109 (Counsel for Capstar TX Limited 
Partnership).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew J. Rhodes, Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Notice 
of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 05-115, adopted March 16, 2005, 
and released March 18, 2005. 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. The complete text of this decision may also be purchased from 
the Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 
445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20054, 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).
    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 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 North 
Carolina, is amended by adding Liberty, Channel 262C0, and by removing 
Channel 262C at High Point.


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Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05-6565 Filed 4-5-05; 8:45 am]
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