[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 13, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 19401-19402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7058]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 05-765; MB Docket No. 05-152; RM-11204]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Clinton and Mayfield, KY

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rule making 
filed by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. (``Petitioner''), licensee 
of Station WWLE(FM), Channel 271C3, Clinton, Kentucky; Station 
WQQR(FM), Channel 234C2, Mayfield, Kentucky; and Station WLIE-FM, 
Channel 232A, Golconda, Illinois. Petitioner requests that the 
Commission (1) reallot Channel 271C3,

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Station WWLE(FM), from Clinton to Mayfield, Kentucky, and upgrade the 
allotment of Channel 271C3 to Channel 271C2; (2) reallot Channel 234C2, 
Station WQQR(FM), from Mayfield to Clinton, Kentucky; and (3) allow 
Petitioner to relocate the transmitter site of Station WLIE-FM, Channel 
232A, to avoid short spacing to proposed Channel 234C2 at Clinton, 
Kentucky. The coordinates for Channel 271C2 at Mayfield, Kentucky, are 
36-40-36 North Latitude and 88-29-29 West Longitude, with a site 
restriction of 14.9 kilometers (9.2 miles) southeast of Mayfield. The 
coordinates for Channel 234C2 at Clinton, Kentucky, are 36-45-51 North 
Latitude and 88-39-55 West Longitude, with a site restriction of 31.2 
kilometers (19.4 miles) east of Clinton. The coordinates for Channel 
232A, Station WLIE-FM, at Golconda, Illinois, are 37-14-18 North 
Latitude and 88-29-40 West Longitude, with a site restriction of 14.3 
kilometers (8.9 miles) south of Golconda, Illinois.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 12, 2005, and reply 
comments on or before May 27, 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: Clifford M. Harrington, Esq. and Veronica D. 
McLaughlin Tippett, Esq., Shaw Pittman LLP; 2300 N. Street, NW.; 
Washington, DC 20037.

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. 05-152, adopted March 23, 
2005 and released March 25, 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 Kentucky, is 
amended by removing Channel 271C3 and adding Channel 234C2 at Clinton 
and by removing Channel 234C2 and adding Channel 271C2 at Mayfield.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05-7058 Filed 4-12-05; 8:45 am]
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