[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 25, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 30050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10115]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 05-1299; MB Docket No. 05-184]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Aspen and Leadville, CO

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on the removal of two mutually 
exclusive vacant allotments, Channel 228A at Aspen, Colorado and 
Channel 228A at Leadville, Colorado. The allotments are not in 
compliance with the minimum distance separation requirements of Section 
73.207(b) of the Commission's Rules. These vacant allotments are short-
spaced by 45.3 kilometers, whereas the minimum distance spacing 
requirement for these allotments is 115 kilometers. Channel 228A at 
Aspen, Colorado was allotted in 2001, as the community's third local FM 
commercial service without a site restriction at coordinates 39-11-24 
NL and 106-49-06 WL. Channel 228A at Leadville, Colorado is a vacant 
allotment resulting from the cancellation of the Station KRMH-FM 
license in 1997. See BLH-19860207KD. The reference coordinates for 
vacant Channel 228A at Leadville are 39-14-51 NL and 106-17-57 WL. 
Interest parties should file comments expressing an interest in the 
vacant allotments to prevent removal.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before June 30, 2005 and reply 
comments on or before July 15, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Notice 
of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 05-184, adopted May 4, 2005 and 
released May 9, 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 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 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 Colorado, is 
amended by removing Channel 228A at Aspen and Leadville, Channel 228A.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05-10115 Filed 5-24-05; 8:45 am]
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