[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 44543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14963]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 05-2018; MB Docket No. 05-229; RM-10780]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Rosebud, Tyler and Madisonville, 
Texas

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making 
filed by Charles Crawford requesting the allotment of Channel 267A at 
Rosebud, Texas, as that community's first local aural transmission 
service. To accommodate this allotment, Petitioner requests a change in 
reference coordinates for vacant FM Channel 267A at Madisonville, 
Texas, which requires the reclassification of FM Station KNUE, Channel 
268C, Tyler, Texas, to specify operation on Channel 268C0 pursuant to 
the reclassification procedures adopted by the Commission. See Second 
Report and Order in MM Docket 98-93, 1998 Biennial Regulatory Review--
Streamlining of Radio Technical Rules in Parts 73 and 74 of the 
Commission's Rules, 65 FR 79773 (2000). An Order to Show Cause was 
issued to Capstar Royalty II Coporation, licensee of FM Station KNUE. 
Channel 267A can be allotted with a site restriction 9.1 kilometers 
(5.6 miles) southwest at reference coordinates 31-01-44 NL and 97-03-31 
WL. To accommodate the proposed Rosebud allotment, we will propose the 
relocation of the reference coordinates for vacant Channel 267A at 
Madisonville, TX, with a site restriction of 11.6 kilometers (7.2 
miles) northeast of Madisonville at reference coordinates 31-02-22 NL 
and 95-51-00 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before September 6, 2005, and reply 
comments on or before September 20, 2005. Any counterproposal filed in 
this proceeding need only protect FM Station KNUE, Tyler, Texas, as a 
Class C0 allotment.

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: Charles 
Crawford, 4553 Bordeaux Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75205.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 05-229, adopted July 13, 
2005, and released July 15, 2005. 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 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 Texas is 
amended by adding Rosebud, Channel 267A, by removing Channel 268C and 
by adding Channel 268C0 at Tyler.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05-14963 Filed 8-2-05; 8:45 am]
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