[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 17, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 48357-48358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16074]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 05-2201; MB Docket No. 05-238; RM-11260]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Columbus, IN

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking 
filed by Columbus Community Radio Corporation, licensee of Station 
WHUM-LP, Channel 253L1, Columbus, Indiana, requesting allotment of 
Channel 228A at Columbus, Indiana, and its reservation for 
noncommercial educational use. Channel 228A can be allotted and 
reserved for NCE use in compliance with the Commission's minimum 
distance separation requirements, with the imposition of a site 
restriction of 7.9 kilometers (4.9 miles) southeast at reference 
coordinates 39-09-06 NL and 85-52-09 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before September 19, 2005, and 
reply comments on or before October 4, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, 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: 
Mitzi Quinn, President, Columbus Community Radio Corporation, 1325 
Washington Street, Columbus, Indiana 47201.

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. 05-238, adopted July 27, 
2005, and released July 29, 2005. The full text of this Commission 
decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business 
hours in the FCC's Reference Information Center at Portals II, CY-A257, 
445 Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC. 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,

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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 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 Indiana, is 
amended by adding Channel *228A at Columbus.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05-16074 Filed 8-16-05; 8:45 am]
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