[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 70778-70779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23186]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 05-2943; MB Docket No. 05-310; RM-11292]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Humboldt and Pawnee City, NE, and 
Valley Falls, KS

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking 
filed by Cumulus Licensing LLC, (``Petitioner'') permittee of an 
unbuilt construction permit for Channel 244A at Humboldt, Nebraska. 
Petitioner proposes to substitute Channel 245C2 for Channel 244A at 
Humboldt, reallot Channel 245C2 to Valley Falls, Kansas, and to modify 
the construction permit authorization to reflect these changes. The 
proposed coordinates for Channel 245C2 at Valley Falls are 39-15-00 NL 
and 95-36-30 WL with a site restriction of 16.5 kilometers (10.2 miles) 
southwest of the community. In addition, Petitioner proposes to allot 
Channel 256A at Pawnee City, Nebraska. The proposed coordinates for 
Channel 256A at Pawnee City are 39-59-28 NL and 96-07-50 WL with a site 
restriction of 13.7 kilometers (8.2 miles) south of the community.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before January 3, 2006, and reply 
comments on or before January 17, 2006.

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's counsel as 
follows: Mark N. Lipp, Esq., Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., 1455 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20004-1008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen McLean, Media Bureau, (202) 418-
2738.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 05-310, adopted November 
9, 2005, and released November 10, 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. This 
document may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating 
contractors, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th

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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).
    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 Kansas, is 
amended by adding Valley Falls, Channel 245C2.
    3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Nebraska, is 
amended by removing Humboldt, Channel 244A, and by adding Pawnee City, 
Channel 256A.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05-23186 Filed 11-22-05; 8:45 am]
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