[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 10, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 1200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-181]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 06-2563; MB Docket No. 06-200, RM-11350]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Boswell, OK and Detroit, TX

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 282C3 at Boswell, Oklahoma and 
Channel 282C2 at Detroit, Texas. 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 separated by 
39.5, a short-spacing of 137.5 kilometers. The minimum distance spacing 
requirement for these allotments is 177 kilometers. Interest parties 
should file comments expressing an interest in the vacant allotments to 
prevent removal. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, infra.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before February 12, 2007 and reply 
comments on or before February 27, 2007.

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. 06-200, adopted December 20, 
2006 and released December 22, 2006. 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).
    Channel 282C3 at Boswell, Oklahoma was allotted in MB Docket No. 
01-136, as the community's first local service without a site 
restriction at coordinates 34-01-38 NL and 95-52-08 WL. See Boswell, 
Oklahoma, Report and Order, 17 FCC Rcd 6630 (MB 2002).
    Channel 282C2 was substituted for vacant Channel 294C2 at Detroit, 
Texas, as the community's first local service in MM Docket No. 98-198. 
See Cross Plains, Texas et al., Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd 5506 (MMB 
2000). The reference coordinates for vacant Channel 282C2 at Detroit 
are 33-47-21 NL and 95-33-07 WL.
    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 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 Oklahoma, is 
amended by removing Boswell, Channel 282C3.
    3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Texas, is 
amended by removing Detroit, Channel 282C2.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. E7-181 Filed 1-9-07; 8:45 am]
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