[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 22, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 46949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16568]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 07-3558; MB Docket No. 07-165; RM-11371]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Blanca, CO

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking 
filed by Kevin J. Youngers requesting the allotment of Channel 249C2 at 
Blanca, Colorado, as the community's first local aural transmission 
service. To accommodate the allotment, United States CP, LLC, permittee 
on Channel 249A at Westcliffe, Colorado, has consented to substitute 
Channel 269A for Channel 249A at Westcliffe. Channel 249C2 can be 
allotted at Blanca, Colorado with a site restriction of 6.6 kilometers 
(4.1 miles) east of the community at coordinates 37-26-35 NL and 105-
26-29 WL .

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 1, 2007, and reply 
comments on or before October 16, 2007.

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's counsel as follows: A. 
Wray Fitch, Esq., Gammon & Grange, PC, 8280 Greensboro Dr., 7th Floor, 
McLean, VA 22102-3807.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria McCauley, Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 07-165, adopted August 8, 
2007, and released August 10, 2007. 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 20554. This document may also be 
purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, Best Copy and 
Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th 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, 336.


Sec.  73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Colorado is 
amended by adding Blanca, Channel 249C2.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. E7-16568 Filed 8-21-07; 8:45 am]
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