[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 206 (Thursday, October 23, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 63131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25347]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 08-2273; MB Docket No. 08-68; RM-11421]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Beatty and Goldfield, NV

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Audio Division at the request of Keilly Miller proposes 
the allotment of Channel 259A at Beatty, Nevada and Channel 262C1 at 
Goldfield, Nevada to accommodate a hybrid FM change of community of 
license application that proposes the substitution of Channel 261C3 for 
Channel 261C at Beatty, Nevada, reallotment of Channel 261C3 from 
Beatty, Nevada to Crystal, Nevada, as its first local service. See File 
No. BMPH-20070727ABV. A staff engineering analysis indicates that 
Channel 259A can be allotted to Beatty consistent with the minimum 
distance separation requirements of the Rules with a site restriction 
8.6 kilometers (5.3 miles) west located at reference coordinates 36-56-
05 NL and 116-51-00 WL. Additionally, Channel 262C1 can be allotted to 
Goldfield consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements 
of the Commission's Rules (the ``Rules'') with a site restriction 0.6 
kilometers (0.4 miles) northeast of the community located at reference 
coordinates 37-42-41 NL and 117-13-56 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before December 1, 2008, and reply 
comments on or before December 16, 2008.

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: 
John S. Neely, Esq., Counsel to Keilly Miller, Miller and Neely, P.C., 
6900 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 704, Bethesda, MD 20815.

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. 08-68, adopted October 8, 
2008, and released October 10, 2008. 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 duplicating contractors, Best Copy 
and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 
20554, telephone 1-800-378-3160 or via e-mail 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 Nevada, is 
amended by adding Beatty, Channel 259A and by adding Goldfield, Channel 
262C1.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. E8-25347 Filed 10-22-08; 8:45 am]
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