[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 195 (Friday, October 7, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 62330-62331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26028]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 11-1523; MB Docket No. 11-147]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Alamo, GA; Alton, MO; Boscobel, WI; 
Buffalo, OK; Cove, AR; Clayton, LA; Daisy, AR; Ennis, MT; Erick, OK; 
Grayville, IL; Harrison, MI; Haworth, OK; Leedey, OK; Owen, WI; Reydon, 
OK; Taloga, OK; Thomas, OK; Tigerton, WI; Weinert, TX; and Wright City, 
OK

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Audio Division, on its own motion, proposes the deletion 
of twenty vacant allotments in various communities in Arkansas, 
Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, 
Texas, and Wisconsin. These vacant allotments have been auctioned 
through our competitive bidding process, and are considered unsold 
permits that were included in Auction 91. Interested parties should 
file comments expressing an interest in the vacant allotments to 
prevent their removal. Moreover, interested parties must provide an 
explanation as to why they did not participate in our competitive 
bidding process.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 31, 2011, and reply 
comments on or before November 15, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, 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 synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 11-147, adopted September 
8, 2011, and released September 9, 2011. 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-

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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.

Federal Communications Commission.
Nazifa Sawez,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.

    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. Amend Sec.  73.202(b) Table of FM Allotments as follows:
    a. Remove Cove, under Arkansas, Cove, Channel 232A and Daisy, 
Channel 293C3.
    b. Remove Alamo, under Georgia, Channel 287C3.
    c. Remove Grayville, under Illinois, Channel 229A.
    d. Remove Clayton, under Louisiana, Channel 266A.
    e. Remove Harrison, under Michigan, Channel 280A.
    f. Remove Alton, under Missouri, Channel 290A.
    g. Remove Ennis, under Montana, Channel 254C2.
    h. Remove Buffalo, under Oklahoma, Channel 224C2; Erick, Channel 
259C2; Haworth, Channel 294A; Leedey, Channel 297A; Reydon, Channel 
264C2; Taloga, Channel 226A; Thomas, Channel 288A; and Wright City, 
Channel 226A.
    i. Remove Weinert, under Texas, Channel 266C3.
    j. Remove Boscobel, under Wisconsin, Channel 244C3; Owen, Channel 
242C3; and Tigerton, Channel 295A.

[FR Doc. 2011-26028 Filed 10-6-11; 8:45 am]
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