[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 3936-3937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01194]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 14-255; RM-11742; DA 15-12]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Shelter Island, New York

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making 
filed by Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation, proposing to amend the FM 
Table of Allotments, Sec.  73.202(b) of the Commission's rules, by 
allotting Channel 277A at Shelter Island, New York, as a first local 
service. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 277A can 
be allotted to Shelter Island consistent with the minimum distance 
separation requirements of the Commission's rules with a site 
restriction located 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) south of the community. 
The reference coordinates are 40-57-54 NL and 72-22-59 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before March 2, 2015, and reply 
comments on or before March 17, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with 
the FCC, interested parties should serve the petitioner as follows: 
Scott Woodworth, Esq., Edinger Associates PLLC, 1875 I Street NW., 
Suite 500, Washington, DC 20006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 14-255, adopted January 
8, 2015, and

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released January 9, 2015. 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 12th 
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 email 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 l980 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

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1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336 and 339.

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2. In Sec.  73.202, the Table of FM Allotments in paragraph (b), under 
NEW YORK, is amended by adding an entry for Shelter Island, Channel 
277A in alphabetical order to read as follows:


Sec.  73.202  Table of Allotments.

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    (b) Table of FM Allotments.

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                                                           Channel No.
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NEW YORK...............................................
 
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Shelter Island.........................................            277A
 
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[FR Doc. 2015-01194 Filed 1-23-15; 8:45 am]
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