[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 92 (Friday, May 11, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 21995-21996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10056]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 18-43, RM-11797; DA 18-146]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Connerville, Oklahoma

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making 
filed by The Chickasaw Nation, proposing to amend the FM Table of 
Allotments, by allotting Channel 247A at Connerville, Oklahoma, as the 
first local Tribal-owned commercial service. A staff engineering 
analysis indicates that Channel 247A can be allotted to

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Connerville consistent with the minimum distance separation 
requirements of the Commission's rules. The reference coordinates are 
34-25-00 NL and 96-43-53 WL with a site restriction of 9.40 km (5.84 
miles) southwest of the community.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 29, 2018, and reply 
comments on or before June 13, 2018.

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: The 
Chickasaw Nation, c/o John Crigler, Esq., Suite 200, Flour Mill 
Building, 1000 Potomac Street NW, Washington, DC 20007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrienne Y. Denysyk, Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 18-43, adopted February 
14, 2018, and released February 14, 2018. 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. The 
full text is also available online at http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/. 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.

Proposed Rules

    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, 309, 310, 334, 336 and 339.

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2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Oklahoma, is 
amended by adding Connerville, Channel 247A to read as follows in 
alphabetical order:


Sec.  73.202   Table of Allotments.

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    (b) Table of FM Allotments.

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                                Oklahoma
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Connerville....................................................     247A
 
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[FR Doc. 2018-10056 Filed 5-10-18; 8:45 am]
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