[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 21477-21478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06616]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 24-278; MB Docket No. 24-83; FR ID 210721]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Mattoon, Illinois

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on the proposal to substitute 
Channel 245B1 for vacant Channel 245B at Mattoon, Illinois. The 
existing vacant Channel 245B at Mattoon is not in compliance with the 
minimum distance separation requirements of the Federal Communications 
Commission's (Commission) rules. A staff engineering analysis indicates 
that Channel 245B1 can be allotted to Mattoon, Illinois, consistent 
with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's 
rules, with a site restriction of 12.2 kilometers (7.6 miles) southeast 
of the community. The reference coordinates are 39-23-17 NL and 88-17-
21 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 13, 2024, and reply 
comments on or before May 28, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street 
NE, Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2054, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 24-83, adopted March 19, 
2024, and released March 20, 2024. The full text of this Commission 
decision is available online at https://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs. The full 
text of this document can also be downloaded in Word or Portable 
Document Format (PDF) at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs. 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

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``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). The Commission will publish the required 
summary of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on https://www.fcc.gov/proposed-rulemakings, pursuant to The Providing Accountability Through 
Transparency Act, see 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(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.

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, 155, 301, 303, 307, 309, 310, 334, 
336, 339.
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2. In Sec.  73.202, in paragraph (b), amend the Table of FM Allotments 
under Illinois by adding in alphabetical an entry for ``Mattoon'' to 
read as follows:


Sec.  73.202  Table of Allotments.

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                        Table 1 to Paragraph (b)
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                      [U.S. States]                         Channel No.
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                                Illinois
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Mattoon.................................................           245B1
 
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[FR Doc. 2024-06616 Filed 3-27-24; 8:45 am]
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