[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 55911-55912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14746]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 24-193; RM-11986; DA 24-614; FR ID 229399]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Huntley, Montana

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a Petition for Rulemaking 
filed by SSR Communications, Inc., proposing to amend the Table of FM 
Allotments, by adding Channel 284A at Huntley, Montana, as the 
community's first local service. To accommodate the proposed allotment, 
we issue Order to Show Cause to BMG Billings, LLC, licensee of KYSX, 
Billings, Montana to show cause why the station license should not be 
modified to specify operation on Channel 286A in lieu of reserved 
Channel 283C1 at Billings, Montana. A staff engineering analysis 
indicates that Channel 284A can be allotted to Huntley, Montana, 
consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the 
Federal Communications Commission's (Commission) rules, with a site 
restriction of 13.9 km (8.6 miles) north of the community. The 
reference coordinates are 46-01-30 NL and 108-18-00 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before August 19, 2024, and reply 
comments on or before September 3, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Pursuant to Sec. Sec.  1.415 and 1.419 of the Commission's 
rules, 47 CFR 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file comments and 
reply comments on or before the dates indicated on the first page of 
this document. Comments may be filed using the Commission's Electronic 
Comment Filing System (ECFS).
     Electronic Filers: Comments may be filed electronically 
using the internet by accessing the ECFS: https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/.
     Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must 
file an original and one copy of each filing.
     Filings can be sent by hand or messenger delivery, by 
commercial courier, or by the U.S. Postal Service. All filings must be 
addressed to the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission.
     Hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for 
the Commission's Secretary are accepted between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 
by the FCC's mailing contractor at 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis 
Junction, MD 20701. All hand deliveries must be held together with 
rubber bands or fasteners. Any envelopes and boxes must be disposed of 
before entering the building.
     Commercial courier deliveries (any deliveries not by the 
U.S. Postal Service) must be sent to 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis 
Junction, MD 20701. Filings sent by U.S. Postal Service First-Class 
Mail, Priority Mail, and Priority Mail Express must be sent to 45 L 
Street NE, Washington, DC 20554.
     People with Disabilities: To request materials in 
accessible formats for people with disabilities (braille, large print, 
electronic files, audio format), send an email to [email protected] or 
call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530.
    In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties 
should serve the petitioner as follows: Matthew K. Wesolowski, CEO, SSR 
Communications, Inc., 740 Highway 49 North, Suite R, Flora, MS 39071, 
[email protected].

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 and Order to Show Cause, in MB Docket 
No. 24-193, DA 24-614; adopted and released on June 27, 2024. The full 
text of this document is available online at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-24-614A1.pdf.
    Paperwork Reduction Act. 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).
    Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act. The Providing 
Accountability Through Transparency Act requires each agency, in 
providing notice of a rulemaking, to post online a brief plain-language 
summary of the proposed rule. Accordingly, the Commission will publish 
the required summary of this NPRM on https://www.fcc.gov/proposed-rulemakings.
    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 rulemaking 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.

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:

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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 table 1 under Montana by 
adding, in alphabetical order, the entry for ``Huntley'' to read as 
follows:


Sec.  73.202  Table of Allotments.

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                        Table 1 to Paragraph (b)
                              [U.S. States]
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                                                            Channel No.
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                                 Montana
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Huntley.................................................            284A
 
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[FR Doc. 2024-14746 Filed 7-5-24; 8:45 am]
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