00-1263. Radio Broadcasting Services; Big Sky, MT

AGENCY:

Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION:

Final rule.

SUMMARY:

This document allots Channel 242A at Big Sky, Montana, in response to a petition filed by R. Steven Hicks. See 64 FR 57837, October 27, 1999. The coordinates for Channel 242A at Big Sky are 45-16-02 NL and 111-22-14 WL. There is a site restriction 7.1 kilometers (4.4 miles) west of the community. With this action, this proceeding is terminated. A filing window for Channel 242A at Big Sky will not be opened at this time. Instead, the issue of opening a filing window for this channel will be addressed by the Commission in a subsequent order.

DATES:

Effective February 22, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass Media Bureau, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This is a summary of the Commission's Report and Order, MM Docket No. 99-307, adopted December 29, 1999 and released January 7, 2000. The full text of this Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the Commission's Reference Center, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC. The complete text of this decision may also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractors, International Transcription Services, Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036, [phone], facsimile [phone].

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

• Radio broadcasting

Part 73 of title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 73—[AMENDED]

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

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

§ 73.202

[Amended]

2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Montana, is amended by adding Channel 242A at Big Sky.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau.