[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 6335-6336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3661]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MM Docket No. 96-10; RM-8738]
Radio Broadcasting Services; Farmersville, TX
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition by Galen O.
Gilbert proposing the allotment of Channel 260C3 at Farmersville,
Texas, as the community's first local aural transmission service.
Channel 260C3 can be allotted to Farmersville in compliance with the
Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site
restriction of 17.9 kilometers (11.2 miles) north in order to avoid
short-spacing conflicts
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with the licensed sites of Station KPLX(FM), Channel 258C, Fort Worth,
Texas; Station WACO(FM), Channel 260C, Waco, Texas, and Station
KJMZ(FM), Channel 262C, Dallas, Texas. The coordinates for Channel
260C3 at Farmersville are 33-19-22 and 96-22-41.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 5, 1996, and reply
comments on or before April 22, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In
addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should
serve the petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: James
P. Riley and Anne Goodwin Crump, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C.,
1300 North 17th Street, Eleventh Floor, Rosslyn, Virginia 22209
(Counsel for petitioner).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau,
(202) 418-2180.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 96-10, adopted January
30, 1996, and released February 13, 1996. The full text of this
Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during
normal business hours in the FCC's Reference Center (Room 239), 1919 M
Street, NW., Washington, DC. The complete text of this decision may
also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, ITS, Inc.,
(202) 857-3800, 2100 M Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037.
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 broadcasting.
Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 96-3661 Filed 2-16-96; 8:45 am]
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