96-10437. Radio Broadcasting Services; Blossom, TX, DeQueen, AR, and Coalgate, OK

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 83 (Monday, April 29, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18685-18686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10437]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 95-75; RM-8615, RM-8686]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Blossom, TX, DeQueen, AR, and 
Coalgate, OK

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission, at the request of Coalgate Broadcasters, 
allots Channel 288C2 to Coalgate, Oklahoma, as the community's first 
local FM service. At the request of Red River Wireless Communications, 
the Commission allots Channel 224C2 to Blossom, Texas. To accommodate 
the allotment at Blossom, the Commission also substitutes Channel 227A 
for Channel 224A at DeQueen, Arkansas, and modifies the license of 
Station KDQN(FM) to specify the alternate Class A channel. See 60 FR 
39819, June 12,

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1995, and Supplemental Information, infra. With this action, this 
proceeding is terminated.

DATES: Effective June 7, 1996. The window period for filing 
applications will open on June 7, 1996, and close on July 8, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, 
[phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Report and Order, MM Docket No. 95-75, adopted April 5, 1996, and 
released April 23, 1996. The full text of this Commission decision is 
available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in 
the FCC 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., [phone], 2100 M Street, 
NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037.
    All channels can be allotted to the noted communities in compliance 
with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements. Channel 
224C2 can be allotted to Blossom, Texas with a site restriction of 11.0 
kilometers (6.8 miles) east to avoid a short-spacing conflict with the 
allotment of Channel 225A at Bells, Texas. The coordinates for Channel 
224C2 at Blossom are 33-40-07 and 95-16-13. As noted, the allotment of 
Channel 224C2 at Blossom requires the substitution of Channel 227A for 
224A at DeQueen, Arkansas, Channel 227A can be allotted to DeQueen and 
can be used at the site specified in Station KDQN(FM)'s license. The 
coordinates for Channel 227A at DeQueen are 34-01-57 and 94-19-43. 
Channel 288C2 can be allotted to Coalgate, Oklahoma, with a site 
restriction of 13.4 kilometers (8,3 miles) east to avoid short-spacing 
conflicts with the licensed site of Station KXXK(FM), Channel 288A, 
Chickasha, Oklahoma, and with Station KSTV(FM)'s pending application to 
upgrade from Channel 289C1 to Channel 289C at Decatur, Texas. The 
coordinates for Channel 288C2 at Coalgate are 34-32-20 and 96-04-20.

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: Secs. 303, 48 Stat., as amended, 1082; 47 U.S.C. 154, 
as amended.


Sec. 73.202  [Amended]

    2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Texas, 
Arkansas and Oklahoma, is amended by adding Blossom, Channel 224C2; by 
removing Channel 224A and adding Channel 227A at DeQueen; and by adding 
Coalgate, Channel 288C2.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 96-10437 Filed 4-26-96; 8:45 am]
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