[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 67 (Thursday, April 8, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17141-17142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8731]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MM Docket No. 99-103; RM-9506]
Radio Broadcasting Services; Bayfield, CO
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rule making
filed on behalf of Mountain West Broadcasting, requesting the allotment
of Channel 237A to Bayfield, Colorado, as that community's first local
commercial FM transmission service. See Supplementary Information,
infra. Coordinates used for this proposal are 37-13-32 NL and 107-35-51
WL.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before May 24, 1999, and reply
comments on or before June 8, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC
20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties
should serve the petitioner, as follows: Mountain West Broadcasting, c/
o Victor A. Michael, Jr., President, 6807 Foxglove Drive, Cheyenne,
Wyoming 82009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Joyner, Mass Media Bureau, (202)
418-2180.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.
[[Page 17142]]
99-103, adopted March 24, 1999, and released April 2, 1999. The full
text of this Commission decision is available for inspection and
copying during normal business hours in the FCC's Reference Information
Center (Room CY-A257), 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC. The
complete text of this decision may also be purchased from the
Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription Service,
Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857-3800.
Although Channel 237A is requested for allotment to Bayfield,
Colorado, as that community's first local FM transmission service,
Channel 296C has been proposed for allotment to Bayfield in the context
of MM Docket No. 99-76 (RM-9400). See Notice of Proposed Rule Making
adopted March 10, 1999 (DA 99-534). 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. 99-8731 Filed 4-7-99; 8:45 am]
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