00-16687. Radio Broadcasting Services; Ravenwood, MO

AGENCY:

Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION:

Proposed rule.

SUMMARY:

This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed on by Clyde John Holdsworth Ronald G. Filbeck ­d/b/a R.C. Broadcasting Company requesting the allotment of Channel 291A at Ravenwood, Missouri, as the community's first FM broadcast service. The coordinates for Channel 291A at Ravenwood are 40-21-09 and 94-40-16.

DATES:

Comments must be filed on or before August 4, 2000, and reply comments on or before August 21, 2000.

ADDDRESSES:

Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve the petitioner, as follows: Clyde John Holdsworth and Ronald G. Filbeck d/b/a R.C. Broadcasting Co., 9118 N.W. 198th Street, Trimble, Missouri 64492.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass Media Bureau, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This is a summary of the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 00-109, adopted May 31, 2000 and released June 13, 2000. The full text of this Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the Commission's Reference Center, 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].

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 contact.

For information regarding proper filing procedures for comments, see 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

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