[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 99 (Friday, May 21, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 29255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11548]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[DA 04-1078; MB Docket No. 04-161; RM-10961]
Radio Broadcasting Services; Mount Sterling and Wilmington, OH
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rule making
filed by Vernon R. Baldwin, Inc., licensee of Station WKLN(FM), Channel
272A, Wilmington, Ohio. The petition proposes to reallot Channel 272A,
Station WKLN(FM), from Wilmington to Mount Sterling, Ohio, thus
providing Mount Sterling with its first local aural transmission
service. The coordinates for requested Channel 272A at Mount Sterling,
Ohio, are 39-35-16 NL and 83-13-26 WL, with a site restriction of 15
kilometers (9.4 miles) south of Mount Sterling.
Petitioner's reallotment proposal complies with the provisions of
Section 1.420(i) of the Commission's Rules, and therefore, the
Commission will not accept competing expressions of interest in the use
of Channel 272A at Mount Sterling, Ohio, or require the petitioner to
demonstrate the availability of an additional equivalent class channel.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before June 18, 2004, and reply
comments on or before July 5, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th
Street, SW., Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing
comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve the petitioner's
counsel, as follows: Dennis F. Begley, Esq., Reddy, Begley & McCormick,
LLP; 1156 15th Street, NW., Suite 610; Washington, DC 20005-1770.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. Barthen Gorman, Media Bureau, (202)
418-2180.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 04-161, adopted April 22,
2004, and released April 27, 2004. The full text of this Commission
decision is available for inspection and copying during regular
business hours in the FCC's Reference Information Center at Portals II,
445 12th Street, SW., CY-A257, Washington, DC, 20554. This document may
also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractors, Qualex
International, Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402,
Washington, DC, 20554, telephone 202-863-2893, facsimile 202-863-2898,
or via e-mail qualexint@aol.com.
The 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, Radio broadcasting
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR Part 73 as follows:
PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES
1. The authority citation for Part 73 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, and 336.
Sec. 73.202 [Amended]
2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Ohio, is
amended by removing Wilmington, Channel 272A, and adding Mount
Sterling, Channel 272A.
Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 04-11548 Filed 5-20-04; 8:45 am]
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