[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 65120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25057]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 04-3331; MB Docket No. 04-402; RM-11087]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Cheyenne and Encampment, WY

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rule making 
filed by Mountain States Radio, Inc. (``Petitioner''), licensee of 
Station KRRR(FM), Channel 285C2, Cheyenne, Wyoming. The petition 
requests that the Commission allot Channel 285C2 to Encampment, 
Wyoming; substitute Channel 229C2 for Channel 285C2 at Cheyenne, 
Wyoming; and substitute Channel 285C2 for vacant Channel 229A at 
Cheyenne. The coordinates for proposed Channel 285C2 at Encampment are 
41-14-00 NL and 106-56-46 WL, with a site restriction of 13.4 
kilometers (8.3 miles) west of Encampment. The coordinates for proposed 
Channel 229C2 at Cheyenne are 41-08-32 NL and 104-32-21 WL, with a site 
restriction of 23.0 kilometers (14.3 miles) east of Cheyenne. The 
coordinates for proposed Channel 285C2 at Cheyenne are 41-21-25 NL and 
104-40-55 WL, with a site restriction of 26.7 kilometers (16.6 miles) 
northeast of Cheyenne.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before December 16, 2004, and reply 
comments on or before December 31, 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: A. Wray Fitch, Esq., Gammon & Grange, P.C.; 8280 
Greensboro Drive, 7th Floor; McLean, Virginia 22102-3807.

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. 04-402, adopted October 
20, 2004, and released October 25, 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, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street, 
SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC, 20554, telephone 1-800-378-3160 or 
www.BCPIWEB.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 Wyoming, is 
amended by removing Channel 285C2 and Channel 229A and by adding 
Channel 229C2 and Channel 285C2 at Cheyenne; by adding Encampment, 
Channel 285C2.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 04-25057 Filed 11-9-04; 8:45 am]
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