67882 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 224 / Monday, November 22, 2004 / Proposed Rules 

Federal Communications Commission. 

D’wana R. Terry, 

Chief of Staff, Wireless Telecommunications 

Bureau, Federal Communications 

Commission.

[FR Doc. 04–25261 Filed 11–19–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 04–3513; MB Docket No. 04–411, RM–

11096] 

Radio Broadcasting Services; 

Georgetown, Mason, and Oxford, OH, 

Salt Lick, KY and West Union, OH

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Audio Division requests 

comment on a petition jointly filed by 

Balogh Broadcasting Company, Inc., 

licensee of Station WOXY(FM), Channel 

249A, Oxford, Ohio, Richard L. 

Plessinger, Sr., licensee of Station 

WAXZ(FM), Channel 249A, 

Georgetown, Ohio, and Dreamcatcher 

Communications, Inc., licensee of 

Station WRAC(FM), Channel 276A, 

West Union, Ohio requesting the 

reallotment of Channel 249A from 

Oxford to Mason, Ohio, as its first local 

service and modification of the Station 

WOXY(FM) license, reallotment of 

Channel 249A from Georgetown, Ohio 

to Salt Lick, Kentucky, as its first local 

service and modification of the Station 

WAXZ(FM) license, and reallotment of 

Channel 276A from West Union to 

Georgetown, Ohio to prevent removal of 

sole existing local service and 

modification of the Station WRAC(FM) 

license. Channel 249A can be allotted to 

Mason in compliance with the 

Commission’s minimum distance 

separation requirements with a site 

restriction of 9.4 kilometers (5.8 miles) 

east of Mason. The proposed reference 

coordinates for Channel 249A at Mason 

are 39–20–57 NL and 84–12–08 WL. 

Channel 249A can also be allotted to 

Salt Lick in compliance with the 

Commission’s minimum distance 

separation requirements with a site 

restriction of 6.6 kilometers (4.1 miles) 

northeast of Salt Lick. The proposed 

reference coordinates for Channel 249A 

at Salt Lick are 38–10–15 NL and 83–

34–31 WL. Channel 276A can also be 

allotted to Georgetown in compliance 

with the Commission’s minimum 

distance separation requirements with a 

site restriction of 12.1 kilometers (7.5 

miles) east of Georgetown. The 

proposed reference coordinates for 

Channel 276A at Georgetown are 38–

52–14 NL and 83–45–55 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before December 27, 2004, and reply 

comments on or before January 11, 

2005.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. In addition to 

filing comments with the FCC, 

interested parties should serve the 

petitioner, his counsel, or consultant, as 

follows: Mark N. Lipp, Esq., Counsel, 

Richard L. Plessinger, Sr., Scott 

Woodworth Vinson & Elkins, LLP, 1455 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 600, 

Washington, DC 20004, Harry C. Martin, 

Esq., Counsel, Balogh Broadcasting 

Company, Inc., Fletcher Heald & 

Hildreth , PLC, 1300 North 17th Street, 

11th Floor, Arlington, VA 22209, Coe 

W. Ramsey, Esq., Counsel, 

Dreamcatcher Communications, Inc., 

Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & 

Leonard, LLP, P.O. Box 1800, Raleigh, 

NC 27602.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202) 

418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 

04–411, adopted November 3, 2004, and 

released November 5, 2004. The full text 

of this Commission decision is available 

for inspection and copying during 

regular business hours at the FCC’s 

Reference Information Center, Portals II, 

445 Twelfth Street, SW., Room CY–

A257, Washington, DC 20554. The 

complete text of this decision may also 

be purchased from the Commission’s 

duplicating contractor, Best Copy and 

Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., 

Room CY–B402, Washington, DC, 

20054, telephone 1–800–378–3160 or 

http://www.BCPIWEB.com. 

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.

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.

§ 73.202 [Amended] 

2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Kentucky, is amended 

by adding Salt Lick, Channel 249A. 

3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Ohio, is amended by 

removing Channel 249A and by adding 

Channel 276A at Georgetown, by adding 

Mason, Channel 249A, by removing 

Oxford, Channel 249A, by removing 

West Union, Channel 276A.

Federal Communications Commission. 

John A. Karousos, 

Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media 

Bureau.

[FR Doc. 04–25807 Filed 11–19–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 04–3512; MB Docket No. 04–407, RM–

11106; MB Docket No. 04–408, RM–11107; 

MB Docket No. 04–409, RM–11108; MB 

Docket No. 04–410, RM–11109] 

Radio Broadcasting Services; Bertram, 

TX; Hawley, TX; Port Norris, NJ; 

Woodson, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document proposes four 

new FM broadcast allotments in 

Bertram, Texas; Hawley, Texas; Port 

Norris, New Jersey; Woodson, Texas. 

The Audio Division, Media Bureau, 

requests comment on a petition filed by 

Charles Crawford, proposing the 

allotment of Channel 284A at Bertram, 

Texas, as the community’s first local 

aural transmission service. Channel 

284A can be allotted to Bertram in 

compliance with the Commission’s 

minimum distance separation 

requirements with a site restriction of 

11.7 kilometers (7.2 miles) north of the 

community. The reference coordinates 

for Channel 284A at Bertram are 30–50–

26 NL and 98–05–45 WL. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, infra.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before December 27, 2004, and reply