7984 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 35 / Friday, February 21, 1997 / Proposed Rules

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. 97–4293 Filed 2–20–97; 8:45 am]

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47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97–67; RM–8996]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Freeport, IL

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by

Highland Broadcasting Company

proposing the allotment of Channel

295A at Freeport, Illinois, as the

community’s third local FM

transmission service. Channel 295A can

be allotted to Freeport in compliance

with the Commission’s minimum

distance separation requirements with a

site restriction of 5.4 kilometers (3.4

miles) north to avoid short-spacings to

the licensed sites of Station WSWT(FM),

Channel 295B, Peoria, Illinois, and

Station WSJY(FM), Channel 297B, Fort

Atkinson, Wisconsin. The coordinates

for Channel 295A at Freeport are North

Latitude 42–19–28 and West Longitude

89–35–13.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before April 7, 1997, and reply

comments on or before April 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In

addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner, or its counsel or consultant,

as follows: Henry E. Crawford, Esq.,

1150 Connecticut Ave., NW., Suite 900,

Washington, DC 20036 (Counsel for

Petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon P. McDonald, Mass Media

Bureau, (202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

97–67, adopted February 7, 1997, and

released February 14, 1997. The full text

of this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC

Reference Center (Room 239), 1919 M

Street, NW., Washington, DC. The

complete text of this decision may also

be purchased from the Commission’s

copy contractor, International

Transcription Service, Inc., (202) 857–

3800, 2100 M Street, NW., Suite 140,

Washington, DC 20037.

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. 97–4292 Filed 2–20–97; 8:45 am]

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47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97–60, RM–8982]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Waynesboro and Collinwood, TN

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition by Ohio

Broadcast Associates requesting the

reallotment of Channel 235C3 from

Waynesboro to Collinwood, Tennessee,

as the community’s first local aural

broadcast service, and the modification

of Station WFRQ(FM)’s license to

specify Collinwood as its community of

license. Channel 235C3 can be allotted

to Collinwood in compliance with the

Commission’s minimum distance

separation requirements at the site

specified in Station WFRQ(FM)’s

license, at coordinates 35–08–16 and

87–49–43.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before April 7, 1997, and reply

comments on or before April 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In

addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner, or its counsel or consultant,

as follows: Audrey Malkan, Owner,

Ohio Broadcast Associates, 404 Avalon

Avenue, Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35662

(petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

97–60, adopted February 7, 1997, and

released February 14, 1997. The full text

of this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC’s

Reference Center (Room 239), 1919 M

Street, NW, Washington, DC. The

complete text of this decision may also

be purchased from the Commission’s

copy contractor, ITS, Inc., (202) 857–

3800, 2100 M Street, NW, Suite 140,

Washington, DC 20037.

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. 97–4291 Filed 2–20–97; 8:45 am]

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47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97–61, RM–9010]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Superior, MT

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document requests

comments on a petition filed by

Mountain Tower Broadcasting

proposing the allotment of Channel

298A to Superior, Montana, as that

community’s first local broadcast

service. The coordinates for Channel

298A are 47–11–30 and 114–53–18.

Canadian concurrence will be requested

for the allotment of Channel 298A at

Superior.