[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 219 (Monday, November 13, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 67691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28913]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00-2422; MM Docket Nos. 00-215, 00-216; RM-9994, RM-9995]


Radio Broadcasting Services (Aspen, Colorado; McKinleyville, 
California)

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission seeks comment on two petitions for rule making. 
The first, filed by Roaring Forks Broadcasting, Inc., requests the 
allotment of Channel 228A at Aspen, Colorado, as the community's third 
local FM service. The second, filed by Four Rivers Broadcasting Inc., 
requests the allotment of Channel 236C3 at McKinleyville, California, 
as the community's first local aural transmission service.
    Channel 228A can be allotted to Aspen in compliance with the 
Commission's minimum distance separation requirements, with respect to 
domestic allotments, without the imposition of a site restriction, at 
coordinates 39-11-24 NL and 106-49-06 WL. Channel 236C3 can be allotted 
to McKinleyville in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance 
separation requirements, with respect to domestic allotments, without 
the imposition of a site restriction at coordinates 40-56-42 NL and 
124-05-54 WL.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before December 18, 2000, and reply 
comments on or before January 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., 
Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with 
the FCC, interested parties in MM Docket No. 00-215 should serve 
petitioner Four Rivers Broadcasting Inc., or its counsel or consultant, 
as follows: Meredith Senter, Jr., Leventhal, Senter & Lerman, Suite 
600, Washington, DC 20006-1809. Interested parties in MM Docket No. 00-
216 should serve petitioner Four Rivers Broadcasting, Inc., or its 
counsel or consultant, as follows: Howard M. Weiss, Fletcher, Heald & 
Hildreth, 1300 N. 17th St., 11th Floor, Arlington, VA 22209.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria M. McCauley, Mass Media 
Bureau, (202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Docket Nos. 00-215, 00-216, adopted 
October 18, 2000, and released October 27, 2000. The full text of this 
Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during 
normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center (Room 239), 445 12th 
Street, SW, Washington, DC. The complete text of this decision may also 
be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International 
Transcription Services, Inc., (202) 857-3800, 1231 20th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20036.
    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 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 Colorado, is 
amended by adding Channel 228A at Aspen.
    3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under California, 
is amended by adding McKinleyville, Channel 236C3.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 00-28913 Filed 11-9-00; 8:45 am]
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