[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 224 (Monday, November 20, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 69724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29626]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 00-2485; MM Docket No. 00-226; RM-10001.


Radio Broadcasting Services (Fair Bluff, North Carolina, 
Litchfield Beach, Johnsonville and Olanta, South Carolina)

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission, at the request of joint petitioners Atlantic 
Broadcasting Co., Inc., permittee of Station WSIM, Channel 287C3, Fair 
Bluff, North Carolina, and The Waccamaw Neck Broadcasting Company, 
licensee of Station WPDT, 286A, Johnsonville, South Carolina, seeks 
comment on a petition for rule making proposing the reallotment of 
Channel 287C3 from Fair Bluff, North Carolina, to Litchfield Beach, 
South Carolina, as the community's first local aural transmission 
service, and the reallotment of Channel 286A from Johnsonville, South 
Carolina, to Olanta, South Carolina, as the community's first local 
aural transmission service. Channel 287C3 can be allotted to Litchfield 
Beach in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation 
requirements, with respect to domestic allotments, at petitioners' 
requested site, 0.4 kilometers (0.3 miles) South, at coordinates 33-27-
47 NL and 79-06-05 WL. Channel 286A can be allotted to Olanta in 
compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation 
requirements, with respect to domestic allotments, at petitioner's 
requested site, 4.9 kilometers (3.0 miles) East, at coordinates 33-55-
38 NL and 79-52-41 WL. See Supplementary Information.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before December 26, 2000, and reply 
comments on or before January 10, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., 
Room TW-A325, Washington, D.C. 20554. In addition to filing comments 
with the FCC, interested parties in MM Docket No. 00-215 should serve 
petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: Gary S. 
Smithwick, Smithwick & Belendiuk, P.C., 1990 M Street, N.W., Suite 
510,1990 M Street, N.W., Suite 510 Washington, D.C. 20036, (Counsel to 
Atlantic Broadcasting Co. Inc.), Stephen T. Yelverton, Yelverton Law 
Firm, 601 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20004 (Counsel to 
Waccamaw Neck Broadcasting Company).

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 No. 00-226, adopted October 25, 
2000, and released November 3, 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.
    Petitioners are requested to provide further information to 
establish that Litchfield Beach and Olanta are communities for 
allotment purposes. They are also asked to provide information on any 
public interest benefit other than provision of a first local 
transmission service which would justify the grant of the reallotment 
of Channel 286A from Johnsonville to Olanta, as it would result in the 
removal of the sole local transmission service at Johnsonville.
    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 North 
Carolina is amended by removing Fair Bluff, Channel 287C3.
    3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under South 
Carolina, is amended by removing Johnsonville, Channel 286A and adding 
Litchfield Beach, Channel 287C3, and Olanta, Channel 286A.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 00-29626 Filed 11-17-00; 8:45 am]
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