[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 14 (Thursday, January 22, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 3180-3181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01017]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MB Docket No. 11-147; DA 12-513]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Alamo, GA; Alton, MO; Boscobel, WI; 
Buffalo, OK; Cove, AR; Clayton, LA; Daisy, AR; Ennis, MT; Erick, OK; 
Grayville, IL; Harrison, MI; Haworth, OK; Leedey, OK; Owen, WI; Reydon, 
OK; Taloga, OK; Thomas, OK; Tigerton, WI; Weinert, TX; and Wright City, 
OK

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Audio Division, on its own motion, deletes eighteen vacant 
allotments in various communities in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, 
Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wisconsin. These 
vacant allotments have been auctioned through our competitive bidding 
process, and are considered unsold permits that were included in 
Auction 91. We are deleting these vacant allotments from the FM Table, 
because there were no bona fide expressions of interest filed to retain 
these eighteen vacant allotments. Deletion of these allotments may 
create other opportunities in nearby communities for new FM allotments 
or upgrades of existing stations. We conclude that the deletion of 
these vacant allotments could promote a more effective and efficient 
use of the FM broadcast spectrum. The Commission's policy is not to 
delete a FM allotment where a bona fide expression of interest exists, 
absent a compelling reason to do so. Accordingly, we will not delete 
Channel 280A at Harrison, Michigan and Channel 295A at Tigerton, 
Wisconsin because bona fide expressions of interest were filed to 
retain these vacant channels for a future auction.

DATES: Effective January 22, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Report and Order, MB Docket No. 11-147, adopted March 30, 2012, and 
released April 2, 2012. The full text of this document is available for 
inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC's 
Reference Information Center at Portals II, CY-A257, 445 Twelfth Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20554. The complete text of this document may also 
be purchased from the Commission's

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duplicating contractors, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street 
SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 1-800-378-3160 or 
via email www.BCPIWEB.com. This document does not contain proposed 
information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. The Commission will send a copy of the 
Report and Order in a report to be sent to Congress and the Government 
Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, see 
U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Radio, Radio broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.
Nazifa Sawez,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as follows:

PART 73--RADIO BROADCAST SERVICES

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1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336.


Sec.  73.202  [Amended]

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2. Amend Sec.  73.202(b) Table of FM Allotments as follows:
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a. Remove Cove, under Arkansas, Channel 232A and Daisy, Channel 293C3.
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b. Remove Alamo, under Georgia, Channel 287C3.
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c. Remove Grayville, under Illinois, Channel 229A.
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d. Remove Clayton, under Louisiana, Channel 266A.
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e. Remove Alton, under Missouri, Channel 290A.
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f. Remove Buffalo, under Oklahoma, Channel 224C2; Erick, Channel 259C2; 
Haworth, Channel 294A; Leedey, Channel 297A; Reydon, Channel 264C2; 
Taloga, Channel 226A; Thomas, Channel 288A; and Wright City, Channel 
226A.
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g. Remove Weinert, under Texas, Channel 266C3.
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h. Remove Boscobel, under Wisconsin, Channel 244C3; and Owen, Channel 
242C3.

[FR Doc. 2015-01017 Filed 1-21-15; 8:45 am]
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