18558 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 73 / Wednesday, April 16, 1997 / Proposed Rules

Dated: April 11, 1997.

Mary D. Nichols,

Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

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[MM Docket No. 97–114, RM–9059]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Dassel

and Hutchinson, MN

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document requests

comments on a petition filed by North

American Broadcasting Co., Inc.,

requesting the substitution of Channel

295C3 for Channel 296A at Hutchinson,

Minnesota, and reallotment of Channel

295C3 from Hutchinson to Dassel,

Minnesota. Petitioner also requests

modification of its license for Station

KKJR to specify operation on Channel

295C3 at Dassel. The coordinates for

Channel 295C3 at Dassel are 45–08–30

and 94–26–00. We shall propose to

modify the license for Station KKJR in

accordance with Section 1.420 (g) and

(i) of the Commission’s Rules and will

not accept competing expressions of

interest for the use of the channel or

require petitioner to demonstrate the

availability of an additional equivalent

class channel for use by such parties.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before June 2, 1997, and reply

comments on or before June 17, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In

addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner’s counsel, as follows: Gregg P.

Skall, Pepper & Corazzini, L.L.P., 1776

K Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington,

DC 20006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass Media

Bureau, (202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

97–114, adopted April 2, 1997, and

released April 11, 1997. The full text of

this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the

Commission’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 contractors,

International Transcription Services,

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

Washington, DC 20037, (202) 857–3800.

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.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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[MM Docket No. 96–77, RM–8780; RM–8818]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Hobbs,

Tatum and Jal, NM

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; Order to Show

Cause.

SUMMARY: The Commission, in response

to a counterproposal filed by MTD, Inc.,

proposes the allotment of Channel 296C

to Tatum, NM, as the community’s first

local aural transmission service. To

accommodate the allotment at Tatum,

the Commission also proposes that

Channel 279C1 be substituted for

Channel 296C1 at Jal, NM, and that the

construction permit (BPH–950404MA)

of John H. Wiggins be modified to

specify operation on the alternate Class

C1 channel. An Order to Show Cause is

directed to the permittee, John H.

Wiggins, as to why his permit should

not be modified to specify the alternate

Class C1 channel. Channel 296C can be

allotted to Tatum in compliance with

the Commission’s minimum distance

separation requirements with a site

restriction of 13.2 kilometers (8.2 miles)

west, at coordinates 33–15–27 North

Latitude and 103–27–22 West

Longitude, to avoid a short-spacing to

Stations KPOS-FM, Channel 297C2,

Post, TX, and KSMX, Channel 298C1,

Clovis, NM. Channel 279C1 can be

allotted to Jal at the transmitter site

specified in Wiggins’ outstanding

construction permit, 32–25–53; 103–09–

08. Mexican concurrence in the

allotment of Channel 296C at Tatum and

279C1 at Jal is required since both

communities are located within 320

kilometers (199 miles) of the U.S.-

Mexican border.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before June 2, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leslie K. Shapiro, Mass Media Bureau,

(202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Order to

Show Cause, MM Docket No. 96–77,

adopted April 2, 1997, and released

April 11, 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 Services,

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.

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