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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, 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 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. 98–10520 Filed 4–20–98; 8:45 am]

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47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 97–179, RM–9064]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Old

Forge and Newport Village, NY

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on the proposed allotment of

Channel 223A to Old Forge, NY, as the

community’s second local FM service as

requested by 21st Century Radio

Ventures, Inc., in response to the Notice

of Proposed Rule Making in this

proceeding. See 62 FR 44435, August

21, 1997. Channel 223A can be allotted

to Old Forge in compliance with the

Commission’s minimum distance

separation requirements with regard to

all domestic allotments without the

imposition of a site restriction, at

coordinates 43–42–42 North Latitude;

74–58–24 West Longitude. The

allotment is short-spaced to Station

KFQR-FM, Channel 223C1, Montreal,

Quebec, Canada. Therefore, since Old

Forge is located within 320 kilometers

(200 miles) of the U.S.-Canadian border,

concurrence in this allotment as a

specially negotiated short-spaced

allotment will be requested from the

Canadian government.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before June 1, 1998, and reply

comments on or before June 16, 1998.

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: James L. Primm, President

and Counsel, 21st Century Radio

Ventures, Inc., 530 Wilshire Blvd., Suite

301, Santa Monica, CA 90401

(Petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leslie K. Shapiro, Mass Media Bureau,

(202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Further

Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM

Docket No. 97–179, adopted April 1,

1998, and released April 10, 1998. 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, 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 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. 98–10519 Filed 4–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–F