[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 12, 2005)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 59292-59293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20353]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 05-2636; MB Docket No. 05-274, RM-11274; MB Docket No. 05-275, RM-
11275]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Coalgate, OK; and Silver Springs 
Shores, FL

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document proposes new FM broadcast allotments at 
Coalgate, Oklahoma and Silver Springs Shores, Florida. The Audio 
Division, Media Bureau, requests comment on a petition filed by Charles 
Crawford, proposing the allotment of Channel 242A at Coalgate, 
Oklahoma, as the community's second local aural transmission service. 
Channel 242A can be allotted to Coalgate in compliance with the 
Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site 
restriction of 6.9 kilometers (4.3 miles) south of Coalgate. The 
reference coordinates for Channel 242A at Coalgate are 34-35-00 North 
Latitude and 96-10-00 West Longitude. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, 
infra.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 25, 2005, and reply 
comments on or before December 12, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, 
interested parties should serve the petitioner, his counsel, or 
consultant, as follows: Charles Crawford; 4553 Bordeaux Ave.; Dallas, 
Texas 75205; and Carrie Tutera Martin; 726 Stetson Street; Orlando, 
Florida 32804.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. Barthen Gorman, Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket Nos. 05-274, and 05-275, 
adopted September 29, 2005 and released October 3, 2005. The full text 
of this Commission document is available for inspection and copying 
during regular business hours at the FCC's Reference Information 
Center, Portals II, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, 
DC 20554. The complete text of this decision may also be purchased from 
the Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 
445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC,

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20054, telephone 1-800-378-3160 or http://www.BCPIWEB.com. This 
document does not contain proposed information collection requirements 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. In 
addition, therefore, it does not contain any proposed information 
collection burden ``for small business concerns with fewer than 25 
employees,'' pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 
2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506 (c)(4).
    The Audio Division requests comments on a petition filed by Carrie 
Tutera Martin, proposing the allotment of Channel 259A at Silver 
Springs Shores, Florida, as the community's first local aural 
transmission service. Channel 259A can be allotted to Silver Springs 
Shores in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation 
requirements with a site restriction of 5.0 kilometers (3.1 miles). The 
reference coordinates for Channel 259A at Silver Springs Shores are 29-
08-09 North Latitude and 82-02-33 West Longitude.
    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 Section 1.1204(b) for rules governing 
permissible ex parte contact.
    For information regarding proper filing procedures for comments, 
see 47 CFR Sections 1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Radio, 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 Florida, is 
amended by adding Silver Springs Shores, Channel 259A.
    3. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Oklahoma, is 
amended by adding Channel 242A at Coalgate.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 05-20353 Filed 10-11-05; 8:45 am]
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