[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 19, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 19563-19564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9570]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket Nos. 94-150, 92-51, 87-154; FCC 95-139]


Broadcast Services; Television and Radio Broadcasting

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; denial of motion to accelerate comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Commission denies a Motion to Establish an Accelerated 
Procedural Schedule for the Limited Liability Companies Issue, filed by 
the Association of Black Owned Television Stations in this proceeding. 
The action is taken to respond to this motion that the deadlines for 
comments and reply comments with respect to the issue of Limited 
Liability Companies be accelerated. The intended effect of the action 
is to permit commenters the full period specified in the Notice of 
Proposed Rule Making in which to file comments in the proceeding.

DATES: Comments (as extended in a separate decision printed elsewhere 
in this Federal Register) are due May 17, 1995, and reply comments are 
due June 19, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mania Baghdadi, Mass Media Bureau (202) 776-1653.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's Order 
in [[Page 19564]] MM Docket Nos. 94-150, 92-51, and 87-154; FCC 95-139, 
adopted April 3, 1995, and released April 7, 1995. The complete text of 
this Order is available for inspection and copying during normal 
business hours in the FCC Reference Center (Room 239), 1919 M Street, 
NW., Washington, DC, and also may be purchased from the Commission's 
copy contractor, International Transcription Service, at (202) 857-
3800, 2100 M Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037.

Synopsis of the Order

    1. The Commission denies the Motion to Establish an Accelerated 
Procedural Schedule for the LLC Issue (``Motion''), which the 
Association of Black Owned Television Stations (``ABOTS'') filed in 
this proceeding on January 25, 1995. The Commission, in a Notice of 
Proposed Rule Making (60 FR 6483, February 2, 1995) established a 
comment deadline of April 17, 1995, and of May 17, 1995 for reply 
comments. ABOTS asked that the Commission accelerate the comment 
schedule with respect to Section VII (Limited Liability Companies and 
Other New Business Forms) of the Notice of Proposed Rule Making with 
comments due by February 10, 1995, and reply comments due by February 
17, 1995. ABOTS also asked the Commission to expedite our disposition 
in the rule making regarding the issue of LLCs and to reach a decision 
by March 3, 1995, if possible. The Commission finds the concerns 
expressed by ABOTS in its Motion to be unfounded, and believes that an 
acceleration of the comment period and decisionmaking process would not 
be in the public interest. Thus, the Commission denies ABOTS' requests. 
In a separate decision adopted April 7, 1995, and printed elsewhere in 
this Federal Register, the Commission extends the time for filing 
comments in this proceeding to May 17, 1995, and the time for filing 
replay comments to June 19, 1995.
    2. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 4(j) of the Communications Act, 
47 U.S.C. 154(j) It Is Hereby Ordered that the Motion to Establish an 
Accelerated Procedural Schedule for the LLC Issue filed by the 
Association of Black Owned Television Stations is denied.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-9570 Filed 4-18-95; 8:45 am]
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