Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 14, 2001 / Proposed Rules 10267

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA No. 01–251, MM Docket No. 01–27, RM–

10056]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Wisner,

LA

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document requests

comments on a petition filed by Wisner

Broadcasting Company proposing the

allotment of Channel 300C3 at Wisner,

Louisiana, as that community’s first

local service. The coordinates for

Channel 300C3 at Wisner are 32–05–28

and 91–28–57. There is a site restriction

20.4 kilometers (12.7 miles) northeast of

the community.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before March 26, 2001, and reply

comments on or before April 10, 2001.

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’s counsel, as follows: Ann

Bavender, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth,

P.L.C., 1300 N. 17th Street, 11th Floor,

Arlington, Virginia 22209.

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.

01–27, adopted January 24, 2001, and

released February 2, 2001. The full text

of this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the

Commission’s Reference Information

Center, 445 Twelfth Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20554. The complete

text of this decision may also be

purchased from the Commission’s copy

contractors, International Transcription

Services, Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857–3800,

facsimile (202) 857–3805.

Provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act of l980 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.

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.

§ 73.202 [Amended]

2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM

Allotments under Louisiana, is

amended by adding Wisner, Channel

300C3.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

[FR Doc. 01–3713 Filed 2–13–01; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01–254; MM Docket No. 01–26; RM–

10045]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Patterson, GA

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition for rule making

filed by Bernice P. Hedrick seeking the

allotment of Channel 296A to Patterson,

GA, as the community’s first local aural

service. Channel 296A can be allotted to

Patterson in compliance with the

Commission’s minimum distance

separation requirements with a site

restriction of 2.9 kilometers (1.8 miles)

east, at coordinates 31–23–12 NL; 82–

06–18 WL, to avoid a short-spacing to

both the licensed site and pending

construction permit site of Station

WOKA–FM, Channel 294C1, Douglas,

GA.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before March 26, 2001, and reply

comments on or before April 10, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission,

Washington, DC 20554. In addition to

filing comments with the FCC,

interested parties should serve the

petitioner, as follows: Bernice P.

Hedrick, P.O. Box 27, 317 Stonegables

Ct., Gray, GA 31032 (Petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leslie K. Shapiro, Mass Media Bureau,

(202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

01–26; adopted January 24, 2001 and

released February 2, 2001. The full text

of this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC

Reference Information Center (Room

CY–A257), 445 12th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC. The complete text of

this decision may also be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Service,

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.

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.

§ 73.202 [Amended]

2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM

Allotments under Georgia, is amended

by adding Patterson, Channel 296A.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

[FR Doc. 01–3712 Filed 2–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P