[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 10266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3714]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA No. 01-252, MM Docket No. 01-24, RM-10052]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Hewitt, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition filed by 
Bordeaux Radio Broadcasting proposing the allotment of Channel 294A at 
Hewitt, Texas, as that community's first local FM service. The 
coordinates for Channel 294A at Hewitt are 31-24-52 and 97-11-23. There 
is a site restriction 5.3 kilometers (3.3 miles) south 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: 
Robert Lewis Thompson, Thiemann Aitken & Vohra, LLC, 908 King Street, 
Suite 300, Alexandria, VA 22314.

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. 01-24, 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 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
    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal 
Communications Commission proposes to amend 47 CRF 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 Texas, is 
amended by adding Hewitt, Channel 294A.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 01-3714 Filed 2-13-01; 8:45 am]
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