[Federal Register: February 25, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 37)]
[Proposed Rules]               
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 03-369, MB Docket No. 03-35, RM-10646]

 
Radio Broadcasting Services; Florence, SC

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition filed by SSR 
Communications Incorporated proposing the allotment of Channel 237A at 
Florence, South Carolina, as that community's second FM commercial 
aural transmission service. The coordinates for Channel 237A at 
Florence are 34-12-00 North Latitude and 79-40-45 West Longitude. There 
is a site restriction 7.7 kilometers (4.8 miles) east of the community.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before March 31, 2003, and reply 
comments on or before April 15, 2003.

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, as follows: SSR 
Communications Incorporated, 5270 West Jones Bridge Road, Norcross, GA 
30092-1628.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Notice 
of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 03-35, adopted February 5, 2003, 
and released February 7, 2003. The full text of this Commission 
decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business 
hours in the Commission's Reference Center 445

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Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. The complete text of this 
decision may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating 
contractor, Qualex International Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 
CY-B402, Washington, DC, 20554, telephone 202-863-2893, facsimile 202-
863-2898, or via e-mail qualexint@aol.com.
    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, 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 South 
Carolina, is amended by adding Channel 237A at Florence.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 03-4364 Filed 2-24-03; 8:45 am]

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