[Federal Register: September 9, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 174)]
[Proposed Rules]               
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 04-2672; MB Docket No. 04-338; RM-11061]

 
Radio Broadcasting Services; Nevada City, CA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking 
filed by Dana J. Puopolo requesting the allotment of Channel 297A at 
Nevada City, California as that community's first FM commercial 
broadcast service. The coordinates for Channel 297A at Nevada City are 
39-18-00 NL and 121-00-00 WL. There is a site restriction 4.5 
kilometers (2.8 miles) north of the community.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 18, 2004, and reply 
comments on or before November 2, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, 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: 
Dana J.

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Puopolo, 2134 Oak Street, Unit C, Santa Monica, California 90405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen McLean, Media Bureau, (202) 418-
2738.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 04-338, adopted August 
25, 2004, and released August 27, 2004. The full text of this 
Commission notice is available for inspection and copying during normal 
business hours in the FCC's Reference Information Center at Portals II, 
CY-A257, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC. This document may 
also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractors, Best 
Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Room CY-B402, 
Washington, DC 20554, telephone 1-800-378-3160 or http://www.BCPIWEB.com
.

    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, 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 California, 
is amended by adding Nevada City, Channel 297A.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 04-20360 Filed 9-8-04; 8:45 am]

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