[Federal Register: October 20, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 202)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 61616-61617]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 04-3174, MB Docket No. 04-386, RM-10817]

 
Radio Broadcasting Services; Leesville and New Llano, LA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making 
filed by Charles Crawford requesting the allotment of Channel 252C3 at 
New Llano, Louisiana, as the community's first local aural transmission 
service. Channel 252C3 can be allotted to New Llano in compliance with 
the Commission's rules provided there is a site restriction of 10 
kilometers (6.2 miles) north of New Llano. The proposed reference 
coordinates for Channel 252C3 at New Llano are 31-12-18 North Latitude 
and 93-16-11 West Longitude. To accommodate this allotment, this 
document also proposes the substitution of Channel 224A for vacant FM 
Channel 252A at Leesville, Louisiana. Channel 224A can also be allotted 
to Leesville in compliance with the Commission's rules provided there 
is a site restriction of 12.6 kilometers (7.8 miles) east of Leesville. 
The proposed reference coordinates for Channel 224A at Leesville are 
31-07-40 North Latitude and 93-08-03 West Longitude. Channel 224A at 
Leesville is currently listed in the FM Table of Allotments, however, 
that channel was substituted for Channel 228C3 at Leesville in MM 
Docket No. 98-191, and the license of Station KJAE(FM) was modified 
accordingly. See Leesville, Louisiana, 64 FR 31140, published June 10, 
1999.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 29, 2004, and reply 
comments on or before October 8, 2004.

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: Charles 
Crawford, 4553 Bordeaux Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75205.

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. 04-386, adopted October 6, 2004, 
and released October 8, 2004. The full text

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of this Commission decision is available for inspection and copying 
during normal business hours in the Commission's Reference Center, 445 
Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. The full text of this 
Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during 
normal business hours in the Commission's Reference Center, 445 Twelfth 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. The complete text of this decision 
may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, 
Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Room CY-B402, 
Washington, DC 20054, 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 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 Louisiana, 
is amended by removing Channel 252A at Leesville and by adding New 
Llano, Channel 252C3.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 04-23458 Filed 10-19-04; 8:45 am]

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