[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 14, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14872-14873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6244]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01-563; MM Docket No. 01-62; RM-10053]


Radio Broadcasting Services; Ardmore, Brilliant, Gadsden, 
Moundville, Pleasant Grove, Scottsboro, Trussville, Tuscaloosa and 
Winfield, AL; Columbus and Okolona, MS; and McMinnville, Pulaski and 
Walden, TN

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This document requests comment on a Petition for Rule Making 
filed jointly on behalf of Capstar TX Limited Partnership and Jacor 
Licensee of Louisville ll, Inc. This document proposes the substitution 
of Channel 288C3 for Channel 290A at Trussville, Alabama, reallotment 
of Channel 288C3 to Pleasant Grove, Alabama, and modification of the 
Station WENN license to specify operation on Channel 288C3 at Pleasant 
Grove; the substitution of Channel 290A for Channel 288A at Tuscaloosa, 
Alabama, reallotment of Channel 290A to Moundville, Alabama, and 
modification of the Station WRTR license to specify operation on 
Channel 290A at Moundville; the reallotment of Channel 290A from 
Winfield, Alabama, to Brilliant, Alabama, and modification of the 
Station WKXM license to specify Brilliant as the community of license; 
the reallotment of Channel 279C1 from Gadsden, Alabama, to Trussville, 
Alabama, and modification of the Station WQEN license to specify 
Trussville as the community of license; the reallotment of Channel 
280C2 from Columbus, Mississippi, to Okolona, Mississippi, and 
modification of the Station WACR license to specify Okolona as the 
community of license; the substitution of Channel 252C1 for Channel 
252A at Pulaski, Tennessee, reallotment of Channel 252C1 to Ardmore, 
Alabama, and modification of the Station WKSR license to specify 
operation on Channel 252C1 at Ardmore; the substitution of Channel 278A 
for Channel 252A at Scottsboro, Alabama, and modification of the 
Station WKEA license to specify operation on Channel 278A; and the 
substitution of Channel 279C1 for Channel 280A at McMinnville, 
Tennessee, reallotment of Channel 279C3 to Walden, Tennessee, and 
modification of the Station WKEA license to specify operation on 
Channel 279C3 at Walden. The coordinates for the Channel 279C1 
allotment at Trussville, Alabama, would be 33-26-38 and 86 52-47; the 
coordinates for Channel 288C3 allotment at Pleasant Grove, Alabama, 
would be 33-26-38 and 86-52-47; the coordinates for the Channel 280C2 
allotment at Okolona, Mississippi, would be 33-51-38 and 88-30-44; the 
coordinates for the Channel 252C1 allotment at Ardmore, Alabama, would 
be 34-56-27 and 86-48-15; the coordinates for the Channel 279C3 
allotment at Walden, Tennessee, would be 35-14-32 and 85 22-17; the 
coordinates for the Channel 290A allotment at Moundville, Alabama, 
would be 33-00-03 and 87-34-20; the coordinates for the Channel 278A 
allotment at Scottsboro, Alabama, would be 34-35-22 and 85-59-31; and 
the coordinates for the Channel 290A allotment at Brilliant, Alabama, 
would be 34-01 25 and 87-46-17.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 24, 2001, and reply 
comments on or before May 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, 
DC, 20554.
    In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties 
should serve the petitioner's counsel, as follows: Mark N. Lipp, c/o 
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, 600 14th Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC, 
20005; and Gregory L. Masters, c/o Wiley, Rein & Fielding, 1776 K 
Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Hayne, Mass Media Bureau (202) 
418-2177

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making in MM Docket No. 01-62, adopted February 
28, 2001, and released March 2, 2001. The full text of this Commission 
action is available for inspection and copying during normal business 
hours in the FCC Reference Information Center at Portals II, CY-A257, 
445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC. The complete text of this action 
may also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, 
International Transcription Service, Inc., (202) 857-3800, 1231 20th 
Street, 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.

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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.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
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