Radio stations; table of assignments: California,

[Federal Register: October 20, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 202)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 61617]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 04-3171; MB Docket No. 04-387; RM-11083]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Cedarville, CA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking filed by Jeffrey Cotton requesting the allotment of Channel 260A at Cedarville, California as that community's first local service. The coordinates for Channel 260A at Cedarville are 41-31-45 NL and 120-10- 20 WL located at the center of the community.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before November 29, 2004, and reply comments on or before December 14, 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: Jeffrey Cotton, Route 60-5b, Lake City, California 96115.

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. 04-387, adopted October 6, 2004, and released October 8, 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 12th 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 Cedarville, Channel 260A.

   Federal Communications Commission. John A. Karousos, Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.

   [FR Doc. 04-23459 Filed 10-19-04; 8:45 am]

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