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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

DA 99-2695, MM Docket No. 99-345, RM-9782Radio Broadcasting Services; Minerva, NY

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filedby Bible Broadcasting Associates, seeking the allotment of Channel 264A to Minerva, NY, as the community's first local aural service. Channel 264A can be allotted to Minerva in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements, with respect to domestic allotments, with a site restriction of 2.9 kilometers (1.8 miles) northwest, at coordinates 43-48-33 North Latitude and 74-00-41 West Longitude, to avoid a short-spacing to Station WKBE, Channel 262B1, Warrensburg, New York, and Station WWFY, Channel 265A, Middlebury, Vermont. The allotment would be short-spaced to Station CBF-FM, Channel 264C1, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Since Minerva is located within 320 kilometers (200 miles) of the U.S.-Canadian border, concurrence by the Canadian Government in the allotment of Channel 264A at Minerva, as a specially-negotiated, short-spaced allotment, must be obtained.

DATES: Comments must be filedon or before January 24, 2000, and reply comments on or before February 8, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW, Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve the petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: Jerrold Miller, Miller & Miller, P.C., P.O. Box 33003, Washington, DC 20033 (Counsel to petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie K. Shapiro, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 99-345, adopted November 24, 1999, and released December 3, 1999. The full text of this Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC. The complete text of this decision may also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International Transcription Services, Inc., (202) 857-3800, 1231 20th Street, NW, 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. 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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