Radio stations; table of assignments: New Hampshire,

[Federal Register: February 4, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 23)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 5626-5627]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 99-8, RM-9433]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Mt. Washington, NH

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filedby Dan Puopolo, to allot Channel 247A to Mt. Washington, NH, as the community's second local aural transmission service. Channel 247A can be allotted to Mt. Washington in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements without the imposition of a site restriction, with respect to all domestic allotments, at coordinates 44-16-13 NL; 78-18-13. Use of these coordinates does not negate the short-spacing to the proposed allotment of Channel 247C1 at Thetford-Mines, Quebec, Canada. Concurrence in the allotment of Channel 247A at Mt. Washington will be requested as a specially negotiated short-spaced allotment since Mt. Washington is located within 320 kilometers (200 miles) of the U.S.-Canadian border.

DATES: Comments must be filedon or before March 15, 1999, and reply comments on or before March 30, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., 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: Dana Puopolo, 37 Martin Street, Rehoboth, MA 02769-2103 (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. 99-8, adopted January 13, 1999, and released January 22, 1999. The full text of this Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center (Room 239), 1919 M Street, NW., 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.

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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.

[FR Doc. 99-2623Filed2-3-99; 8:45 am]

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