Radio stations; table of assignments: Iowa,

[Federal Register: March 15, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 51)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 15065]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01-564, MM Docket No. 01-65, RM-10078]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Emmetsburg and Sibley, IA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition filedby Eisert Enterprises, Inc. proposing the substitution of Channel 261C3 for Channel 261A at Emmetsburg, Iowa, and modification of the license for Station KEMB accordingly. The coordinates for Channel 261C3 at Emmetsburg are 43-07-24 and 94-51-29. In accordance with Section 1.420(g) of the Commission's Rules, we will not accept competing expressions of interest for the use of Channel 261C3 at Emmetsburg. To accommodate the allotment of Channel 261C3 at Emmetsburg we shall also propose the removal of vacant Channel 262A at Sibley, Iowa.

DATES: Comments must be filedon or before April 23, 2001, and reply comments on or before May 8, 2001.

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: Allan H. Wiener, East Road, Monticello, Maine 04760.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 01-65, adopted February 21, 2001, and released March 2, 2001. The full text of this Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the Commission's Reference Information Center, 445 Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. The complete text of this decision may also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractors, International Transcription Services, Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW., Washington, DC. 20036, (202) 857-3800, facsimile (202) 857-3805.

Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of l980 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 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 Iowa, is amended by removing Channel 261A and adding Channel 261C3 at Emmetsburg and by removing Channel 262A at Sibley.

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

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