Radio stations; table of assignments: Iowa,

[Federal Register: April 1, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 62)]

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 15715-15716]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 99-93; RM-9531]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Pleasantville, IA

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filedby Mountain West Broadcasting proposing the allotment of Channel 242A at Pleasantville, Iowa, as the community's first local aural transmission service. Channel 242A can be allotted to Pleasantville in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 4.9 kilometers (3.0 miles) east to avoid a short- spacing to the licensed site of Station KSOM(FM), Channel 243C1, Audubon, Iowa. The coordinates for Channel 242A at Pleasantville are 41-23-59 North Latitude and 93-14-36 West Longitude.

DATES: Comments must be filedon or before May 17, 1999, and reply comments on or before June 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve the petitioner, his counsel, or consultant, as follows: Victor A. Michael, Jr., President, Mountain West Broadcasting, 6807 Foxglove Drive, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009 (Petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon P. McDonald, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 99-93, adopted March 17, 1999, and released March 26, 1999. The full text of this Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during

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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 Service, 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.

[FR Doc. 99-8047Filed3-31-99; 8:45 am]

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