Radio stations; table of assignments: New Mexico,

[Federal Register: June 25, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 122)]

[Proposed Rules]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 98-83, RM-9280]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Questa, NM

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

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ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filedby Metro Broadcasters-Texas, Inc. seeking the allotment of Channel 279C1 to Questa, NM, as the community's first local aural service. Channel 279C1 can be allotted to Questa in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 5.8 kilometers (3.6 miles) southeast, at coordinates 36-40-33 NL; 105-32-27 WL, to avoid a short-spacing to both the allotment reference coordinates and the transmitter site specified in the pending application of Idaho Broadcasting Consortium, Inc. (BPH-971126MD), for Channel 279C2 at Silverton, Colorado.

DATES: Comments must be filedon or before August 3, 1998, and reply comments on or before August 18, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve the petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: Andrew S. Kersting, Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C., 1300 North 17th Street, 11th Floor, Arlington, VA 22209-3801 (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. 98-83, adopted May 27, 1998, and released June 12, 1998. 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.

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. 98-16915Filed6-24-98; 8:45 am]

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