Radio stations; table of assignments: Oklahoma,

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

[Proposed Rules]

[Page 5623]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 99-23, RM-9423]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Tipton, Mangum and Eldorado, OK

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filedby Good Government Radio seeking the allotment of Channel 249C2 to Tipton, OK, as the community's first local aural service. To accommodate the allotment at Tipton, petitioner also requests the substitution of Channel 282A for Channel 249A at Mangum, OK, the modification of Station KHIM's license accordingly, and the substitution of Channel 245A for unoccupied and unapplied for Channel 246A at Eldorado, OK. Channel 249C2 can be allotted to Tipton in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 23.8 kilometers (14.8 miles) west, at coordinates 34-34- 53 NL; 99-22-55 WL, to avoid short-spacings to Channel 248C2 at Archer City, TX, which is reserved for Station KRZB, to Station KGOK-FM, Channel 249C3, Pauls Valley, OK, and its proposed reallotment to Healdton, OK, and to Station KJMZ, Channel 251C1, Lawton, OK. Channel 282A can be allotted to Mangum, at Station KHIM's licensed transmitter site, at coordinates 34-52-27; 99-30-04. Channel 245A can be allotted to Eldorado without the imposition of a site restriction, at coordinates 34-28-24; 99-38-54.

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: Ellinor Nelson, Good Government Radio, P.O. Box 478, Gonzalez, FL 32560 (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 and Order to Show Cause, MM Docket No. 99-23, 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.

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. 99-2617Filed2-3-99; 8:45 am]

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