Radio stations; table of assignments: South Carolina,

[Federal Register: February 25, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 37)]

[Proposed Rules]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 03-369, MB Docket No. 03-35, RM-10646]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Florence, SC

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition filed by SSR Communications Incorporated proposing the allotment of Channel 237A at Florence, South Carolina, as that community's second FM commercial aural transmission service. The coordinates for Channel 237A at Florence are 34-12-00 North Latitude and 79-40-45 West Longitude. There is a site restriction 7.7 kilometers (4.8 miles) east of the community.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before March 31, 2003, and reply comments on or before April 15, 2003.

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: SSR Communications Incorporated, 5270 West Jones Bridge Road, Norcross, GA 30092-1628.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 03-35, adopted February 5, 2003, and released February 7, 2003. The full text of this Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the Commission's Reference Center 445

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Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. The complete text of this decision may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, Qualex International Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC, 20554, telephone 202-863-2893, facsimile 202- 863-2898, or via e-mail qualexint@aol.com.

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, 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 South Carolina, is amended by adding Channel 237A at Florence.

   Federal Communications Commission. John A. Karousos, Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.

   [FR Doc. 03-4364 Filed 2-24-03; 8:45 am]

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