Broadcast Services; Television and Radio Broadcasting

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket Nos. 94-150, 92-51, 87-154; FCC 95-139]

Broadcast Services; Television and Radio Broadcasting

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; denial of motion to accelerate comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Commission denies a Motion to Establish an Accelerated

Procedural Schedule for the Limited Liability Companies Issue, filed by

the Association of Black Owned Television Stations in this proceeding.

The action is taken to respond to this motion that the deadlines for

comments and reply comments with respect to the issue of Limited

Liability Companies be accelerated. The intended effect of the action

is to permit commenters the full period specified in the Notice of

Proposed Rule Making in which to file comments in the proceeding.

DATES: Comments (as extended in a separate decision printed elsewhere

in this Federal Register) are due May 17, 1995, and reply comments are

due June 19, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mania Baghdadi, Mass Media Bureau (202) 776-1653.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's Order

in [[Page 19564]] MM Docket Nos. 94-150, 92-51, and 87-154; FCC 95-139,

adopted April 3, 1995, and released April 7, 1995. The complete text of

this Order is available for inspection and copying during normal

business hours in the FCC Reference Center (Room 239), 1919 M Street,

NW., Washington, DC, and also may be purchased from the Commission's

copy contractor, International Transcription Service, at (202) 857-

3800, 2100 M Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037.

Synopsis of the Order

1. The Commission denies the Motion to Establish an Accelerated

Procedural Schedule for the LLC Issue (``Motion''), which the

Association of Black Owned Television Stations (``ABOTS'') filed in

this proceeding on January 25, 1995. The Commission, in a Notice of

Proposed Rule Making (60 FR 6483, February 2, 1995) established a

comment deadline of April 17, 1995, and of May 17, 1995 for reply

comments. ABOTS asked that the Commission accelerate the comment

schedule with respect to Section VII (Limited Liability Companies and

Other New Business Forms) of the Notice of Proposed Rule Making with

comments due by February 10, 1995, and reply comments due by February

17, 1995. ABOTS also asked the Commission to expedite our disposition

in the rule making regarding the issue of LLCs and to reach a decision

by March 3, 1995, if possible. The Commission finds the concerns

expressed by ABOTS in its Motion to be unfounded, and believes that an

acceleration of the comment period and decisionmaking process would not

be in the public interest. Thus, the Commission denies ABOTS' requests.

In a separate decision adopted April 7, 1995, and printed elsewhere in

this Federal Register, the Commission extends the time for filing

comments in this proceeding to May 17, 1995, and the time for filing

replay comments to June 19, 1995.

2. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 4(j) of the Communications Act,

47 U.S.C. 154(j) It Is Hereby Ordered that the Motion to Establish an

Accelerated Procedural Schedule for the LLC Issue filed by the

Association of Black Owned Television Stations is denied.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95-9570 Filed 4-18-95; 8:45 am]

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