Radio Broadcasting Services; Fisher and Thief River Falls, MN

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 73 [DA 05-710; MB Docket No. 05-116; RM-11188] Radio Broadcasting Services; Fisher and Thief River Falls, MN AGENCY:

Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION:

Proposed rule.

SUMMARY:

This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed by Citicasters Licenses, L.P., licensee of Station KSNR(FM), Channel 262C1, Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Petitioner requests that the Commission reallot Channel 262C1 from Thief River Falls to Fisher, Minnesota. The coordinates for Channel 262C1 at Fisher are 47-58-38 NL and 96-36-42 WL, with a site restriction of 24.2 kilometers (15.1 miles) northeast of Fisher.

DATES:

Comments must be filed on or before May 9, 2005, and reply comments on or before May 24, 2005.

ADDRESSES:

Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW., Room TW-A325, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should serve Petitioner's counsel, as follows: Marissa G. Repp, Esq., and Tarah S. Grant, Esq., Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P.; 555 Thirteenth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20004-1109.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

R. Barthen Gorman, Media Bureau, (202) 418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This is a synopsis of the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MB Docket No. 05-116, adopted March 16, 2005 and released March 18, 2005. The full text of this Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during regular business hours in the FCC's Reference Information Center at Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. This document may also be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractors, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 1-800-378-3160 or http://www.BCPIWEB.com . This document does not contain proposed information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any proposed information collection burden “for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees,” pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4).

The 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, 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.

§ 73.202 [Amended] 2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under Minnesota, is amended by removing Channel 262C1 at Thief River Falls, and adding Fisher, Channel 262C1.

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

[FR Doc. 05-6563 Filed 4-1-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P