Radio Broadcasting Services; Cloudcroft, New Mexico

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 96-257, RM-8966]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Cloudcroft, New Mexico

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Robert

J. Flotte seeking the allotment of Channel 250C1 to Cloudcroft, New

Mexico, as the community's first local aural transmission service.

Channel 250C1 can be allotted to Cloudcroft in compliance with the

Commission's minimum distance separation requirements without the

imposition of a site restriction, at coordinates 32-57-30 North

Latitude and 105-44-42 West Longitude. Mexican concurrence in the

allotment is required since the community is located within 320

kilometers (199 miles) of the U.S.-Mexican border.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before February 18, 1997, and reply

comments on or before March 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C. 20554.

In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties should

serve the petitioner, or its counsel or consultant, as follows: Barry

D. Wood, Esq., Mark A. Brinton, Esq., Jones, Waldo, Holbrook &

McDonough, P.C., 2300 M Street NW., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20037

(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. 96-257, adopted December

20, 1996, and released December 27, 1996. 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, D.C. The complete text of this decision may

also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, International

Transcription Services, Inc., (202) 857-3800, 2100 M Street NW., Suite

140, Washington, DC 20037.

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. 97-40 Filed 1-2-97; 8:45 am]

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