Proposed Rule2023-04625
Radio Broadcasting Services; Wharton, Texas
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Published
March 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Abstract
This document requests comments on a petition for rule making filed by 7430 Technologies LLC, proposing to amend the FM Table of Allotments, by allotting Channel 277C2 at Wharton, Texas, as the community's second local service. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 277C2 can be allotted to Wharton, Texas, consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's rules, with a site restriction of 2.1 km (1.3 miles) west of the community. The reference coordinates are 29-18-26 NL and 96-07- 50 WL.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 7, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 14107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04625]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[DA 22-1334; MB Docket No. 22-430; RM-11939; FR ID 119401]
Radio Broadcasting Services; Wharton, Texas
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rule making
filed by 7430 Technologies LLC, proposing to amend the FM Table of
Allotments, by allotting Channel 277C2 at Wharton, Texas, as the
community's second local service. A staff engineering analysis
indicates that Channel 277C2 can be allotted to Wharton, Texas,
consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the
Commission's rules, with a site restriction of 2.1 km (1.3 miles) west
of the community. The reference coordinates are 29-18-26 NL and 96-07-
50 WL.
DATES: Comments must be filed on or before April 6, 2023, and reply
comments on or before April 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 45 L Street
NE, Washington, DC 20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC,
interested parties should serve the counsel to petitioner as follows:
Lee G. Petro, PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP, 1200 Seventeenth
Street NW, Washington, DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, (202)
418-2054.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Federal
Communications Commission's (Commission) Notice of Proposed Rule
Making, MB Docket No. 22-430, adopted December 15, 2022, and released
December 15, 2022. The full text of this Commission decision is
available online at <a href="https://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs">https://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs</a>. The full text of this
document can also be downloaded in Word or Portable Document Format
(PDF) at <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/edocs">https://www.fcc.gov/edocs</a>. 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).
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 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.
Federal Communications Commission.
Nazifa Sawez,
Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau.
Proposed Rules
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
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1. The authority citation for part 73 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 307, 309, 310, 334,
336, 339.
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2. In Sec. 73.202, in paragraph (b), amend the Table of FM Allotments
under Texas by adding an entry for ``Wharton'' to read as follows:
Sec. 73.202 Table of Allotments.
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Table 1 to Paragraph (b)
[U.S. States]
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Channel No.
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Texas
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Wharton............................................. 277C2
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[FR Doc. 2023-04625 Filed 3-6-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
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