[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 147 (Monday, August 2, 1999)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 41833-41834] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-19781] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 73 [MM Docket No.99-54; RM-9457] Radio Broadcasting Services; Ridgeley, WV
Agency
Federal Communications Commission.
Action
Final rule.
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Summary
The Commission, at the request of West Wind Broadcasting, allots Channel 263A at Ridgeley, West Virginia, as the community's first local aural transmission service. See 64 FR 8786, February 23, 1998. Channel 263A can be allotted to Ridgeley in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 7.8 kilometers (4.8 miles) northeast to avoid a short- spacing to the licensed and construction permit site of Station WDZN(FM), Channel 261A, Romney, West Virginia, and to the licensed site of Station WOMP-FM, Channel 263B, Bellaire, Ohio. The coordinates for Channel 263A at Ridgeley are 39-42-08 and 78-43-49 West Longitude. With this action, this proceeding is terminated.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 7, 1999. The window period for filing applications for Channel 263A at Ridgeley, West Virginia, will not be opened at this time. Instead, the issue of opening a filing window for this channel will be addressed by the Commission in a subsequent order.
For Further Information Contact
Sharon P. McDonald, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 418-2180.
Supplementary Information
This is a synopsis of the Commission's Report and Order, MM Docket No. 99-54, adopted July 14, 1999, and released July 23, 1999. The full text of this Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Information Center (Room CY-A257), 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC. The complete text of this decision may also be purchased from the Commission's copy contractors, International Transcription Service, Inc., (202) 857-3800, 1231 20th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73
Radio broadcasting.
Part 73 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:
PART 73--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for Part 73 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336.
Sec. 73.202 [Amended]
2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM Allotments under West Virginia, is amended by adding Ridgeley, Channel 263A. Federal Communications Commission. John A. Karousos, Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media Bureau. [FR Doc. 99-19781 Filed 7-30-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712-01-P