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Before the Commission for consideration is a multiple docket Notice of Proposed Rule  e4 !Making setting forth separate proposals to amend the FM Table of Allotments, Section 73.202(b)  !of the Rules. Each petitioner has stated that it will apply for its requested channel, if allotted.  !lWe believe that each proposal warrants consideration because it complies with our technical requirements and would serve the public interest.  e#4 x 2. This is a multiple docket Notice of Proposed Rule Making issued in response to a  ei$4 !Commission Public Notice released October 2, 1998 (DA 981987). We are combining separate  eR%4 !FM allotment proposals into a single Notice of Proposed Rule Making. Each proposal has its  !own docket and rule making number and the Commission's Reference Center will maintain a";&0*z'z'ffv$"  e4 !separate file for each docket. As discussed in the Public Notice, this procedure will conserve  !cCommission resources and expedite the processing of FM allotment petitions for rule making by  !Eavoiding duplicative actions. We request comments and/or counterproposals to the following proposals:  e4 A. MM Docket No. 9982, RM9496   e_4 Petitioner:` ` #Xj\  P6G;WXP# Mountain West Broadcasting ` ` c/o Victor A. Michael, Jr., President  e14` ` 6807 Foxglove Drive  e 4` ` Cheyenne, WY 82009 ` `   e 4 ![ Proposal: Allot Channel 265A to Allen, Nebraska, as the community's first local aural transmission service.  e 4` `  Community ,hh] Present &  X Pr oposed   ey4` ` Allen, Nebraskahh]pp&  X265A  eK4 Coordinates: 422714 NL and 965107 WL  e4 ! Additional Information: This allotment requires a site restriction of 4.4 kilometers (2.7 miles) north to avoid a shortspacing to Station KGBIFM, Channel 264C, Omaha, NE.  e4 FCC Contact: Leslie K. Shapiro, (202) 4182180  e' B. MM Docket No. 9983, RM9500  e|4 Petitioner:` ` Dana Puopolo ` ` 37 Martin St. ` ` Rehoboth, MA 027692103  e74 ` `  e 4 ! Proposal: Allot Channel 276A to Saranac Lake, New York, as the community's third local FM service.  e'` ` Community ,hh] Present &  X Proposed   e!4` ` Saranac Lake, New York269A, 292C3&  X269A, 276A, 292C3  e"4   e#4Coordinates: 441948 NL and 740800 WL. "h$0*%%ff #"Ԍ e4 !* Additional Information: Canadian concurrence as a shortspaced specially negotiated allotment  !is required since Saranac Lake is located within 320 kilometers (200 miles) of the U.S.Canadian  !8border and the allotment would be shortspaced to the proposed allotment of Channel 276A, Huntington, Quebec, and vacant Channel 276A at Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada.  e4 FCC Contact: Leslie K. Shapiro, (202) 4182180  e_' C. MM Docket No. 9884, RM9501   eH'  e14 Petitioner:` ` Peter George ` ` 33 Stetson St., Apt. #2 ` ` Whitman, MA 02382  e 4 ` `  e 4 (  Proposal: ` ` Allot Channel 254A to Stratford, New Hampshire, as the community's first local aural service.  e4  : ` ` Community,hh]Present&Proposed  eb4 ` ` Stratford, New Hampshirepp&254A  e44 Coordinates: 444354 NL and 713410 WL  e4 ! Additional Information: This allotment requires a site restriction of 8.6 kilometers (5.3 miles)  !north to avoid a shortspacing to the proposed allotment of Channel 256A at Whitefield, New  !Hampshire (MM Docket No. 9942). Canadian concurrence in the allotment is required since Stratford is located within 320 kilometers (200 miles) of the U.S.Canadian border.  e4 FCC Contact: Leslie K. Shapiro, (202) 4182180  ee4 D. MM Docket No. 9985, RM9504   e74 Petitioner:#Xj\  P6G;WXP# ` ` Mountain West Broadcasting ` ` c/o Victor A. Michael, Jr., President  e 4` ` 6807 Foxglove Drive  e4` ` Cheyenne, WY 82009 ` `   e 4 ! Proposal: Allot Channel 295C1 to Overton, Nevada, as the community's first local aural transmission service. "#0*%%ff:""  e4` `  Community ,hh] Present &  X Pr oposed   e4` ` Overton, Nevadahh]pp&  X295C1  e4 Coordinates: 365317 NL and 1143427 WL  ev4 ! Additional Information: This allotment requires a site restriction of 40 kilometers (24.9 miles)  !north to avoid shortspacings to Stations KSNEFM, Channel 293C, Las Vegas, Nevada, KCCA,  !Channel 296C3, Colorado City, Arizona, and to the construction permit of a new station on Channel 296B, Needles, California.  e 4 FCC Contact: Leslie K. Shapiro, (202) 4182180  e 4 E. MM Docket No. 9986, RM9505   e 4 Petitioner:` ` #Xj\  P6G;WXP# Mountain West Broadcasting ` ` c/o Victor A. Michael, Jr., President  ey4` ` 6807 Foxglove Drive  eb4` ` Cheyenne, WY 82009 ` `   e44 ! Proposal: Allot Channel 300A to Fruitland, New Mexico, as the community's first local  e4commercial aural transmission service.Ż nZ'ԍ The Commission has before it an application filed by Native American Christian Voice, Inc. (BPED971022MB) for a new noncommercial station on Channel 219C3 at Fruitland.  e4` `  Community ,hh] Present &  X Pr oposed   e4` ` Fruitland, New Mexico pp&  X300A  e4 Coordinates: 364418 NL and 1082330 WL  ee4 !8 Additional Information: This allotment requires no site restriction. As Fruitland is not  !incorporated nor listed in the U.S. Census, the proponent must demonstrate its community status.  !This may be proven by the testimony of local residents or by objective or subjective evidence  e 4 !indicating the existence of a community. See Beacon Broadcasting, 2 FCC Rcd 3469 (1987),  e 4 !Raff'd, 2 FCC Rcd 7562 (1987). Some examples of objective indications of community status  !include the existence of political, social, economic, commercial, cultural or religious organizations  e4 !and services in the community. See Kenansville, Florida, 5 FCC Rcd 2663 (Policy and Rules  e 4Div. 1990), aff'd 10 FCC Rcd 9831 (1995). Petitioner is requested to provide additional "  0*%%ff"  !'information regarding the attributes of Fruitland, New Mexico, consistent with the above guidelines.  e4 FCC Contact: Leslie K. Shapiro, (202) 4182180  x3. Comments, reply comments, counterproposals and other pleadings filed in response  ev4 !@to this multiple docket Notice of Proposed Rule Making should reference  only the specific docket  !yto which the filing pertains. The Commission's authority to institute rule making proceedings,  !+showings required, cutoff procedures, and filing requirements are contained in the attached  !Appendix and are incorporated by reference herein. In particular, we note that a showing of continuing interest is required in paragraph 2 of the Appendix before a channel will be allotted.  xu4. Interested parties may file comments on or before May 10, 1999, and reply comments  !on or before May 25, 1999, and are advised to read the Appendix for the proper procedure.  !Additionally, a copy of any filing should be served on the petitioner listed for the particular docket.  x95. The Commission has determined that the relevant provisions of the Regulatory  !Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to a rule making proceeding to amend the FM Table of  eK4 !Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules. See Certification that Section 603 and  !604 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act Do Not Apply to Rule Making to Amend Sections  e473.202(b), 73.504 and 73.606(b) of the Commission's Rules. 46 FR 11549 (February 9, 1981).  x6. For further information concerning a proceeding listed above, contact the FCC contact  !listed for that proceeding. For purposes of this restricted notice and comment rule making  e4 !proceeding, members of the public are advised that no ex parte presentations are permitted from  !the time the Commission adopts a Notice of Proposed Rule Making until the proceeding has been  !Idecided and such decision in the applicable docket is no longer subject to reconsideration by the  e|4 !Commission or review by any court. An ex parte presentation is not prohibited if specifically  !Vrequested by the Commission or staff for the clarification or adduction of evidence or resolution  !pof issues in the proceeding. However, any new written information elicited from such a request  !=or any summary of any new information shall be served by the person making the  !ypresentation upon the other parties to the proceeding in particular docket unless the  !yCommission specifically waives this service requirement. Any comment which has not been  e4served on the petitioner constitutes an ex parte presentation and shall not be considered in the "0*%%fft"  !proceeding. Any reply comment which has not been served on the person(s) who filed the  e4 !_comment, to which the reply is directed, constitutes an ex parte presentation and shall not be considered in the proceeding. ` `  ,hh]FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION  ` `  ,hh]John A. Karousos ` `  ,hh]Chief, Allocations Branch ` `  ,hh]Policy and Rules Division  e 4` `  ,hh]Mass Media Bureaupp&  X Attachment: Appendix " 0*%%ff "  e4 hh]APPENDIX  e4 4<   .  x 1. Pursuant to authority found in Sections 4(i), 5(c)(1), 303(g)and (r), and 307(b) of the  ! Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and Sections 0.61, 0.204(b) and 0.283 of the  !ECommission's Rules, IT IS PROPOSED TO AMEND the FM Table of Allotments, Section  e4 !73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules and Regulations, as set forth in the Notice of Proposed Rule  ev4Making to which this Appendix is attached.  eH4 !p 2. Showings Required. Comments are invited on the proposal(s) discussed in the Notice  e14 !Iof Proposed Rule Making to which this Appendix is attached. Proponent(s) will be expected to  !Eanswer whatever questions are presented in initial comments. The proponent of a proposed  !allotment is also expected to file comments even if it only resubmits or incorporates by reference  !its former pleadings. It should also restate its present intention to apply for the channel if it is  !lallotted and, if authorized, to build a station promptly. Failure to file may lead to denial of the request.  e4 ! 3. Cutoff protection. The following procedures will govern the consideration of filings in this proceeding.  ! (a) Counterproposals advanced in this proceeding itself will be considered, if advanced  !in initial comments, so that parties may comment on them in reply comments. They will not be  e4considered if advanced in reply comments. (See Section 1.420(d) of the Commission's Rules).  ! (b) With respect to petitions for rule making which conflict with the proposals in this  e4 !"Notice, they will be considered as comments in the proceeding, and Public Notice to this effect  !will be given as long as they are filed before the date for filing initial comments herein. If they  !Aare filed later than that, they will not be considered in connection with the decision in this docket.  ! (c) The filing of a counterproposal may lead the Commission to allot a different channel than was requested for any of the communities involved.  e 4 !I 4. Comments and Reply Comments; Service. Pursuant to applicable procedures set out  !in Sections 1.415 and 1.420 of the Commission's Rules and Regulations, interested parties may  e4 !file comments and reply comments on or before the dates set forth in the Notice of Proposed  e4 !Rule Making to which this Appendix is attached. All submissions by parties to this proceeding  !or by persons acting on behalf of such parties must be made in written comments, reply  !comments, or other appropriate pleadings. Comments shall be served on the petitioner by the  !'person filing the comments. Reply comments shall be served on the person(s) who filed  !comments to which the reply is directed. Such comments and reply comments shall be  eh$4 !accompanied by a certificate of service. (See Section 1.420(a), (b) and (c) of the Commission's"h$0*%%ff""  !Rules.) Comments should be filed with the Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W.; TWA325, Washington, D.C. 20554.  e4 !  5. Number of Copies. In accordance with the provisions of Section 1.420 of the  !Commission's Rules and Regulations, an original and four copies of all comments, reply comments, pleadings, briefs, or other documents shall be furnished the Commission.  e_4 ! 6. Public Inspection of Filings. All filings made in this proceeding will be available for  !examination by interested parties during regular business hours in the Commission's Reference Center (Room 239) at its headquarters, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.