PUBLIC NOTICE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1919 M STREET, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 2055 News media information 202/418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202/418-2830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FM TRANSLATOR APPLICATION READY AND AVAILABLE FOR PROCESSING ______________________________________________________________________________________ ******************************************************** NOTICE ******************************************************** This document was converted from WordPerfect or Word to ASCII Text format. Content from the original version of the document such as headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, graphics, and page numbers will not show up in this text version. All text attributes such as bold, italic, underlining, etc. from the original document will not show up in this text version. Features of the original document layout such as columns, tables, line and letter spacing, pagination, and margins will not be preserved in the text version. If you need the complete document, download the WordPerfect version or Adobe Acrobat version, if available. ***************************************************************** Report No. 00-09 Released: September 20, 2000 Cut-Off Date: October 20, 2000 NOTICE is hereby given that the Chief, Mass Media Bureau, has granted the August 9, 2000 request for waiver of the filing freeze imposed by the Report and Order in MM Docket No. 95-31, 15 FCC Rcd 7386 (2000) for the application listed in the attached appendix. The proposed translator is necessary to assist residents in the Gunflint Trail, Minnesota area, where there is an ongoing threat to safety of life and property due to a continuing potential for catastrophic wild fires. See 47 U.S.C. 151; 47 C.F.R. 73.1250, 74.21. See also The City of Lewisville, Texas, 11 FCC Rcd 19,638 (1996), aff'd sub nom Keller Communications, Inc. v. FCC, 130 F.3d 1073 (D.C. Cir. 1997) (staff waiver of filing requirement due to public safety interests). The application HEREBY IS ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Any applications proposing to provide a similar service to Gunflint Trail, Minnesota, and/or which would be in conflict with the application appearing on the attached appendix, must be substantially complete and tendered for filing at the Office of the Secretary of the Commission not later than the close of business on October 20, 2000. Petitions to deny this application also must be on file not later than the close of business on October 20, 2000. Attachment F C C APPENDIX BNPFT-20000331ABB NEW-T Gunflint Trail, MN Cook County Community Radio Corporation REQ: 91.7 MHz; Channel No. 219D TRANSLATOR FOR WTIP(FM), GRAND MARAIS, MN