Technologie i telekomunikacja · 18/06/2004

Radio Broadcasting Services; Birmingham, Alabama and Calhoun, GA

This document requests comments on a petition for rulemaking filed by SSR Communications Incorporated requesting the allotment of Channel 233A at Calhoun, Georgia, as its first FM aural broadcast service. The proposal also requires the reclassification of Station WYSF(FM), Birmingham, Georgia, Channel 233C to specify operation on Channel 233C0 pursuant to the reclassification procedures adopted by the Commission. See Second Report and Order in MM Docket 98-93, 1998 Biennial Regulatory Review--Streamlining of Radio Technical Rules in Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission's Rules, 65 FR 79773 (2000). An Order to Show Cause was issued to Citadel Broadcasting Company, licensee of Station WYSF(FM). Channel 233A can be allotted at Calhoun, Georgia, at Petitioner's requested site 10.8 kilometers (6.7 miles) east of the community to avoid short-spacing to the license site of Station WMUU(FM), Channel 233C, Greenville, South Carolina. The reference coordinates for Channel 233A at Calhoun are 34-31-48 NL and 84-50-19 WL.