Technologie i telekomunikacja · 22.02.2006

Radio Broadcasting Services; Hattiesburg and Sumrall, MS

This document requests comments on a Petition for Rule Making filed by Unity Broadcasting requesting to upgrade Channel 226A, FM Station WGDQ, to Channel 226C3 and to reallot Channel 226C3 to Sumrall, Mississippi, as that community's second local aural transmission service. To accommodate this allotment, Petitioner requested the reclassification of FM Station WUSW, Channel 279C, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to specify operation on Channel 279C0 pursuant to the reclassification procedures adopted by the Commission. See 1998 Biennial Regulatory Review--Streamlining of Radio Technical Rules in Parts 73 and 74 of the Commission's Rules, 65 FR 79773 (December 20, 2000). The licensee of Station WUSW did not respond to an Order to Show Cause why Station WUSW should not be downgraded from Channel 279C to Channel 279C0. Therefore, the Commission has reclassified Station WUSW to Channel 279C0. Channel 226C3 can be allotted with a site restriction of 19.5 kilometers (12.1 miles) northeast of Sumrall, at reference coordinates of 31-33-15 NL and 89-24-50 WL.