SUMMARY: This document requests comments on a petition for rule making 
filed by Autaugaville Radio, requesting the allotment of FM Channel 
256A to Greensboro, Alabama, as that community's first local aural 
transmission service. Coordinates used for this proposal are 32-47-22 
North Latitude and 87-34-39 West Longitude.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or before October 21, 1996, and reply 
comments on or before November 5, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 
20554. In addition to filing comments with the FCC, interested parties 
should serve the petitioner, as follows: Autaugaville Radio, Inc., 
Attn: Roscoe J. Miller, Manningham Road at I-65, P.O. Box 369, 
Greenville, AL 36037.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Joyner, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a synopsis of the Commission's 
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No. 96-176, adopted August 
23, 1996, and released August 30, 1996. The full text of this 
Commission decision is available for inspection and copying during 
normal business hours in the FCC's Reference Center (Room 239), 1919 M 
Street, NW., 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, 2100 M Street, NW., Suite 
140, Washington, DC 20037.
    Provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of l980 do not apply 
to this proceeding.
    Members of the public should note that from the time a Notice of 
Proposed Rule Making is issued until the matter is no longer subject to 
Commission consideration or court review, all ex parte contacts are 
prohibited in Commission proceedings, such as this one, which involve 
channel allotments. See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules governing 
permissible ex parte contacts.
    For information regarding proper filing procedures for comments, 
See 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

    Radio broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.
John A. Karousos,
Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules Division, Mass Media 
Bureau.
[FR Doc. 96-22848 Filed 9-6-96; 8:45 am]
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