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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  1079 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Amendment  of  Section  73.202(  b),  )  MM  Docket  No.  01-  25 
 Table  of  Allotments,  )  RM-  10055 
 FM  Broadcast  Stations.  ) 
 (Northome,  Minnesota)  ) 


 REPORT  AND  ORDER 
 (Proceeding  Terminated) 


 Adopted:  April  18,  2001  Released:  April  27,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Allocations  Branch: 
 1.  In  response  to  a  Petition  for  Rule  Making  filed  by  PhaarNorth  Radio  (“  PhaarNorth”),  the 
 Commission  has  before  it  for  consideration  the  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making,  adopted  January  24, 
 2001,  DA  No.  01-  253,  proposing  the  allotment  of  Channel  291A  at  Northome,  Minnesota,  as  the 
 community’s  first  local  aural  transmission  service.  On  March  26,  2001,  PhaarNorth  filed  a  request  for 
 withdrawal  of  its  petition.  1  A  showing  of  continuing  interest  is  required  before  a  channel  will  be 
 allotted  to  a  community.  It  is  the  Commission’s  policy  to  refrain  from  making  an  allotment  to  a 
 community  absent  an  expression  of  interest.  No  other  comments  were  received  at  the  Commission  in 
 response  to  the  Notice  issued  in  this  proceeding.  Therefore,  we  will  grant  PharrNort  h’s  request  to 
 dismiss  its  petition  for  rulemaking  requesting  an  allotment  at  Northome,  Minnesota. 


 2.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  That  the  petition  for  rule  making  filed  by  PhaarNorth  Radio, 
 IS  DISMISSED. 


 1  In  accordance  with  Section  1.420(  j)  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  PhaarNorth  states  that  it  has  neither  been  paid 
 nor  promised  any  money  or  other  consideration  in  exchange  for  its  withdrawal  of  interest  for  an  allotment  at 
 Northome. 
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 3.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  That  this  proceeding  IS  TERMINATED. 
 4.  For  further  information  concerning  this  proceeding,  contact  Kathleen  Scheuerle,  Mass  Media 
 Bureau,  (202)  418-  2180. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 John  A.  Karousos 
 Chief,  Allocations  Branch 
 Policy  and  Rules  Division 
 Mass  Media  Bureau 
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