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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  1150 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Amendment  of  Section  73.202(  b),  )  MM  Docket  No.  01-  26 
 Table  of  Allotments,  )  RM-  10045 
 FM  Broadcast  Stations.  ) 
 (Patterson,  Georgia)  ) 


 REPORT  AND  ORDER 
 (Proceeding  Terminated) 


 Adopted:  April  25,  2001  Released:  May  4,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Allocations  Branch: 
 1.  The  Commission  considers  herein  the  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making  (“  Notice”), 
 (DA  01-  254),  released  February  2,  2001,  issued  in  response  to  a  petition  for  rule  making  filed  by 
 Bernice  P.  Hedrick  (“  petitioner”),  proposing  the  allotment  of  FM  Channel  296A  to  Patterson,  Georgia, 
 as  that  community’s  first  local  aural  transmission  service.  Comments  in  support  of  the  allotment  were 
 filed  by  the  petitioner  1  and  on  behalf  of  Mattox  Broadcasting,  Inc.  Each  of  the  parties  has  stated  an 
 intention  to  apply  for  the  channel,  if  allotted.  No  other  comments  were  received. 


 2.  In  light  of  the  expressions  of  int  erest  in  providing  a  first  local  aural  transmission  service  to 
 Pat  t  erson,  Georgia,  we  will  allot  Channel  296A  to  that  community,  as  requested. 


 3.  As  stated  in  the  Notice,  Channel  296A  can  be  allotted  to  Patterson  in  conformity  with  the 
 minimum  distance  separation  requirements  of  Section  73.207(  b)(  1)  of  the  Commission’s  Rules, 
 provided  t  he  t  ransmitt  er  t  herefor  is  locat  ed  at  least  2.  9  kilomet  ers  (1.  8  miles)  east  of  the  communit  y  at 
 coordinates  31-  23-  12  NL  and  82-  06-  18  WL.  2 


 4.  Accordingly,  pursuant  to  the  authority  contained  in  Sections  4(  i),  5(  c)(  1),  303(  g)  and  (r) 
 and  307(  b)  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  and  Sections  0.61,  0.204(  b)  and  0.283  of 
 the  Commission's  Rules,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  That  effective  June  18,  2001,  the  FM  Table  of  Allotments, 
 Section  73.202(  b)  of  the  Commission's  Rules,  IS  AMENDED  to  include  Pat  t  erson,  Georgia,  as 
 follows: 


 City  Channel  No. 
 1  As  stated  in  the  Notice,  petitioner’s  request,  although  signed  and  an  address  provided,  failed  to  include  an 
 affidavit  verifying  statements  contained  in  her  petition,  as  required  by  Section  1.  52  of  the  Commission’s  rules. 
 Petitioner  was  requested  to  correct  the  deficiency  in  her  responsive  comments  and  has  complied  accordingly. 


 2  The  site  restriction  is  required  to  negate  a  short  spacing  to  both  the  licensed  site  and  pending  construction  permit 
 site  (BPH-  19991202ABZ)  of  Station  WOKA-  FM,  Channel  294C1,  Douglas,  Georgia. 
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 Patterson,  Georgia  296A 
 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  That  this  proceeding  IS  TERMINATED. 
 6.  A  window  period  for  filing  applications  for  Channel  296A  at  Patterson,  Georgia,  will 
 not  be  opened  at  this  time.  Instead,  the  issue  of  opening  the  allotment  for  auction  will  be 
 addressed  by  the  Commission  in  a  subsequent  Order. 


 7.  For  further  information  concerning  the  above,  contact  Nancy  Joyner,  Mass  Media 
 Bureau,  (202)  418-  2180.  Questions  related  to  the  application  filing  process  should  be  addressed 
 to  the  Audio  Services  Division,  Mass  Media  Bureau,  (202)  418-  2700. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


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