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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  1183 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Amendment  of  Section  73.202(  b),  )  MM  Docket  No.  01-  58 
 Table  of  Allotments,  )  RM-  10071 
 FM  Broadcast  Stations.  ) 
 (Morenci,  Arizona)  ) 


 REPORT  AND  ORDER 
 (Proceeding  Terminated) 


 Adopted:  May  2,  2001  Released:  May  11,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Allocations  Branch: 
 1.  Before  the  Allocations  Branch  for  consideration  is  the  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making 
 (“  Notice”)  (DA  01-  496),  released  February  23,  2001,  issued  in  response  to  a  petition  for  rule  making 
 filed  on  behalf  of  Copper  Valley  Radio  (“  petitioner”),  proposing  the  allotment  of  Channel  290A  to 
 Morenci,  Arizona,  as  that  community’s  first  local  aural  transmission  service.  No  comments  were  filed 
 by  the  petitioner  or  any  other  party. 


 2.  As  stated  in  the  Notice,  a  showing  of  continuing  interest  is  required  before  a  channel  will  be 
 allotted.  It  is  the  Commission’s  policy  to  refrain  from  making  an  allotment  to  a  community  absent  an 
 expression  of  interest.  Therefore,  petitioner’s  proposal  will  be  dismissed  since  no  party  expressed  an 
 interest  in  applying  for  Channel  290A  at  Morenci,  Arizona.  1 


 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  That  the  request  filed  on  behalf  of  Cooper  Valley  Radio 
 (RM-  10071),  to  allot  Channel  290A  to  Morenci,  Arizona,  IS  DISMISSED. 


 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  That  this  proceeding  IS  TERMINATED. 


 1  As  Morenci  is  located  within  320  kilometers  (199  miles)  of  the  U.  S.-  Mexico  border,  concurrence  of  the  Mexican 
 government  to  the  proposed  allotment  of  Channel  290A  at  that  community  was  requested.  As  a  result  of  our  action 
 herein,  the  Commission  will  notify  the  Mexican  government  accordingly. 
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 5.  For  further  information  concerning  the  above,  contact  Nancy  Joyner,  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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