*Pages 1--2 from  Microsoft Word - 9247.doc*
 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  1292 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Amendment  of  Section  73.202(  b), 
 Table  of  Allotments, 
 FM  Broadcast  Stations. 
 (Macon,  Mississippi) 


 ) 
 ) 
 ) 
 ) 
 ) 
 ) 


 MM  Docket  No.  01-  38 
 RM-  10064 


 REPORT  AND  ORDER  (Proceeding  Terminated) 
 Adopted:  May  16,  2001  Released:  May  25,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Allocations  Branch: 
 1.  The  Allocations  Branch  has  before  it  the  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making  in  this  proceeding, 
 DA  01-  348,  released  February  9,  2001.  Radio  South,  Inc.  (“  Radio  South”),  licensee  of  Station  WLXY, 
 Channel  264C3,  Northport,  Alabama,  filed  Comments  and  Reply  Comments.  For  the  reasons  stated  below, 
 we  are  deleting  the  Channel  263A  allotment  at  Macon,  Mississippi. 


 2.  At  the  request  of  Radio  South,  the  Notice  proposed  the  deletion  of  the  Channel  263A  allotment 
 at  Macon  in  order  to  enable  Station  WLXY  to  upgrade  to  a  class  C1  allotment.  In  its  Petition  for  Rule 
 Making,  Radio  South  noted  that  Channel  263A  was  allotted  in  MM  Docket  No.  97-  188  on  the  basis  of  an 
 expression  of  interest  in  this  allotment  by  Metro  Radio,  Inc.  (“  Metro  Radio”).  13  FCC  Rcd  11061.  Sixteen 
 months  after  the  release  of  the  Report  and  Order,  Metro  Radio  withdrew  its  interest  in  this  allotment.  As 
 such,  Radio  South  contended  that  there  is  no  longer  any  expression  of  interest  in  this  allotment  and  the 
 allotment  should  be  deleted.  No  party  filed  comments  expressing  an  interest  in  this  allotment  or  otherwise 
 supporting  its  retention  in  Macon.  As  such,  we  believe  that  the  public  interest  would  be  served  by  deleting 
 this  allotment  and  permitting  Station  WLXY  to  upgrade  to  a  Class  C1  allotment. 


 3.  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  July  10,  2001,  the  FM  Table  of  Allotments,  Section 
 73.202(  b)  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  IS  AMENDED,  with  respect  to  the  community  listed  below,  to  read 
 as  follows: 


 City  Channel  No. 
 Macon,  Mississippi  -------  - 


 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  That  this  proceeding  IS  TERMINATED. 
1
 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  1292 
 2 
 5.  For  further  information  concerning  this  proceeding,  contact  Robert  Hayne,  Mass  Media 
 Bureau,  (202)  418-  2177. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 John  A.  Karousos 
 Chief,  Allocations  Branch 
 Policy  and  Rules  Division 
 Mass  Media  Bureau 
2