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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  1601 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


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


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 MM  Docket  No.  01-  68 
 RM-  10087 


 REPORT  AND  ORDER 
 (Proceeding  Terminated) 


 Adopted:  June  27,  2001  Released:  July  6,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Allocations  Branch: 


 1.  The  Allocations  Branch  has  before  it  a  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  issued  at  the 
 request  of  Bramah  Broadcasting,  Inc.  (“  petitioner”),  requesting  the  allotment  of  Channel  280A  at 
 Bordelonville,  Louisiana,  as  the  community’s  first  local  aural  transmission  service.  Petitioner  states  that  if 
 the  channel  is  allotted,  it  will  apply  for  a  station  on  Channel  280A  at  Bordelonville,  and  if  granted, 
 promptly  construct  a  station.  Petitioner  filed  comments  reiterating  its  interest  in  filing  an  application  for 
 the  allotment  and  competing  at  auction  for  the  allotment  if  necessary.  As  requested  in  the  Notice,  petitioner 
 included  a  subscription  and  verification  statement  in  his  responsive  comments.  1 


 2.  In  support  of  its  proposal,  petitioner  states  that  the  community  of  Bordelonville  is  a 
 community  for  allotment  purposes.  It  states  that  Bordelonville  has  a  1990  U.  S.  Census  population  of  2,000 
 persons,  that  it  is  unincorporated,  but  has  a  local  government  in  the  form  of  a  police  jury.  It  states  that  the 
 community  has  its  own  post  office  and  zip  code  and  that  it  has  public  services,  such  as  a  city  center.  It  has 
 several  businesses  and  churches. 


 3.  We  will  grant  the  allotment.  We  believe  the  allotment  of  Channel  280A  at  Bordelonville 
 will  serve  the  public  interest  because  it  will  the  provide  the  community  with  its  first  local  aural  service. 
 Channel  280A  can  be  allotted  to  Bordelonville  in  compliance  with  the  Commission's  minimum  distance 
 separation  requirements  without  the  imposition  of  a  site  restriction.  2 


 1  Section  1.  52  of  the  Commission's  Rules  requires  that  all  pleadings  filed  by  parties  not  represented  by 
 legal  counsel  be  signed  and  verified  by  the  petitioner  and  provide  the  petitioner's  mailing  address.  Petitioner 
 rectified  this  ommission  in  its  comments. 


 2  The  coordinates  for  Channel  280A  at  Bordelonville  are  31-  06-  19  North  Latitude  and  91-  54-  26  West 


 Longitude.  As  we  noted  in  the  Notice,  we  recognize  that  petitioner  proposed  a  transmitter  site  19.  4  kilometers 
 (12.1  miles)  east  of  Bordelonville.  However,  where,  as  here,  a  proposed  allotment  would  be  subject  to  competing 
 applications,  it  is  the  Commission's  policy  to  allot  the  channel  with  the  least  site  restriction  necessary.  See, 
 Stuart  and  Boone,  Iowa,  5  FCC  Rcd  4537  (1990),  recon.  den.,  6  FCC  Rcd  6036  (1991). 
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 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  August  20,  2001,  the  FM  Table  of  Allotments, 
 Section  73.202(  b)  of  the  Commission's  Rules,  IS  AMENDED,  with  respect  to  the  communities  listed 
 below,  as  follows: 


 City  Channel  No. 


 Bordelonville,  Louisiana  280A 
 5.  The  window  period  for  filing  applications  for  the  above  allotment  will  not  be  opened  at  this 
 time.  Instead,  the  issue  of  opening  this  allotment  for  auction  will  be  addressed  by  the  Commission  in  a 
 subsequent  Order. 


 6.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  That  this  proceeding  IS  TERMINATED. 
 7.  For  further  information  concerning  this  proceeding,  contact  Victoria  M.  McCauley,  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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