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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  2486 
 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. 
 (McConnelsville,  Ohio) 


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 MM  Docket  No.  00-  172 
 RM-  9963 


 REPORT  AND  ORDER 
 (Proceeding  Terminated) 


 Adopted:  October  24,  2001  Released:  October  26,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Allocations  Branch: 
 1.  At  the  request  of  Donald  Staats,  the  Allocations  Branch  has  before  it  the  Notice  of  Proposed 
 Rule  Making  in  this  proceeding  proposing  the  allotment  of  Channel  279A  to  McConnelsville,  Ohio.  15 
 FCC  Rcd  18069  (2000).  Donald  Staats  filed  Comments  in  support  of  his  proposal.  As  requested,  we  are 
 allotting  Channel  279A  to  McConnelsville,  Ohio.  1  This  will  provide  McConnelsville,  an  incorporated 
 community  of  1,804  persons,  with  a  second  local  service. 


 2.  Accordingly,  pursuant  to  authority  contained  in  Sections  4  (I),  5  ©(  1),  303  (g)  and  ®  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  December  11,  2001,  the  Table  of  FM  Allotments, 
 Section  73.202(  b)  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  IS  AMENDED,  with  respect  to  the  community  listed 
 below,  to  read  as  follows: 


 Community  Channel  No. 
 McConnelsville,  Ohio  265A,  279A 
 3.  A  filing  window  for  the  Channel  279A  allotment  at  McConnelsville,  Ohio,  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. 


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


 1  The  reference  coordinates  for  the  Channel  279A  allotment  at  McConnelsville,  Ohio,  are  39-  38-  48  and  81-  50-  43. 
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 5.  For  further  information  concerning  this  proceeding,  contact  Robert  Hayne,  Mass  Media  Bureau,  (202) 
 418-  2177.  Questions  related  to  the  application  filing  process  should  be  directed  to  the  Audio  Services 
 Division,  Mass  Media  Bureau,  (202)  418-  2177. 


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