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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  2908 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Amendment  of  Section  73.202(  b),  )  MM  Docket  No.  99-  233 
 Table  of  Allotments  )  RM-  9662 
 FM  Broadcast  Stations.  )  RM-  9828 
 (Bridgeport,  Bonham,  Graham,  ) 
 Palest  ine,  Price,  Ranger  &  St  ephenville,  ) 
 Texas  and  Ardmore,  Lawton,  ) 
 Tecumseh  &  Fort  Towson,  Oklahoma)  ) 


 MEMORANDUM  OPINION  AND  ORDER 
 (Proceeding  Terminated) 


 Adopted:  December  5,  2001  Released:  December  14,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Allocations  Branch: 
 1.  The  Allocations  Branch  has  before  it  for  consideration  a  Petition  for  Reconsideration 
 (“  Recon.”)  of  the  Report  and  Order  (“  R&  O”),  in  this  proceeding,  16  FCC  Rcd  3637  (2001),  filed  by 
 North  Texas  Radio  Group,  L.  P.  (“  NTRG”),  licensee  of  Station  KBOC,  Bridgeport,  Texas.  1 
 Thereafter,  NTRG  filed  a  Request  for  Dismissal  of  its  Petition  for  Reconsideration.  As  requested,  we 
 shall  dismiss  the  Petition  for  Reconsideration. 


 2.  Background.  The  Commission  issued  a  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making  in  this  proceeding  in 
 response  to  a  petition  filed  by  Graham  Tollway  Broadcasting  Company  (“  Graham  Tollway”) 
 requesting  the  allotment  of  Channel  253A  at  Graham,  Texas.  Graham  Tollway  withdrew  its  proposal 
 for  Graham  in  compliance  with  Section  1.420(  j)  of  the  Commission’s  Rules.  NTRG  filed  a 
 counterproposal  requesting  the  substitution  of  Channel  252C  for  Channel  252A  at  Bridgeport  and 
 modification  of  the  license  for  Station  KBOC  accordingly.  To  accommodate  the  upgrade  at 
 Bridgeport  ,  NTRG  also  request  ed  changes  at  Bonham,  Palest  ine,  Price,  Ranger  and  St  ephenville, 
 Texas,  and  Ardmore,  Lawton,  Tecumseh  and  Fort  Towson,  Oklahoma.  Action  in  the  Report  and 
 Order  dismissed  Graham  Tollway’s  petition  for  Graham,  Texas,  as  requested,  and  denied  the 
 counterproposal  filed  by  NTRG. 


 3.  On  December  3,  2001,  North  Texas  Radio  Group  filed  a  Request  for  Dismissal  of  its  Petition 
 for  Reconsideration.  North  Texas  Radio  Group  filed  an  affidavit  stating  that  no  consideration  has  been 
 paid  or  received  in  connection  with  its  decision  to  dismiss  the  Petition  for  Reconsideration  filed  in  this 


 1  Public  notice  of  the  Petition  for  Reconsideration  was  given  on  April  6,  2001,  Report  No.  2477. 
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 proceeding. 
 4.  In  view  of  the  above,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  That  the  Petition  for  Reconsideration  filed  by  North 
 Texas  Radio  Group  IS  DISMISSED. 


 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  That  this  proceeding  IS  TERMINATED. 
 6.  For  further  information  concerning  this  proceeding,  contact  Kathleen  Scheuerle,  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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