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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  430 
 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. 
 (Cordele,  Hawkinsville  and  Montezuma, 
 Georgia) 


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 MM  Docket  No.  99-  199 
 RM-  9564 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  February  14,  2001  Released:  February  16,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Allocations  Branch: 
 1.  The  Allocations  Branch  has  before  it  the  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making  in  this  proceeding. 
 14  FCC  Rcd  7867  (1999).  The  Notice  was  issued  in  response  to  a  Petition  for  Rule  Making  filed  jointly  by 
 Metro  Com  Corporation,  Broadcast  Equities  Corporation  and  Tri-  County  Broadcasting  Company 
 (“  petitioners”).  The  Notice  proposed  the  substitution  of  Channel  236C3  for  Channel  252A  at  Cordele, 
 Georgia,  and  modification  of  the  Station  WKKN  license  to  specify  operation  on  Channel  236C3;  the 
 substitution  of  Channel  280C3  for  Channel  236A  at  Montezuma,  Georgia,  and  modification  of  the 
 outstanding  construction  permit  (BPH-  970925NH)  to  specify  operation  on  Channel  280C3;  and  the 
 substitution  of  Channel  252C3  for  Channel  280C3  at  Hawkinsville,  Georgia,  and  modification  of  the 
 Station  WQSY  to  specify  operation  on  Channel  252C3.  In  response  to  the  Notice,  the  petitioners  filed 
 Comments  and  Supplemental  Comments.  Lacom  Communications,  Inc.  (“  Lacom  Communications”)  filed 
 Comments  &  Counterproposal  and  a  Motion  to  Strike  Supplemental  Comments.  The  petitioners  filed  an 
 Opposition  to  Motion  to  Strike. 


 2.  On  September  20,  2000,  the  petitioners  filed  a  Request  for  Dismissal.  In  that  Request,  the 
 petitioners  stated  that  they  have  not  and  will  not  receive  any  money  or  other  consideration  in  exchange  for 
 the  dismissal  of  their  proposals. 


 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  That  the  aforementioned  proposal  jointly  filed  by  Metro  Com 
 Corporation,  Broadcast  Equities  Corporation  and  Tri-  County  Broadcasting  Company  IS  HEREBY 
 DISMISSED.  1 


 1  Lacom  Communications,  licensee  of  Station  WELT,  Channel  251A,  Swainboro,  Georgia,  filed  a 
 Counterproposal  in  this  proceeding.  In  its  Counterproposal,  Lacom  Communications  proposes  the  substitution  of 
 Channel  251C3  for  Channel  251A,  reallotment  of  Channel  251C3  to  East  Dublin,  Georgia,  and  modification  of 
 its  Station  WELT  license  to  specify  operation  on  Channel  251C3  at  East  Dublin.  This  Counterproposal  will  be 
 considered  in  conjunction  with  our  resolution  of  MM  Docket  No.  00-  18  and  MM  Docket  No.  99-  259. 
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 4.  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 
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