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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  2816 
 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.  Coosada,  Alabama 


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 )  MM  Docket  No.  01-  341  RM-  10346 


 MEMORANDUM  OPINION  AND  ORDER 
 Adopted:  October  16,  2002  Released:  October  25,  2002 
 By  the  Assistant  Chief,  Audio  Division: 
 1.  The  Audio  Division  has  before  it  a  petition  for  reconsideration  filed  on  behalf  of  Media  Equities  Corporation  (“  petitioner”),  directed  to  the  Report  and  Order  issued  in  this  proceeding  which 
 allotted,  among  other  channels,  Channel  226A  at  Coosada,  Alabama.  1  No  parties  filed  comments  in  response  to  the  petition  for  reconsideration.  2 


 2.  Petitioner  had  proposed  this  allotment  in  this  proceeding.  It  was  included  in  a  multiple  docket  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  on  April  12,  2002,  and  no  other  parties  filed  comments  or 
 expressions  of  interest  in  that  allotment. 
 3.  In  its  petition  for  reconsideration,  petitioner  now  withdraws  its  expression  of  interest  in  the  allotment  of  Channel  226A  at  Coosada.  It  states  that  the  allotment  conflicts  with  another  allotment 


 opportunity  that  it  has  chosen  to  pursue.  It  includes  a  statement  consistent  with  Section  1.420(  j)  of  our  rules  attesting  to  the  fact  that  it  has  received  no  consideration  for  this  withdrawal  and  that  it  has  not  been 
 promised  any  future  consideration  for  this  withdrawal. 
 4.  We  will  grant  the  petition  for  reconsideration.  With  petitioner’s  withdrawal,  there  is  no  interest  in  the  allotment.  Accordingly,  we  will  delete  the  allotment.  3 


 5.  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  0.61,  0.  204(  b)  and  0.283  of  the 
 Commission’s  Rules,  IT  IS  ORDERED  That  effective  December  9,  2002,  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: 
 Community  Channel 
 Coosada,  Alabama  --- 
 1  See  Pierce,  Nebraska,  Coosada,  Alabama,  Pineview,  Georgia,  and  Diamond  Lake,  Oregon,  17  FCC  Rcd  6676 
 (2002).  2 
 See  Report  No.  2560,  July  3,  2002.  3 
 See  Wickenburg,  Bagdad,  and  Aguila,  Arizona,  16  FCC  Rcd  15793  (Allocations  Branch  2001). 
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 6.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  That  the  petition  for  reconsideration  filed  by  Media  Equities  Corp.  IS  GRANTED. 
 7.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  That  the  Commission's  Consumer  and  Governmental  Affairs  Bureau,  Reference  Information  Center,  SHALL  SEND  a  copy  of  this  Report  and  Order  by 
 Certified  Mail,  Return  Receipt  Requested,  to: 
 Dan  J.  Alpert,  Esq.  2120  N.  21  st  Road 


 Arlington,  VA  22201 
 8.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  That  this  proceeding  IS  TERMINATED. 
 9.  For  further  information  concerning  the  above,  please  contact  Victoria  M.  McCauley  at  (202)  418-  2180. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 John  A.  Karousos  Assistant  Chief,  Audio  Division 
 Media  Bureau 
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