*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 35221* Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 4122 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. ) (Muleshoe, Texas) ) MB Docket No. 02- 251 ) RM- 10315 ) (Big Lake, Texas) ) MB Docket No. 02- 254 ) RM- 10550 ) (Turkey, Texas) ) MB Docket No. 02- 370 ) RM- 10612 REPORT AND ORDER (Proceedings Terminated) Adopted: December 31, 2003 Released: January 16, 2004 By the Assistant Chief, Audio Division: 1. The Audio Division has before it Notices of Proposed Rule Making, specified below, setting forth three separate proposals to allot an FM channel to a specific community. Each petitioner filed comments in support of its proposal reaffirming its intention to apply for the specified channel, if allotted. Each proposal complies with all Commission technical requirements and we continue to believe that each proposal would serve the public interest. Accordingly, we adopt each proposal as originally proposed. These are as follows: A. MB Docket No. 02- 251; RM- 10315 Action: At the request of Linda Crawford, we are allotting Channel 227C1 at Muleshoe, Texas, as the community’s second local aural transmission service. 1 Coordinates: The reference coordinates for Channel 227C1 at Muleshoe are 34- 02- 03 NL and 103- 02- 08 West Longitude. Additional Information: This allotment requires a site restriction of 35.8 km (22.3 miles) southwest of Muleshoe at the coordinates indicated above. FCC Contact: Deborah A. Dupont, (202) 418- 7072. 1 Las Animas, Colorado, Muleshoe, Texas, Rocksprings, Texas, Rankin, Texas, and Big Lake Texas, 17 FCC Rcd 16,220 (M. Bur. 2002). 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 4122 2 B. MB Docket No. 02- 254; RM- 10550 Action: At the request of Linda Crawford, we are allotting Channel 296C2 at Big Lake, Texas, as the community’s fourth local FM transmission allotment. 2 Coordinates: The reference coordinates for Channel 296C2 at Big Lake are 30- 57- 18 NL and 101- 23- 48 West Longitude. Additional Information: This allotment requires a site restriction of 26.9 km (16.7 miles) south of Big Lake at the coordinates indicated above. FCC Contact: Deborah A. Dupont, (202) 418- 7072. C. MB Docket No. 02- 370; RM- 10612 Action: At the request of Linda Crawford, we are allotting Channel 269A at Turkey, Texas, as the community’s second local FM transmission service. 3 Coordinates: The reference coordinates for Channel 269A at Turkey are 34- 17- 32 NL and 100- 59- 52 West Longitude. Additional Information: This allotment requires a site restriction of 14.5 km (9.0 miles) southwest of Turkey at the coordinates indicated above. FCC Contact: Deborah A. Dupont, (202) 418- 7072. 2. A filing window for these allotments will not be opened at this time. Instead, the issue of opening these allotments for auction will be addressed by the Commission in a subsequent order. 3. 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 March 1, 2004, the FM Table of Allotments, Section 73.202( b) of the Commission’s Rules, IS AMENDED for the communities listed below, as follows: Community Channel Number Big Lake, Texas 246A, 252A, 281A, 296C2 2 Id. 3 Lockney, Quitaque, and Turkey, Texas, 17 FCC Rcd 24,343 (M. Bur. 2002). 2 Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 4122 3 Muleshoe, Texas 227C1, 276A Rocksprings, Texas 223A, 235C3, 263A, 291A, 295C2 Turkey, Texas 244C2, 269A 4. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That these proceedings ARE TERMINATED. 5. For further information concerning a specific docket, contact the FCC Contact listed above for that docket. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION John A. Karousos Assistant Chief, Audio Division Media Bureau 3