Federal Communications Commission DA 08-378
 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.
(Blanca, Colorado)
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MB Docket No. 07-165
RM-11371
REPORT AND ORDER
(Proceeding Terminated)
Adopted: February 13, 2008 Released: February 15, 2008
By the Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau:
1. The Audio Division has before it a Notice of Proposed Rule Making1 issued at the request 
of Kevin J. Youngers (“Petitioner”), proposing to allot Channel 249C2 at Blanca, Colorado as a first local 
service.2 This new allotment requires the substitution of Channel 269A for Channel 249A at Westcliffe, 
Colorado.  United States CP, LLC, the permittee of Channel 249A at Westcliffe, has consented to this 
channel change and has concurrently filed a one-step application to substitute its channel at Westcliffe and 
modify its construction permit accordingly.3 Pursuant to the Commission’s new procedures, Petitioner has 
also concurrently filed a FCC Form 301 new station application4 for Channel 249C2 at Blanca, and the 
requisite filing fee.5 Petitioner has stated that if the requested FM channel is allotted, it will participate in 
the auction for the channel.  
2. We will allot Channel 249C2 at Blanca because it would provide a first local service to 
the community under Priority 3 of the FM allotment priorities.6 Blanca is a community for allotment 
purposes.  It is incorporated and is listed in the U.S. Census with a 2000 population of 391 persons.  
Blanca has its own post office, zip code, and elected town government, including a mayor and trustees.  It 
has numerous restaurants, stores, businesses, and churches.
  
1 Blanca, Colorado, Notice of Proposed Rule Making,  22 FCC Rcd 15114 (2007)
2 Short spacings between Channel 249C2 at Blanca and Channel 248C1 at Raton, Colorado, and Channel 248C at 
Crede, Colorado, were resolved by the Commission on June 8, 2007 in a Memorandum Opinion and Order 
dismissing the Application for Review in MB Docket No. 03-57.  See Fort Collins, Crede, Westcliffe, and Wheat 
Ridge, Colorado, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 22 FCC Rcd 10307 (MB 2007).
3 File No. BMPH-20070119AIJ.
4 File No. BNPH-20070119AIG.
5 See Revision of Procedures Governing Amendments to FM Table of Allotments and Changes of Community of 
License in the Radio Broadcast Services Report and Order, 21 FCC Rcd 14212 (2006).
6 The FM allotment priorities are:  (1) First full-time aural service; (2) Second full-time aural service; (3) First local 
service; and (4) Other public interest matters.  Co-equal weight is given to Priorities (2) and (3).  See Revision of FM 
Assignment Policies and Procedures, 90 FCC 2d 88 (1988).  
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3. Under the policy enumerated in Circleville, Ohio,7 the ultimate permittee at Blanca is 
required to reimburse the permittee on Channel 269A at Westcliffe for its reasonable costs associated 
with changing its channel.  Accordingly, Petitioner has pledged to reimburse United States CP, LLC, for 
its costs should Petitioner prevail at auction and become the permittee on Channel 249C2 at Blanca.
4. A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel 249C2 can be allotted to Blanca 
consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission’s rules, at coordinates 
37-26-35 NL and 105-26-29 WL, with a site restriction of 6.6 kilometers (4.1 miles) east of the 
community.
5. Accordingly, pursuant to the authority contained in 47 U.S.C. §§ 4(i), 5(c)(1), 303(g), and 
(r), and 307(b), and 47 C.F.R. §§0.61, 0.204(b) and 0.283, IT IS ORDERED That effective March 31, 
2008, the FM Table of Allotments, 47 C.F.R. § 73.202(b) IS AMENDED, with respect to the community 
listed below, as follows: 
 Community Channel
 Blanca, Colorado  249C2
6. A window period for filing applications for Channel 249C2 at Blanca, Colorado will not 
be opened at this time.  Instead, the issue of opening this allotment for auction will be addressed by the 
Commission in a subsequent Order.
7. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.
8. For further information concerning a proceeding listed above, contact Victoria
McCauley, Media Bureau (202) 418-2180.  
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
John A. Karousos  
 Assistant Chief
Audio Division
Media Bureau
  
7 Circleville, Ohio, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 8 FCC 2d (1967).