Federal Communications Commission DA 09-2281
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.
(Crandon, Wisconsin)
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MB Docket No. 08-62
REPORT AND ORDER
(Proceeding Terminated)
Adopted: October 21, 2009 Released: October 23, 2009
By the Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau:
1. The Audio Division considers herein the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“Notice”),1
proposing the substitution of Channel 276A for vacant Channel 276C3 at Crandon, Wisconsin to 
accommodate a pending application for Station WGLX-FM, Channel 277C1, Wisconsin Rapids, 
Wisconsin.2  No counterproposals or other comments were received in response to this Notice.  For the 
reasons discussed below, we are amending the FM Table of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the 
Commission’s Rules,3 by substituting Channel 276A for vacant Channel 276C3 at Crandon, Wisconsin.    
2. Background.  The Notice proposed the downgrade of vacant Channel 276C3 to Channel 
276A at Crandon to enable Station WGLX-FM to increase its current service area.   As stated in the 
Notice, the proposed downgrade of this vacant allotment does not violate our new policy concerning 
downgrading a vacant allotment that has not yet been subject to auction.4 To this end, the vacant Crandon 
allotment has been previously subject to a window for the filing of applications, and a construction permit 
was issued for a new station at Crandon, Facility ID 76121. 5 Thereafter, Channel 276C3 was substituted 
for Channel 276A at Crandon, and the construction permit for the new station was modified to reflect this 
change.   The Channel 276C3 allotment became vacant because the construction permit for the new 
station was cancelled. However, the Channel 276C3 allotment at Crandon became effective in the Federal 
Register after the filing of the Station WGLX-FM application.6
  
1 See Crandon, Wisconsin, Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 23 FCC Rcd 14856 (MB 2008).
2 See File No. BPH-20050406ACK.
3 47 C.F.R. § 73.202(b).
4 See Grants and Church Rock, New Mexico, Report and Order, 22 FCC Rcd 9426 (MB 2007), recon. pending 
(announcing that, in most instances, we will not downgrade a vacant allotment that has not yet been subject to our 
competitive bidding procedures).
5 See File No. BPH-19950427MB.
6  See Various Locations, Report and Order, 20 FCC Rcd 17931(MB 2005); see also Various Locations, 70 FR 
70743, published November 23, 2005.
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3.  Discussion.  In response to the Notice, no continuing expressions of interest were filed for 
vacant Channel 276C3 at Crandon.7 Therefore, we find that grant of this proposal results in the public 
interest under priority (4)8 because it will enable Station WGLX-FM to improve its service area and 
eliminate the substandard spacing to the Crandon, Wisconsin allotment.9  Accordingly, we are 
substituting Channel 276A for vacant Channel 276C3 at Crandon, Wisconsin.  A staff engineering 
analysis indicates that Channel 276A can be allotted to Crandon consistent with the minimum distance 
separation requirements of the Commission’s rules at reference coordinates 45-34-18 NL and 88-53-54 
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4. The Commission will send a copy of this Report and Order in a report to be sent to 
Congress and the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 
U.S.C. § 801(a)(1)(A).
5. Ordering clauses.  Accordingly, pursuant to the authority found in 47 U.S.C. Sections 4(i), 
5(c)(1), 303(g) and (r) and 307(b) and 47 C.F.R. Sections 0.61, 0.204(b) and 0.283, IT IS ORDERED, 
That effective December 7, 2009, the FM Table of Allotments, 47 C.F.R. Section 73.202(b), IS 
AMENDED, with respect to the communities listed below, to read as follows:
Communities Channel No.
Crandon, Wisconsin 276A
6. The window period for filing applications for Channel 276A at Crandon 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. IS FURTHER ORDERED, That the aforementioned proceeding IS TERMINATED.
8. For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Rolanda F. Smith, Media 
Bureau, (202) 418-2180.  
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
John A. Karousos
Assistant Chief
Audio Division
Media Bureau
  
7 Bethel Springs, Tennessee et al., Memorandum Opinion and Order, 17 FCC Rcd 14472 (MB 2002) (approving the 
downgrade of the Tiptonville vacant allotment, absence of an expression of continuing interest, where a construction 
permit for the vacant allotment had been previously issued and the permittee allowed the permit to expire).
8 The FM Allotment priorities are (1) First full-time aural service. (2) Second full-time aural service.  (3) First local 
service.  (4)  Other public interest matters. [Co-equal weight is given to priorities (2) and (3)], See Revision of FM 
Assignment Policies and Procedures, Second Report and Order, 90 FCC 2d 88, 91 (1988).
9 In this instance, the required minimum distance separation between these two allotments is 144 kilometers.  The 
reference site for vacant Channel 276C3 at Crandon is located 122.5 kilometers from the proposed site specified in 
this application.  As such, the proposed site for the Station WGLX-FM application is short-spaced to the vacant 
Crandon allotment by 11.5 kilometers.