Federal Communications Commission DA 12-1486 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Amendment of Section 73.202(b), ) MB Docket No. 12-153 Table of Allotments, ) RM-11661 FM Broadcast Stations. ) (Asbury, Iowa) ) ) Station KWMG(FM), Anamosa, Iowa ) File No. BPH-20111209DSS REPORT AND ORDER (Proceeding Terminated) Adopted: September 12, 2012 Released: September 14, 2012 By the Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau: 1. The Audio Division has before it: (1) a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“Notice”) issued in response to a Petition for Rule Making (“Asbury Petition”) filed by Citicasters Licenses, Inc. (“Petitioner”), licensee of KWMG(FM), Anamosa, Iowa;1 (2) the “hybrid” application (the “Application”) filed by the Petitioner; 2 and (3) supporting comments filed by the Petitioner. For the reasons discussed below, we grant the Asbury Petition and the Application. 2. Background. The Notice proposes to amend the FM Table of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission’s rules, by substituting Channel *254A for vacant Channel *238A at Asbury, Iowa, as part of a contingently filed “hybrid” application and rule making petition. The purpose of the proposed channel substitution is to accommodate the Application to upgrade KWMG(FM) at Anamosa from Channel 239A to Channel 239C3. 3. Petitioner filed comments supporting the allotment change proposed in the Notice. No other comments were received. 4. Discussion. We believe that the proposed channel substitution will serve the public interest, because it will accommodate Petitioner’s proposed channel upgrade for KWMG(FM), without any deleterious effect upon the service that can be made available using the vacant allotment at Asbury, Iowa. Channel *254A can be allotted at Asbury with a site restriction of 3.7 km (2.3 miles) southwest of city reference coordinates. The reference coordinates for Channel *254A at Asbury are: 42-29-23 NL and 90- 46-56 WL. 5. 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.3 1 Asbury, Iowa, Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 27 FCC Rcd 6132 (MB 2012) (“Notice”). 2 See File No. BPH-20111209DSS. 3 See 5 U.S.C. § 801 (a)(1)(A). Federal Communications Commission DA 12-1486 2 6. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, That effective October 29, 2012, the FM Table of Allotments, 47 C.F.R. Section 73.202(b), IS AMENDED as follows: Community Channel Number Asbury, Iowa *254A 7. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That the application of Citicasters Licenses, Inc., for Station KWMG(FM), Channel 239C3, Anamosa, Iowa, File No. BPH-20111209DSS, IS GRANTED. 8. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That the Secretary of the Commission shall send a copy of this Order to the following counsel for Citicasters Licenses, Inc.: Marissa G. Repp, Esq. Repp Law Firm 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006-1631 9. The window period for filing non-commercial educational (“NCE”) applications for Channel *254A at Asbury, Iowa, will not be opened at this time. Instead, the issue of opening a filing window for this NCE allotment will be addressed by the Commission in a subsequent order. 10. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED. 11. For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Deborah Dupont, Media Bureau, (202) 418-7072. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Nazifa Sawez Assistant Chief Audio Division Media Bureau