Federal Communications Commission DA 17-124
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.
(Roma and San Isidro, Texas)
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MB Docket No. 05-142
RM-11220
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
(PROCEEDING TERMINATED)
Adopted:  February 2, 2017 Released: February 3, 2017
By the Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau:
1. The Audio Division (Division) has before it a “Withdrawal of Expression of Interest,” 
submitted by Charles Crawford (Crawford) on April 3, 2014.  Previously, Crawford filed a petition for 
rule making (Petition) to allot Channel 278A at Roma, Texas.  In response to that Petition, a Notice of 
Proposed Rule Making (Notice) was issued.
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  La Voz Latina (LVL) filed a counterproposal
(Counterproposal) proposing Channel 278A at San Isidro, Texas, in lieu of Channel 278A at Roma, 
Texas, which was dismissed by the Division.  The Division issued a Report and Order allotting Channel 
278A at Roma.
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  Crawford now requests to withdraw his expression of interest in Channel 278A at Roma, 
Texas, and dismissal of the Petition.  A sworn affidavit submitted by Charles Crawford, pursuant to 
Section 1.420(j) of the Commission’s rules, states that he has not received nor will he receive any 
consideration in exchange for the withdrawal of his expression of interest.
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2. We will grant Crawford’s “Withdrawal of Expression of Interest.”  With Crawford’s 
withdrawal and the sworn affidavit described above, Crawford has demonstrated that he has no 
continuing interest in the Channel 278A allotment at Roma.  It is the Commission’s policy to refrain from 
making an allotment to a community absent an adequate expression of interest.
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  Accordingly, we will 
delete the Channel 278A allotment at Roma.
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Strong, Arkansas; Roma, Texas; and Romney, West Virginia, Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 20 FCC Rcd 6202 
(MB 2005).
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Roma, Texas, Report and Order, 21 FCC Rcd 1130 (MB 2006).
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47 CFR § 1.420(j).
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See, e.g., Jewett, Texas, Report and Order, 25 FCC Rcd 16935 (MB 2010); Laramie and Grand Encampment, 
Wyoming, Report and Order, 24 FCC Rcd. 4575 (MB 2009).
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See, e.g., Wickenburg, Bagdad, and Aguila, Arizona, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 16 FCC Rcd 15793, 19794 
(Allocations Branch 2001); Maupin, Oregon, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 25 FCC Rcd 8107 (MB 2010).
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3. LVL has expressed continued interest in the Counterproposal,
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which proposed the allotment
of Channel 278A at San Isidro, Texas, in lieu of Channel 278A at Roma, Texas.  San Isidro, Texas, is a 
census designated place with a 2010 U.S. Census population of 240 persons that the Bureau previously 
determined is a community for allotment purposes.
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  LVL states that the Counterproposal will provide 
service to the community of San Isidro, as well as to people traveling on local roads, such as Routes 1017 
and 755.
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  The Counterproposal was placed on Public Notice on January 15, 2015.
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  No comments were 
received.
4. LVL filed the Counterproposal before the release of the Community of License R&O, which, 
inter alia, modified procedures for counter-proponents in allotment rulemaking proceedings.
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  Pursuant 
to the Community of License R&O, “A party filing a petition for rule making to add a new allotment to the 
Table, whether as an original proposal or as a counterproposal, must simultaneously file a Form 301 
application specifying the proposed facilities.”
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  LVL must now come into compliance with this 
requirement and file the corresponding Form 301 application for the Channel 278A, San Isidro, Texas, 
allotment and pay the application filing fee.  Furthermore, pursuant to the Community of License R&O, 
“The application shall include a certification that, if the FM channel allotment requested is adopted, 
petitioner/counter-proponent intends to apply to participate in the auction of the channel allotment 
requested and specified in this application.”
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  Therefore, LVL must now also provide the requisite 
certification in its Form 301 application regarding the Channel 278A, San Isidro, Texas, allotment.
5. Based on the foregoing, we find that the public interest would be served by allotting a second 
local service at San Isidro, Texas,
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Priority (4).
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  A staff engineering analysis indicates that Channel
278A at San Isidro can be allotted consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the 
Commission’s rules with a site restriction 6 kilometers west of the community.  The reference coordinates 
are 26-42-15 NL and 98-29-48 WL.  
6. 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 CFR Sections 0.61, 0.204(b) and 0.283, IT IS ORDERED, That effective, March 
20, 2017, the FM Table of Allotments, 47 CFR Section 73.202(b), IS AMENDED, with respect to the 
communities listed below, to read as follows:
                                                     
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LVL filed an Application for Review on October 5, 2006, seeking review of the Media Bureau’s decision to 
dismiss its Counterproposal in this proceeding.  Roma, Texas, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 21 FCC Rcd 10007 
(MB 2006).  With Crawford’s “Withdrawal of Expression of Interest” and the action taken herein, we will dismiss 
the Application for Review as moot.
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San Isidro, Texas, Report and Order, 17 FCC Rcd 24330 (MB 2002).
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Counterproposal at 2.  
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Public Notice, Report No. 3014 (rel. Jan. 15, 2015).
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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) (Community of License R&O).
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Id. at 14224, para. 20.
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Id.
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Channel 255A is allotted to San Isidro, Texas.
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The FM allotment priorities are: (1) First fulltime aural service; (2) Second fulltime 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, Second Report and Order, 90 FCC 2d 88 (1982).  
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Community Channel No.
Roma, Texas     ---
                        
San Isidro, Texas          278A
7. The window period for filing applications for Channel 278A at San Isidro, Texas, will not be 
opened at this time.  Instead, the issue of opening a filing window for this allotment will be addressed by 
the Commission in a subsequent order.
8. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That the “Withdrawal of Expression of Interest” filed by 
Charles Crawford IS GRANTED.
9. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That the Application for Review filed by La Voz Latina on 
October 5, 2006, IS DISMISSED.
10. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That within 30 days of the effective date of thisMemorandum 
Opinion and Order, La Voz Latina shall submit to the Commission FCC Form 301 specifying FM Channel 
278A at San Isidro, Texas, and pay the corresponding application filing fee. 
11. The Commission will send a copy of this Memorandum Opinion and Order in a report to 
Congress and the Government Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 
U.S.C. § 801(a)(1)(A).
12. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that this proceeding IS TERMINATED. 
13. For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Adrienne Y. Denysyk, Media 
Bureau, (202) 418-2700.  
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Peter H. Doyle
Chief, Audio Division
Media Bureau