Federal Communications Commission DA 20-1489 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Amendment of section 73.202(b), FM Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations. (Various Locations) ) ) ) ) ) ) ORDER Adopted: December 17, 2020 Released: December 18, 2020 By the Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau: 1. This Order updates the FM Table of Allotments (“FM Table”) 47 CFR § 73.202(b). to reinstate certain vacant FM allotments. The attached Appendix shows the FM Table, as amended, for those communities. 2. Formerly, the FM Table listed all vacant FM allotments as well as FM channels and communities occupied by authorized facilities. 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, 14221, ¶ 15 (2006), recon. pending (“Changes of Community R&O”). In 2006, the Commission removed the allotments of authorized and awarded FM facilities from the FM Table in order to accommodate the new application procedures for radio stations to change their communities of license. Id. As contemplated by the Changes of Community R&O, when an authorization is cancelled, the vacant FM channel needs to be reinstated in the FM Table in order to be protected for spacing purposes and preserve the opportunity to license a future station in the specified community. A staff engineering analysis confirms that all the vacant allotments listed in the Appendix meet the minimum distance separation requirements of 47 CFR § 73.207. However, Channel 269A at Cuba, Missouri is considered a fully spaced allotment notwithstanding the subsequent grant of a construction permit for Station KZWV(FM) that is providing contour protection to this allotment under § 73.215 of the Commission’s rules. The allotments listed in the attached Appendix were removed from the FM Table because a construction permit and/or license was granted. These FM allotments are considered vacant because of the cancellation of the associated authorizations or the dismissal of long-form auction applications. We are, therefore, reinstating the allotments set forth in the Appendix. On a going-forward basis, we will periodically issue Orders to update the FM Table reinstating allotments that have become vacant due to the cancellation of an authorization or license. 3. The vacant FM allotments listed in the Appendix have previously undergone notice and comment rule making. Reinstatement of the vacant allotments is merely a ministerial action to effectuate licensing procedures adopted in the Changes of Community R&O. Therefore, we find for good cause that further notice and comment are unnecessary. See 5 U.S.C. § 553(b)(B). 4. The Commission will not send a copy of this Order pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(1)(A), because these allotments were previously reported. 5. Ordering Clauses. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, that upon publication in the Federal Register, the FM Table of Allotments, 47 CFR § 73.202(b), IS AMENDED, in accordance with the changes set forth in the Appendix to this Order. 6. For further information regarding a proceeding listed above, contact Rolanda F. Smith, (202) 418-2700. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Nazifa Sawez Assistant Chief Audio Division Media Bureau Appendix APPENDIX Community Channel Deleted Channel Added Cuba, Missouri ------------------ 269A Wheatland, Missouri ------------------ 272A 6