DA 96·13 Federal Communications Commission Record 11 FCC Red No. 3 
Before the 
Federal Communications Commission 
Washington, D.C. 20554 
MM Docket No. 95-79 
In the Matter of 
Amendment of Section 73.202(b), 
Table of Allotments, 
FM Broadcast Stations. 
(De Kalb, Mississippi) 
REPORT AND ORDER 
(Proceeding Terminated) 
RM-8620 
Adopted: January 16, 1996; Released: January 30, 1996 
By the Chief, Allocations Branch: 
L At the request of Choctaw Broadcasting ("petitioner"), 
the Commission has before it the Notice of Proposed Rule 
Making, 10 FCC Red 615 (1995), proposing the allotment 
of Channel 289C2 To De Kalb, as the community's first 
local aural transmission service. Petitioner filed comments 
reiterating its intention to apply for Channel 289C2, if 
allotted. 1 R&R Broadcasting ("R&R"), permittee of Station 
WLTD(FM), Pickens, Mississippi, filed comments.2 
2. We believe the public interest would be served by the 
allotment of Channel 289C2 to De Kalb since it could 
provide the community with its first local FM service. 
Channel 289C2 can be allotted to De Kalb in compliance 
with the Commission's minimum distance separation re­
quirements without the imposition of a site restriction.3 
3. Accordingly, pursuant to the authority contained in 
Sections 4(i), 5(c)(l), 303(g) and (r) and 307(b) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and Sections 
0.61, 0.204(b) and 0.283 of the Commission's Rules, IT IS 
ORDERED, That effective March 15, 1996, the FM Table 
of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's 
Rules, IS AMENDED, with respect to the community 
listed below, to read as follows: 
City 
De Kalb, Mississippi 
Channel No. 
289C2 
4. The window period for filing applications will open 
on March 15, 1996, and close on April 15, 1996. 
5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS 
TERMINATED. 
1 
·As stated in the Notice, petitioner's request, although signed, 
failed to include an affidavit verifying statements contained in 
his petition, as required by Section 1.52 of the Commission's 
Rules. Petitioner was requested to correct the deficiency in his 
responsive comments, and has complied accordingly by filing an 
affidavit. 
2 R&R notes that its application for a new site for Station 
WL TD(FM) is short-spaced to the proposed reference coordi­
nates of Channel 289C2 at DeKalb, Mississippi. However, R&R 
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6. For further information concerning this proceeding, 
contact Pam Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 
418-2180. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
John A. Karousos 
Chief, Allocations Branch 
Policy and Rules Division 
Mass Media Bureau 
proposes to protect the reference site of Channel 289C2 pursu­
ant to the contour protection provisions of Section 73.215 of the 
Commission's Rules. 
3 The coordinates for Channel 289C2 at De Kalb are North 
Latitude 32-46-03 and West Longitude 88-39-03. We have con­
firmed that the construction permit for Station WL TD(FM), 
Channel 290C2, Pickens, Mississippi, was granted as a contour 
protection application pursuant to Section 73.215 of the Com­
mission's Rules with respect to Channel 289C2 at De Kalb.