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 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 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. 
 (Caro  and  Cass  City,  Michigan) 


 (Warsaw  and  Windsor,  Missouri) 


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 MM  Docket  No.  01-  33 
 RM-  10060 


 MM  Docket  No.  01-  34 
 RM-  10061 


 ERRATUM 
 Released:  May  11,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Allocations  Branch: 
 1.  On  May  4,  2001,  the  Allocations  Branch  released  a  Report  and  Order  granting  allotments 
 in  the  above-  captioned  communities.  The  last  sentence  of  the  first  paragraph  inadvertently  omitted  footnote 
 one  which  should  read  as  follows: 


 We  received  no  other  comments  or  counterproposals.  1 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 1  We  note  that  a  pleading  styled  “counterproposal”  was  filed  by  Edward  Czelada  requesting  that  we  allot 
 Channel  297C3  at  Cass  City  rather  than  Channel  221C3  and  the  allotment  of  Channel  218  C3  at  Ubly,  Michigan 
 so  that  he  can  apply  for  Channel  218C3  at  Ubly,  Michigan  once  the  freeze  on  the  filing  of  applications  in  the 
 reserved  band  is  lifted.  We  are  not  considering  this  pleading  in  this  proceeding  because  it  was  defective  when 
 filed.  See  Report  and  Order  in  MM  Docket  No.  98-  29  (Indio  and  Indian  Wells,  California),  15  FCC  Rcd  23,845 
 (2000).  First,  we  cannot  make  allotments  in  the  FM  reserved  band,  as  those  channels  are  properly  requested  by 
 application,  and  there  is  no  exception  to  this  rule  when  there  is  a  freeze  on  the  filing  of  new  applications  for  that 
 band.  See  47  CFR  §§  73.501  and  73.509;  see  also  Second  Report  and  Order  in  Docket  No.  20735,  44  RR2d  235 
 (1978)  (Commission  considered  but  did  not  adopt,  a  table  of  allotments  for  the  FM  noncommercial  band,  but 
 rather  retained  its  current  practice  of  requiring  FM  stations  in  the  reserved  band  to  be  chosen  by  applications 
 judged  strictly  on  their  own  engineering  terms,  using  an  interference  standard).  Secondly,  the  pleading  did  not 
 include  an  engineering  study,  and  our  own  engineering  analysis  shows  that  pursuant  to  the  minimum  distance 
 separation  requirements  of  Section  73.207(  b)  and  the  principal  community  coverage  requirements  of  Section 
 73.315(  a)  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  Channel  297C3  cannot  be  allotted  at  Cass  City. 
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