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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554


In the Matter of                   )              
                                        )
Amendment of Section 73.202(b)          )    MM Docket No. 96-235 
Table of Allotments,                    )    RM-8909
FM Broadcast Stations.                       )    
(Forest City, Pennsylvania)             )                   


                              REPORT AND ORDER
                              (Proceeding Terminated)

     Adopted:  April 23, 1997;                 Released:  May 2, 1997    

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

     1.  At the request of Vixon Valley Broadcasting ("petitioner"), the Commission has
before it the Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 11 FCC Rcd 14975 (1996), proposing the 
allotment of Channel 261A at Forest City, Pennsylvania, as the community's first local aural
transmission service.  Petition filed comments in support of the proposal reaffirming its
intention to apply for the channel, if allotted.  No other comments were received.
      
     2.  We believe the public interest would be served by allotting Channel 261A at
Forest City, Pennsylvania, since it would provide the community with its first local 
transmission service.  An engineering analysis has determined that Channel 261A can be
allotted to Forest City in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation
requirements with a site restriction of 10.1 kilometers (6.2 miles) northeast to avoid short-
spacings to the licensed sites of  Station WODE-FM, Channel 260B, Easton, Pennsylvania,
and Station WDST(FM), Channel 261A, Woodstock, New York, at petitioner's requested
site.  Since Forest City is located within 320 kilometers (200 miles) of the U.S.-Canadian
border, concurrence of the Canadian government has been obtained.

     3.   Accordingly, pursuant to the authority found in Sections 4(i), 5(c)(1), 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 June 16, 1997, 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                                    Channel No.

          Forest City, Pennsylvania                     261A

     4.  The window period for filing applications for Channel 261A at Forest City,
Pennsylvania, will open on June 16, 1997, and close on July 17, 1997.

     5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.

     6.  For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Sharon P. McDonald,
Mass Media Bureau, (202) 418-2180.  Questions related to the window application filing
process  should be addressed to the Audio Services Division, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 418-
2700. 
                                                                                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION  
                       

                    
                                                                                     John A. Karousos
                         Chief, Allocations Branch
                         Policy and Rules Division  
     
                         Mass Media Bureau