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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. 96-247
Table of Allotments,            )  RM-8914
FM Broadcast Stations.          )
(Pangburn, Arkansas)                                                )

                       REPORT AND ORDER 
                    (Proceeding Terminated)                               

   Adopted:  April 30, 1997             Released:  May 9, 1997

  By the Chief, Allocations Branch:
  
      1.  Before the Commission for consideration is the Notice of Proposed Rule Making,
  (Notice),  11 FCC Rcd        (1996), adopted November 22, 1996 (DA 96-1956), issued in
  response to a petition for rule making filed on behalf of Greers Ferry Broadcasting
  ("petitioner"), proposing the allotment of Channel 256A to Pangburn, Arkansas, as that
  community's first local aural transmission service.  Petitioner filed supporting comments in
 response to the Notice.  No other comments were received. 
  
      2.  In view of the interest expressed in providing a first local aural transmission service
  to Pangburn, Arkansas, we will allot Channel 256A to that community, as requested.
  
      3.  As stated in the Notice, Channel 256A can be allotted to the incorporated community
  of Pangburn consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of Section
  73.207(b)(1) of the Commission's Rules, provided the transmitter is located at least 3.1
  kilometers (1.9 miles) northeast of the community, utilizing coordinates 35-26-52 and 91-48-
 57.

       4. Accordingly, pursuant to the authority contained 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 23, 1997, the FM
Table of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED to  include
Pangburn, Arkansas,  as follows:

                   City           Channel No.                                          
              Pangburn, Arkansas            256A               

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

    6. The window period for filing applications for Channel 256A at Pangburn, Arkansas,
will open on June 23, 1997,  and close on July 24, 1997.

    7.  For further information concerning the above, contact Nancy Joyner, Mass Media
Bureau, (202) 418-2180.  Questions related to the window application filing process for
Channel 256A at Pangburn, Arkansas, 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