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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. 97-16
Table of Allotments,            )  RM-8932
FM Broadcast Stations.          )
(Nashville, Arkansas)                                              )

                       REPORT AND ORDER 
                    (Proceeding Terminated)                               

   Adopted:  May 28, 1997               Released:  June 6, 1997

  By the Chief, Allocations Branch:
  
      1.  Before the Commission for consideration is the Notice of Proposed Rule Making,
  (Notice), 12 FCC Rcd 679 (1997), issued in response to a petition for rule making filed on behalf
  of Temperance Broadcasting Company ("petitioner"), proposing the allotment of Channel 245A
  to Nashville, Arkansas, as that community's second local FM service.  Petitioner filed supporting
  comments in response to the Notice.  No other comments were received.
  
      2.  In view of the interest expressed in providing an additional local FM service to
  Nashville, Arkansas,  we will allot Channel 245A to that community, as requested.
  
      3.  As stated in the Notice, Channel 245A can be allotted to Nashville consistent with the
  minimum distance separation requirements of Section 73.207(b)(1) of the Commission's Rules
  provided the transmitter is sited at least 4.8 kilometers (3.0 miles) south of the community at
 reference coordinates 33-59-12 and 93-51-54. 
  
          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 July 21, 1997, the FM Table
  of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED with respect to
  Nashville, Arkansas, as follows:
  
                     City                    Channel No.     
   
                 Nashville, Arkansas               245A, 288A
                   
           5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.
  
      6. The window period for filing applications for Channel 245A at Nashville, Arkansas, 
  will open on July 21, 1997,  and close on August 21, 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
  245A at Nashville, 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