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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.  97-101
 Table of Allotments,            )RM-9051
FM Broadcast Stations.          )
(Mahnomen, Minnesota)           )
                                 

                       REPORT AND ORDER 
                    (Proceeding Terminated)


    Adopted: June 18, 1997  Released: June 27, 1997  

  By the Chief, Allocations Branch:
  
    1.The Commission has before it for consideration the Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 12
  FCC Rcd 3685 (1997), issued in response to a petition filed by Jimmy D. Birkemeyer
  ("Birkemeyer").  The Notice proposed the allotment of Channel 268C3 to Mahnomen, Minnesota,
  as that community's first local broadcast service.  Birkemeyer filed comments reaffirming his
  interest in the allotment of Channel 268C3 at Mahnomen.  No other comments were received at
  the Commission in response to this proposal.
  
    2.We believe the public interest would be served by allotting Channel 268C3 to Mahnomen,
  Minnesota, as it will provide the community with its first aural transmission service.  Channel
  268C3 can be allotted to Mahnomen consistent with the minimum distance separation
  requirements of the Commission's rules provided there is a site restriction 15 kilometers (9.3 miles)
 northwest of the community.    The site restriction will prevent a conflict with Station KCGN-FM,
  Channel 268C, Ortonville, Minnesota.  Since Mahnomen is located within 320 kilometers (200
  miles) of the U.S.-Canadian border, concurrence of the Canadian government has been obtained
  for this allotment.
  
    3.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 August 11, 1997, the FM Table
  of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED for the community
  listed below, as follows:
  
                                                              
  
         CommunityChannel Number
  
        Mahnomen, Minnesota         268C3
  
    4.The window period for filing applications for Channel 268C3 at Mahnomen, Minnesota,
  will open on August 11, 1997, and close on September 11, 1997.
  
    5.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.
  
    6.For further information concerning the above, contact Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass Media
  Bureau, (202) 418-2180.  Questions related to the window application filing process for Channel
  268C3 at Mahnomen, Minnesota, 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