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Anchor points out,  Fhowever, that the Commission does not require a municipality to be selfgoverning or to  F?provide every public service on its own in order to merit community status for allotment  Fpurposes. Anchor takes the point of view that since the allotment would provide a first local  Fservice at either community, with both communities served by at least five fulltime reception  Fservices, the Commission must base its decision on population and make the allotment of  FChannel 250A at the larger community of Woodville. According to Anchor, the allotment of  FlChannel 250A at St. Marks with a population of 307 people will provide service to 25,845  F>people while the allotment of Channel 250A at Woodville with a population of 2,760 people will serve 168,872 people.  XK- 14.In reply comments, St. Marks continues to support the allotment of Channel 250A at  FSt. Marks, Florida, arguing that the community of St. Marks is a community that merits an FM  Fallotment while Woodville is a bedroom community that does not have the characteristics  F[necessary to warrant an allotment. St. Marks believes that the general information listed in the  Fpetition filed by Anchor does not accurately describe the area referred to as Woodville, as  FWoodville residents identify with Tallahassee and depend on Tallahassee for many services.  FAccording to St. Marks, the community of St. Marks, unlike Woodville, is a vibrant  Fcommunity, with its own identity. St. Marks points out that 14 radio stations are licensed to  Fcommunities in Leon County, which is where Woodville is located while Wakulla county,  Fjwhere St. Marks is located, has only station licensed to a community in the county. Therefore,  FSt. Marks requests that the Commission allot Channel 250A to St. Marks as a first local service,  Fproviding a second radio station to Wakulla County rather than a first service to Woodville and a 15th station to Leon County.  X - N5.A review of the proposals indicates that St. Marks and Woodville are both deserving of  Fan FM channel. Although not requested, we note that Anchor and St. Marks have provided  Fysufficient information establishing community status for allotment purposes for Woodville and  X - FSt. Marks. 6 yO=#-ԍ#X\  P6G;IP# See Kenansville, Florida, 10 FCC Rcd 9831(1995). In an effort to provide each community with its first local service, the staff  Fperformed a search to determine if alternate channels were available. The study indicates that  F\Channel 250A is the only channel that can be allotted to either community. Our study also  F=indicates that allotment of Channel 250A at Woodville will provide coverage to approximately  Fthree percent of the Tallahassee urbanized area while the allotment at St. Marks does not"h$X,-(-(ZZF#"  Fprovide service to any part of the Tallahassee urbanized area. Our decision is guided by the  X- Fyallotment priorities as set forth in Revision of FM Assignment Policies and Procedures, 90 FCC  X- F2d 88 (1982).*6 yOK- xZԍ#X\  P6G;IP# The priorities are: (1) First fulltime aural service; (2) Second fulltime aural service; (3) First local service; and (4) other public interest matters. [Coequal weight given to priorities (2) and (3).]* The allotment of Channel 250A to Woodville or St. Marks would provide a  Fzfirst local service to either community, fulfilling priority (3). Therefore, our decision must be  F.based on priority (4) Other public interest factors. In this regard, we find that the community  Fof Woodville (population 2,760 people) has a larger population tha #s n #s  St. Marks (population  Xv- Fj307).v 6 yO^ -ԍ#X\  P6G;IP# The population figures are taken from the 1990 Census. We also find that both Woodville and St. Marks receive service from fourteen AM and  FLFM signals and are both considered to be well served. The channel at Woodville would serve  Fz165,496 people and cover approximately 2,557 square kilometers (988 square miles) while the  Fallotment at St. Marks would serve 29,820 people in a 1,789 square kilometer area (691 square  Fmiles). With regard to St. Mark's assertion that Woodville is merely an extension of  F/Tallahassee and not a separate and distinct community, we feel that St. Marks has failed to  X - Fprovide sufficient evidence to support this argument. 6 yOd- x,ԍ#X\  P6G;IP# St. Marks provided a letter from one resident of Woodville stating that she considers Woodville to be a suburb of Tallahassee. As each community receives ample  F=reception service, we believe the public interest would be served by allotting Channel 250A to  FkWoodville, Florida, since it could provide a first local aural transmission service to the more  X - Fmpopulous community. See Three Oaks and Bridgman, MI, 5 FCC Rcd 1004 (1990) and  X-Brownstown, IN et al., 7 FCC Rcd 3173 (1992).  Xb- A6.A staff engineering analysis has determined that Channel 250A can be allotted to  FWoodville, Florida, in compliance with the minimum distance separation requirements of the  FMCommission's Rules provided there is a site restriction 11.7 kilometers (7.3 miles) east of the  X- Fcommunity.6 yO-ԍ#X\  P6G;IP# The coordinates for Channel 250A at Woodville are 301756 and 840740. The site restriction will prevent a short spacing to Station WTBB, Channel 249C1, Bonifay, Florida.  X- 17.Accordingly, pursuant to the authority contained in Sections 4(i), 5(c)(1), 303(g) and  F(r) and 307(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and Sections 0.61, 0.204(b)  Fand 0.283 of the Commission's Rules, IT IS ORDERED, That effective September 29,#s , 1997,  Fthe FM Table of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED for the community listed below, as follows:  XN-  N N Community"VVJrChannel Number  X - ,z `  N N Woodville, FloridaVVJr 250A  X -  X-8.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.",-(-(ZZZ"Ԍ X- ԙ9.The window period for filing applications for Channel 250A at Woodville, Florida, will open on September 29, 1997, and close on October 30,)#s ,) 1997.  X- 10.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That the counterproposal filed by St. Marks Broadcasting (RM8873) requesting the allotment of Channel 250A at St. Marks, Florida, IS TERMINATED.  Xv- 111.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That the Secretary of the Commission shall send a copy  X_-of this Report and Order by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to the following:  N N Linda J. Eckard  N N Lisa A. Williams  N N Roberts & Eckard, P.C.  N N 1150 Connecticut Ave., Suite 1100  N N Washington, D. C. 20036  X - ? 12.For further information concerning the above, contact Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass Media  FBureau, (202) 4182180. Questions related to the window application filing process for  FChannel 250A at Woodville, Florida, should be addressed to the Audio Services Division, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 4182700.  N N "VVJr  X4-  N N "FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION  N N "John A. Karousos  N N "Chief, Allocations Branch  N N "Policy and Rules Division  N N "Mass Media Bureau   N N "VVJr