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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. 97-124
Table of Allotments,            )  RM-8851
FM Broadcast Stations.          )
(Blue Lake, California)                                                                          )

                       REPORT AND ORDER 
                    (Proceeding Terminated)                               

   Adopted:  October 8, 1997            Released:  December 5, 1997

 By the Chief, Allocations Branch:
 
     1.   Before the Commission for consideration is the Notice of Proposed Rule Making
 ("Notice"), 12 FCC Rcd 4912 (1997), issued in response to a petition for rule making filed by
 Vixon Valley Broadcasting ("petitioner") proposing the allotment of Channel 292A to Blue Lake,
 California, 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
 Blue Lake, California, we will allot Channel 292A to that community, as requested.
 
     3.  As stated in the Notice, Channel 292A can be allotted to Blue Lake consistent with the
 minimum distance separation requirements specified in Section 73.207(b)(1) of the Commission's
 Rules without a site restriction, utilizing coordinates 40-52-54 and 123-59-12.
 
     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 January 20, 1998, the FM
 Table of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED to  include
 Blue Lake, California, as follows:
 
                         City           Channel No.
 
                    Blue Lake, California               292A                                   
               
      5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.
 
      6. A filing window for Channel 292A at Blue Lake, California, will not be opened at this
 time.  Instead, the issue of opening a filing window for this channel will be addressed by the
 Commission in a subsequent Order.
 
      7.  For further information concerning the above, contact Nancy Joyner, 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