Before the
                     Federal Communications Commission
                          Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                     )
                                     )
Amendment of Section 73.202(b),      )       MM Docket No. 97-109
Table of Allotments,                 )       RM-9018
FM Broadcast Stations.               )
(Eckley, Colorado)                                                                          )

                            REPORT AND ORDER 
                         (Proceeding Terminated)                               

   Adopted:  November 5, 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 3725 (1997), issued in response to a petition for rule making filed by
 KRDZ Broadcasters, Inc. ("petitioner") proposing the allotment of Channel 237C1 to Eckley,
 Colorado, 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 Eckley, Colorado, we will allot Channel 237C1 to that community, as requested.
 
      3.  As stated in the Notice, Channel 237C1 can be allotted to Eckley, Colorado,
 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 40-06-48 and 102-
 29-18.
 
      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 Eckley, Colorado, as follows:
 
                                    City                  Channel No.
 
               Eckley, Colorado            237C1                             
                        
       5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.
 
       6. A filing window for Channel 237C1 at Eckley, Colorado, 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