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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. 97-162
Table of Allotments,            )  RM-9112
FM Broadcast Stations.          )
(Hutchinson, Kansas)            )
                                )


                        REPORT AND ORDER
                     (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted:  November 5, 1997           Released:  December 5, 1997  

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

     1.  At the request of Gary L. Violet ("petitioner"), the Commission has before it the Notice
of Proposed Rule Making, 12 FCC Rcd 10412 (1997) proposing the allotment of Channel 240A at
Hutchinson, Kansas.  Petitioner filed comments reiterating his intention to apply for Channel 240A
if allotted.   No other comments were received.

     2.  We believe the public interest would be served by allotting Channel 240A to Hutchinson
since it would provide the community with an additional FM service.  Channel 240A can be allotted
to Hutchinson in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements
without the imposition of a site restriction.

     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 January 20, 1998, the FM Table of
Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED, with respect to the
community listed below, to read as follows:

               City                                     Channel No.

               Hutchinson, Kansas               240A, 246C3,
                                           271C, 275C1
     
     4.  A filing window for Channel 240A at Hutchinson, Kansas, 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. 

     5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.

     6.  For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Pam Blumenthal, Mass Media
Bureau, (202) 418-2180.

                                   FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                                        John A. Karousos 
                                        Chief, Allocations Branch
                                        Policy and Rules Division
                                        Mass Media Bureau