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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. 97-201
Table of Allotments,                 )       RM-9127
FM Broadcast Stations.               )
(Crested Butte, Colorado)                                              )

                            REPORT AND ORDER 
                         (Proceeding Terminated)                               

   Adopted:   December 22, 1997                                  Released:   January 9, 1998  

 By the Chief, Allocations Branch:
 
      1.  Before the Commission for consideration is the Notice of Proposed Rule Making,
 62 FR 49189 (1997), issued at the request of Crested Butte Broadcasting Company
 ("petitioner") proposing the allotment of FM Channel 293A to Crested Butte, Colorado, as that
 community's first local commercial FM transmission service.  No supporting comments were
 filed by the petitioner or any other party.
 
      2.  As stated in the Notice, a showing of continuing interest is required before a
 channel will be allotted.  It is the Commission's policy to refrain from making an allotment
 to a community absent an expression of interest.  In this instance, since no interest was
 expressed in the proposed use of Channel 293A at Crested Butte, Colorado, we will dismiss
 the proposal.  See, e.g., Joshua Tree, California, 4 FCC Rcd 3801 (1989); Bridport, Vermont,
 5 FCC Rcd 6172 (1990); and paragraph 2 of the Appendix to the Notice.   
 
      3.  In view of the above, IT IS ORDERED, That the petition of Crested Butte
 Broadcasting Company (RM-9127) requesting the allotment of FM Channel 293A to Crested
 Butte, Colorado, IS DISMISSED.
 
      4.    IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.
 
       5.  For further information concerning the above, contact Nancy Joyner, Mass Media
 Bureau, (202) 418-2180.  
                                                          
                                    FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
 
 
 
 
       John A. Karousos
       Chief, Allocations Branch
       Policy and Rules Division
       Mass Media Bureau