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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. 97-188
Table of Allotments,                 )       RM-9137
FM Broadcast Stations.               )
(Macon, Mississippi)                 )
                                     )


                            REPORT AND ORDER
                          (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted:  April 22, 1998                                      Released:  May 1, 1998  

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

     1.  At the request of Team Broadcasting Company, Inc. ("petitioner"), the Commission
has before it the Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 12 FCC Rcd 23 (1997), proposing the
allotment of Channel 244A to Macon, Mississippi.  Metro Radio, Inc. filed supporting comments. 
Colon Johnston ("Johnston") filed a counterproposal.  Petitioner filed comments requesting the
dismissal of its petition for rule making.  

     2.  As an initial matter, our follow up technical review indicates that the proposed
allotment of Channel 244A at Macon is short-spaced to a one-step upgrade application filed by
Station WKXK(FM) for Channel 244C2 at Pine Hill, Alabama.  However, a staff engineering
study indicates that the mutual exclusivity between petitioner's proposal and Station WKXK's
application can be resolved by the allotment of alternate channel to Macon.  

     3.  Based upon the above, we believe the public interest will be served by the allotment
of a first local FM service to Macon.  In view of  the interest expressed by Metro Radio in
providing Macon with this service, we will allot Channel 263A in lieu of Channel 244A to avoid
the  short-spacing conflict with the pending one-step application filed by Station WKXK. 
Channel 263A can be allotted to Macon in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance
separation requirements with a site restriction of 9.8 kilometers (6.1 miles) west of the
community.  

     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 June 15, 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.

                    Macon, Mississippi                        263A

     5.  A filing window for Channel 263A at Macon, Mississippi, 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. 

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

     7.  For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Pam Blumenthal, 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