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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. 97-228 
Table of Allotments,            )  RM-9163
FM Broadcast Stations.          )
(Pima, Arizona)                                                                          )

                       REPORT AND ORDER 
                    (Proceeding Terminated)                               

        Adopted:  May 13, 1998          Released:  May 22, 1998 

 By the Chief, Allocations Branch:
 
     1.  The Commission considers herein the Notice of Proposed Rule Making ("Notice"),
 12 FCC Rcd 18060 (1997), issued in response to a petition for rule making filed on behalf of R. A.
 Montierth Enterprises, L.L.C. ("petitioner") proposing the allotment of FM Channel 296A to Pima,
 Arizona, an incorporated community, as a first local aural transmission service at that locality. 
 Petitioner filed supporting comments in response to the Notice.  No other comments were received.
 
     2.  In light of the interest expressed in providing a first local aural transmission service to
 Pima, Arizona, we will allot Channel 296A to that community, as requested.
 
     3.  As stated in the Notice, Channel 296A can be allotted to Pima, Arizona, consistent with
 the minimum distance separation requirements of Section 73.207(b)(1) and (3) of the Commissions
 Rules without a site restriction, at coordinates 32-53-36 and 109-49-42.  As Pima is located within
 320 kilometers (199 miles) of the U.S.-Mexico border, the Commission obtained  concurrence of
 the Mexican government to the requested allotment of Channel 296A to that 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 July 6, 1998, the FM Table of
 Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED with respect to Pima,
 Arizona, as follows:
 
                     City               Channel No.                                       
           
                     Pima, Arizona                 296A
 
      5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.
 
      6.  A filing window for Channel 296A at Pima, Arizona, 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 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