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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. 98-30
Table of Allotments,            )       RM-9228
FM Broadcast Stations.          )
(Shenandoah, Virginia)          )

                        REPORT AND ORDER
                     (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted: June 3, 1998                Released: June 12, 1998 

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

     1.  At the request of Daryl A. Alligood ("petitioner"), the Commission has before it the
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 13 FCC Rcd 4673 (1998), proposing the allotment of Channel
296A to Shenandoah, Virginia, as the community's first local aural transmission service. 
Petitioner filed comments reiterating his intention to apply for the channel, if allotted.  No other
comments were received.

     2.  We believe the public interest would be served by allotting Channel 296A to
Shenandoah, Virginia, since it could provide the community with its first local aural transmission
service.  Channel 296A can be allotted to the community in compliance with the Commission's
minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 2.1 kilometers (1.3 miles)
northeast to avoid a short-spacing to Station WCHG(FM), Channel 296A, Hot Springs, Virginia. 
Since the reference coordinates for this allotment are located within the protected areas of the
National Radio Astronomy Observatory "Quiet Zone" at Green Bank, West Virginia, the
petitioner and any other applicants will be required to comply with the notification requirement
of Section 73.1030(a) of the Commission's Rules.

     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 July 27, 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.

                    Shenandoah, Virginia     296A


     4.  A filing window for Channel 296A at Shenandoah, Virginia, 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 Leslie K. Shapiro, Mass
Media Bureau, (202) 418-2180.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




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