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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. 98-49
Table of Allotments,            )       RM-9248
FM Broadcast Stations.          )
(Las Vegas, New Mexico)         )

                        REPORT AND ORDER
                     (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted: September 30, 1998          Released: October 9, 1998 

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

     1.  At the request of BK Radio ("petitioner"), the Commission has before it the Notice of
Proposed Rule Making, 13 FCC Rcd 7185 (1998), proposing the allotment of Channel 268A and
Channel 275A to Las Vegas, Nevada, as the community's fourth and fifth local commercial FM
channels.  Comments were filed by the petitioner and Meadows Media, LLC ("Meadows").  
     2.  As stated in the Notice, petitioner is one of three applicants for Channel 244A at Las
Vegas and the allotment of Channels 268A and 275A would accommodate each applicant's desire for
a channel in Las Vegas and avoid a comparative hearing.  Both petitioner and Meadows support the
allotment of Channels 268A and 275A stating that they will amend their applications to specify the
alternate channels.  Both parties state that the allotment of the additional channels will enable Las
Vegas to receive additional local service sooner than would be possible under the present allotment
scheme.  As pointed out by Meadows, the current comparative proceeding for Channel 244A is
frozen since the parties were unable to reach a settlement during the waiver "window" which closed
on February 1, 1998.  Therefore, unless petitioner's plan is granted, a substantial amount of time may
pass before any of the current applicants has a final grant for Channel 244A.

     3.  We believe the public interest would be served by allotting Channels 268A and 275A to
Las Vegas since it could provide the community with additional local aural service.  Channels 268A
and 275A can be allotted to Las Vegas in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance
separation requirements and utilized at the transmitter site specified by both the petitioner and
Meadows in their pending applications, which is located 3.9 kilometers (2.4 miles) west of the
community.  We will also permit petitioner and Meadows to modify their applications (BPH-
960829MH and BPH-960829MG) to specify Channel 268A and Channel 275A, respectively, and
retain their cut-off protection.  See Copeland, Kansas, 5 FCC Rcd 7682 (1990).

     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 November 23, 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.

                    Las Vegas, New Mexico    244A, 251C, 264C3, 268A, 275A

     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