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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. 98-22
Table of Allotments,            )       RM-9183
FM Broadcast Stations.          )
(DeRuyter and Chittenango, New York))

                        REPORT AND ORDER
                     (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted: March 17, 1999              Released: March 26, 1999 

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

     1.  At the request of Cram Communications, LLC ("petitioner), the Commission has before
it the Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 13 FCC Rcd 4332 (1998), proposing the reallotment of
Channel 286B from DeRuyter to Chittenango, New York, as the community's first local aural
transmission service, and the modification of Station WVOA's license to specify Chittenango as its
community of license.  Comments and reply comments were filed by the petitioner and by Cox Radio,
Inc. ("Cox"), the licensee of radio stations in the Syracuse radio market.  After the record closed, the
petitioner filed a letter stating it no longer intends to pursue the change of community and withdraws
its petition for rule making.

     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 case, since the petitioner no longer intends to pursue the reallotment
of its channel from DeRuyter to Chittenango, we shall 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 Cram Communications, LLC
(RM-9183), requesting the reallotment of Channel 286B from DeRuyter to Chittenango, New York,
IS DISMISSED.

     4.  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