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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. 98-220   
Table of Allotments,                    )    RM-9399
FM Broadcast Stations.                       )         
(Sioux Rapids, Iowa)               )
                         
     
                                   REPORT AND ORDER
                                   (Proceeding Terminated)

                 Adopted:  June 30, 1999;                 Released:   July 9, 1999      

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

     1.  At the request of ALALATEX ("petitioner"), the Commission has before it the Notice of
Proposed Rule Making, , 14 FCC Rcd 458 (1999), proposing the allotment of Channel 252A at Sioux
Rapids, Iowa, as the community's second local FM transmission service.  On            January 25, 1999,
petitioner filed comments requesting the dismissal of its petition for rule making.

     2.  As stated in the Notice, a showing of continuing interest is required before a channel can
be allotted, and absent such an expression of interest, it is the Commission's policy to refrain from
allotting the channel.   Therefore, we will grant petitioner's request to dismiss its petition.

     3. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, That the petition for rule making filed by ALALATEX,
IS DISMISSED. 
 
     4.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.






     5.  For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Sharon P. McDonald, Mass
Media Bureau, (202) 418-2180.                                                        
                                                                               
                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
          

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