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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. 99-118
Table of Allotments,                 )       RM-9549
FM Broadcast Stations.               )
(Logandale, Nevada)                 )

                        REPORT AND ORDER
                     (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted:  January 27, 2000           Released:  February 1, 2000  

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

     1.  At the request of Mountain West Broadcasting ("petitioner"), the Commission has before
it the Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 14 FCC Rcd 6308 (1999), proposing the allotment of Channel
291C1 to Logandale, Nevada, as its first local aural service.  Comments were filed by the petitioner
and by Hodson Broadcasting ("Hodson").  No other comments were received. 

     2.  The Notice requested that the petitioner provide specific information to demonstrate that
Logandale has the social, economic and governmental indicia to qualify it as a community for
allotment purposes.  As stated in the Notice:

     "Petitioner states that Logandale is located in Clark County and has a population of
     500 persons according to the 1999 Rand McNally Road Atlas.  However, since
     Logandale is not listed in the 1990 U.S. Census, petitioner must demonstrate its
     community status.  This may be proven by the testimony of local residents or by
     objective or subjective evidence indicating the existence of a community. . .Some
     examples of objective indications of community status include the existence of
     political, social, economic, commercial, cultural or religious organizations and
     services in the Commission. . .Petitioner is requested to provide additional information
     regarding the attributes of Logandale, Nevada, consistent with the above guidelines."

In response, petitioner states that Logandale has its own post office and zip code, three public schools
(elementary, middle and high), a volunteer fire department, two churches, a town market and a gas
station.  In addition, it states that the town is home to the local area water company.

     3.  Based on the evidence submitted by the petitioner, we believe that it has failed to establish
that Logandale is a community for allotment purposes and therefore would not serve the public
interest to allot the requested channel.  While the petitioner states that Logandale has a post office,
three public schools, volunteer fire department, churches, a town market and gas station, it has not
specifically identified these entities with addresses or shown that they are intended to serve the
residents of Logandale, as opposed to a surrounding area.  This is a critical deficiency since we have
previously rejected claims of community status where a nexus has not been shown between the
political, social and commercial organizations and the community in question.  See, Broadview,
Montana, 14 FCC Rcd 14101 (1999), Avon, North Carolina, 14 FCC Rcd 3939 (1999), and Pleasant
Dale, Nebraska, 14 FCC Rcd 18893 (1999).  We have determined that Logandale has a post office,
with no residential delivery service but post box service only.  However, as the Commission has
previously held, the existence of a post office is insufficient, by itself to demonstrate that a place is a
community for allotment purposes.  Further, we have been unable to confirm that it has any schools
or fire department.  Therefore, we find that the record in this proceeding is insufficient to find that
Logandale is a "community" for allotment purposes and will not allot the requested channel.

     4.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, That the petition for rule making filed by Mountain West
Broadcasting (RM-9549) IS DENIED.

     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