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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. 99-190
Table of Allotments,                 )       RM-9631
FM Broadcast Stations.               )       RM-9689
(Colony and Weatherford, Oklahoma)           )

                        REPORT AND ORDER
                     (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted:  February 9, 2000           Released:  February 18, 2000

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

     1.  At the request of Suelou, Inc. ("Suelou"), the Commission has before it the Notice of
Proposed Rule Making, 14 FCC Rcd 8243 (1999), proposing the allotment of Channel 286A to Colony,
Oklahoma, as its first local aural service.  Prior to the close of the comment period, a petition for rule
making was filed by Fred R. Morton, Jr. ("Morton") proposing the allotment of Channel 286A to
Weatherford, Oklahoma, as its second local commercial FM service.  The Colony and Weatherford
proposals are mutually exclusive as the communities are located approximately 20 kilometers apart while
the Commission's Rules specify a minimum distance of 115 kilometers between co-channel Class A
allotments.  Morton states that he will apply for the channel, if allotted.  No other comments or reply
comments were received.

     2.  The Notice recognized that Colony is incorporated and listed in the U.S. Census, thus meeting
the basic criteria for community status.  However, with a population of only 163 people, we requested
that Suelou provide additional information sufficient to demonstrate that Colony is a community for
allotment purposes, noting that such a small population grouping may be devoid of the customary factors
associated with determining community status.  Neither Suelou nor any other party filed comments
expressing a continuing interest in applying for the channel or providing the requested community data. 
Therefore, in accordance with Commission policy which requires a statement of continuing interest before
a channel will be allotted, we will dismiss Suelou's proposal to allot Channel 286A to Colony, Oklahoma. 

     3.  We believe the public interest would be served by allotting Channel 286A to Weatherford,
Oklahoma, since an interest has been expressed in providing the community with its second local FM
service.  Channel 286A can be allotted to Weatherford in compliance with the Commission's minimum
distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 3.2 kilometers (2.0 miles) northwest. 

     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 April 3, 2000, 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.

                    Weatherford, Oklahoma    247C1, 286A

     5.  A filing window for Channel 286A at Weatherford 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.  

     6.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That the petition for rule making filed by Suelou, Inc., to allot
Channel 286A to Colony, Oklahoma (RM-9631), IS DISMISSED.

     7.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.

     8.  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