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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. 99-202
Table of Allotments,                 )  RM-9620
FM Broadcast Stations.               )
(Mountainaire, Arizona)                                         )

                        REPORT AND ORDER
                          (Proceeding Terminated)                              

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

 By the Chief, Allocations Branch:
 
 1.  Before the Commission for consideration is the Notice of Proposed Rule Making ("Notice"),
14 FCC Rcd 9043 (1999), issued in response to a petition for rule making filed by Mountain West
Broadcasting ("petitioner") proposing the allotment of Channel 293A to Mountainaire, Arizona, as that
locality's first local aural transmission service.  Petitioner filed supporting comments in response to the
Notice.  Mountainaire Broadcasting Company ("MBC") also filed comments stating its intention to apply
for Channel 293A if it is allotted to Mountainaire.  REC Networks ("REC") filed opposing comments.  No
other comments were received.

     2.  As Mountainaire is not incorporated or listed in the U.S. Census, the Notice requested the
petitioner to provide specific information such as any political, social, economic, commercial, cultural, or
religious organizations and services that may be present in Mountainaire to qualify it as a community for
allotment purposes.  In response, petitioner states that Mountainaire has a population of 750 persons
according to the Rand McNally Road Atlas, and has several retail businesses.

     3.  REC reports that Mountainaire appears to be a subdivision in the unincorporated area adjacent
to the Flagstaff urbanized area.  Further, REC advises that a search of the US WEST DEX  White Pages
directory reveals only two business establishments at Mountainaire, i.e., the Mountainaire Store and the
Mountainaire Tavern, both of which have telephone prefixes that are in the Flagstaff rate center. 
Moreover, REC reports that although Mountainaire is located in Coconino County, it does not appear to
be served by either the Coconino County Sheriff's Department nor the Flagstaff Patrol district, and
surmises that a lack of such law enforcement services further diminishes Mountainaire's significance as a
community.    

     4.  Based upon the information submitted in comments by the petitioner and REC, as well as our
independent research, we believe that Mountainaire does not qualify as a community for allotment
purposes.  Mountainaire's listing in the Rand McNally Road Atlas indicates nothing more than its
geographical location.  See Vimville, Mississippi, 48 FR 5974 (1983) and Hannibal, Ohio, 6 FCC Rcd
2144 (1991).  Nor did petitioner identify the retail businesses it attributes to Mountainaire or provide
street addresses to demonstrate their presence at that locality.   Additionally, we have no indication that
Mountainaire contains any political, social, economic, commercial, cultural or religious organizations and
services that identify themselves with that locality, nor any testimony of local residents attesting to
Mountainaire's community status.  Therefore, we find that it would not serve the public interest to allot
a channel to Mountainaire. 

     5.  In view of the above, IT IS ORDERED, That the petition of Mountain West Broadcasting
proposing the allotment of Channel 293A to Mountainaire, Arizona (RM-9620), IS DENIED.

     6.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.
  
   7.  For further information concerning the above, contact Nancy Joyner, Mass Media
Bureau, (202) 418-2180.  
               
               FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
  
  
  
                         
               John A. Karousos
               Chief, Allocations Branch
               Policy and Rules Division
               Mass Media Bureau