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*****************************************************************Before the
               Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, D.C. 20554



In the Matter of

Amendment of  Section 73.202(b),
FM Table of Allotments, 
FM Broadcast Stations.
(Pacific Junction, Iowa)
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MM Docket No. 99-50
RM-9425



                       REPORT AND ORDER 
                    (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted:  June 7, 2000               Released:  June 16, 2000 

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

1. The Allocations Branch has before it a Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 14 FCC Rcd
2877 (1999), issued at the request of Warga Broadcasting L.L.C. ("petitioner") proposing the
allotment of Channel 299A at Pacific Junction, Iowa, as the community's first local aural
transmission service.  Petitioner filed comments reaffirming its intention to apply for the channel,
if allotted.  A counterproposal was filed by Mitchell Broadcasting Co. of Iowa, Inc., requesting the
allotment of Channel 299C3 in lieu of Channel 299A Pacific Junction, Iowa.  Petitioner filed reply
comments in opposition to the counterproposal.

2.  In support of its proposal, petitioner states that Pacific Junction is a incorporated
community with a 1990 U.S. Census population of  548 persons.  It is governed by an elected
mayor and five elected council members.  It has officially defined boundaries, a City Hall, adjacent
Community Center, and a full-time City Clerk.  Pacific Junction has its own Planning and Zoning
Board (with five local residents appointed by the mayor), its own City Betterment Committee (with
10-12 local members), a telephone directory, its own telephone number prefix, a post office, a
voluntary fire and rescue squad, two churches, a bank, and a number of local businesses and
industries.

3. We believe the public interest would be served by the allotment of Channel 299A at
Pacific Junction, Iowa, as the community's first local aural transmission service.  An engineering
analysis has determined that Channel 299A can be allotted at Pacific Junction in compliance with 


the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements to Pacific Junction with a site
restriction of 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) north to avoid a short-spacing to the licensed site of Station
KMAJ-FM, Channel 299C, Topeka, Kansas.

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 July 31, 2000, the FM Table of
Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED, with respect to the community
listed below, as follows:

          Community           Channel No.
     Pacific Junction, Iowa                   299A          

5.  A filing window for Channel 299A at Pacific Junction, Iowa, 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 counterproposal filed by Mitchell Broadcasting
Co of  Iowa, Inc., for the allotment of Channel 299C3 at Pacific Junction, Iowa, IS DISMISSED.
     
7.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.

8. For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Sharon P. McDonald, Mass
Media Bureau, (202) 418-2180.  Questions relating to the application filing process should be
addressed to the Audio Services Division, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 418-2700. 

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                         
                              

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