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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.  00-22
Table of Allotments,                    )    RM-9795
FM Broadcast Stations.                  )         
(Charlotte, Texas)                      )                             
                              
                                
                       REPORT AND ORDER 
                    (Proceeding Terminated)


   Adopted: September 13, 2000           Released: September 22, 2000      

     By the Chief, Allocations Branch:
     
1.   In response to a Petition for Rule Making filed by Kay-Zam Radio Company ("Kay-Zam"), the
Commission has before it for consideration the Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 15 FCC Rcd 2761
(2000), seeking the allotment of Channel 272A at Charlotte, Texas.  Kay-Zam and Elgin FM Limited
Partnership ("Elgin FM") filed comments stating their intention to apply for Channel 272A at Charlotte,
Texas.  Charlotte Radio Broadcasting Company ("CRBC") and John R. Furr ("Furr") filed comments
supporting the allotment of Channel 272A at Charlotte.   Reply comments were filed by Kay-Zam.
     
2.   CRBC proposed the allotment of Channel 227A at Charlotte, Texas, which resulted in the
issuance of a Notice of Proposed Rule Making in MM Docket No. 99-304.  See 14 FCC Rcd 17285
(1999).  CRBC takes no position regarding the merits of the allotment of Channel 272A at Charlotte but
does request that the FCC take official notice that its proposal for a first local service at Charlotte was
filed prior to Kay-Zam's request and that Kay-Zam's request should not be considered as a proposal to
provide a first local service to Charlotte.    Furr, permittee of Channel 281A at Pearsall, Texas, proposed
the substitution of Channel 281C1 for Channel 281A at Pearsall, Texas, and modification of its
construction permit accordingly in MM Docket No. 99-342.  See 14 FCC Rcd 21133 (1999).  Furr
supports the allotment of Channel 272A at Charlotte in this proceeding as a first local service over the
allotment of Channel 227A at Charlotte as proposed in MM Docket No. 99-304.  Furr points out that the
proposed allotment of Channel 227A at Charlotte resulted in an IF relationship with its requested
upgrade at Pearsall.  Furr supports the allotment of 



Channel 272A at Charlotte as there is no adverse effect on the requested upgrade at Pearsall and the
allotment will provide the community of Charlotte with its first local service. 

3.   We believe the public interest would be served by the allotment of an FM channel at Charlotte,
Texas, providing the community with its first local broadcast service.  We further believe that the issues
raised by CRBC and Furr have been resolved in MM Dockets 99-304 and 99-342. Channel 272A can be
allotted to Charlotte, Texas, in compliance with the Commission's spacing requirements with a site
restriction 10.7 kilometers (6.7 miles) south of the community.  The site restriction will prevent
conflicts with Station KQXT, Channel 270C1, San Antonio, Texas, and Station KUVA, Channel 272A,
Uvalde, Texas.   Mexican concurrence is required for the alotment of Channel 272A at Charlotte.  
     
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 November 6, 2000, the FM Table of Allotments,
Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED for the community listed below, as
follows:
                    
                    Community           Channel Number
     
                     Charlotte, Texas            272A
     

5.   A filing window for Channel 272A, Charlotte, Texas, will not be opened at this time.  Instead,
the issue of opening a filing window for the channel will be addressed by the Commission in a
subsequent order.
     
6.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.
 
     


7.   For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass Media
Bureau, (202) 418-2180.    Questions related to the application filing process for Channel 272A at
Charlotte, Texas, 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