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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. 00-204
Table of Allotments,                 )       RM-9983
FM Broadcast Stations.               )
(Blairsville, Georgia)               )

                        REPORT AND ORDER
                     (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted: January 24, 2001            Released: February 2, 2001 

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

     1.  At the request of M. Terry Carter and Douglas Sutton, Jr., d/b/a Tugart Communications
("petitioner"), the Commission has before it the Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 15 FCC Rcd 20229
(2000), proposing the allotment of Channel 236A to Blairsville, Georgia, as the community's first local
aural service.  Comments were filed by the petitioner reiterating its intention to apply for the channel,
and by Cox Radio, Inc. ("Cox").  Reply comments were filed by the petitioner withdrawing its intention
to apply for the channel.  No other party filed comments expressing an intention to apply for the
proposed channel.

     2.  Cox states that Channel 236A cannot be allotted to Blairsville in compliance with Section
73.315(b) of the Commission's Rules because the Gumlog and Ivylog Mountains are located between
the proposed Channel 236A reference site and the community.  Because of these major obstructions,
Cox submits that a tower with a radiation center of 2,400 feet above ground level would be required to
provide Blairsville with the required 70 dBu line-of-sight service but that the Federal Aviation
Administration ("FAA") would not approve a tower of such height.  In response, withdraws its
expression of interest in the allotment, stating that it was not aware of the line-of-sight problem when it
filed the petition and the allotment would therefore not be in the public interest.  

     3.  Accordingly, based on the above discussion, IT IS ORDERED, that the petition for rule
making filed by Tugart Communications to allot Channel 236A to Blairsville, Georgia (RM-9983) IS
DISMISSED.
     
     4.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.

     5.  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