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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. 01-176
Table of Allotments,                 )  RM-10191
FM Broadcast Stations.               )
(Sykesville, Pennsylvania)                        )

                        REPORT AND ORDER
                          (Proceeding Terminated)                              

   Adopted:  October 31, 2001           Released:  November 9, 2001  

 By the Chief, Allocations Branch:
 
     1.  The Commission considers herein the Notice of Proposed Rule Making ("Notice"), 16 FCC
Rcd 14730, issued in response to a petition filed on behalf of Sykesville Broadcasting ("petitioner)
proposing the allotment of FM Channel 240A to Sykesville, Pennsylvania, as that community's first local
aural transmission service.  Petitioner filed comments reiterating his intention to apply for Channel 240A
if it is allotted to Sykesville, as requested.  No other comments were received.
     
     2.  In view of the interest expressed in providing a first local aural transmission service to
Sykesville, Pennsylvania, we will allot Channel 240A to that community, as requested.  
     
     3.  As stated in the Notice, Channel 240A can be allotted to Sykesville, in conformity with the
minimum distance separation requirements of Section 73.207(b)(1) of the Commission's Rules at city
reference coordinates 41-03-01 NL and 78-49-21 WL.  Additionally, as Sykesville is located within 320
kilometers of the U.S.-Canadian border, Canadian concurrence has been requested, but not yet received, 
for Channel 240A at Sykesville.  Rather than delay the opportunity to file an application for this allotment,
we will allot Channel 240A at Sykesville at this time.  However, if a construction permit is granted prior
to the receipt of formal concurrence by the Canadian government, the construction permit will include the
following condition:  "Operation with the facilities specified herein is subject to modification, suspension,
or termination without right to hearing, if found by the Commission to be necessary in order to conform
to the Canada-USA FM Broadcast Agreement, or if specifically objected to by Industry Canada."    
     
     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 December 24, 2001, the FM Table of Allotments,
Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED to include Sykesville, Pennsylvania, as
follows:
 
                                                              City                         Channel No.
 
                         Sykesville, Pennsylvania       240A
 
     5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.
  
      6.  A filing window for Channel 240A at Sykesville, Pennsylvania, will not be opened at this
time.  Instead, the issue of opening this allotment for auction will be addressed  by the Commission
in a subsequent Order.  
  
     7.  For further information concerning the above, contact Nancy Joyner, Mass Media
Bureau, (202) 418-2180.  Questions related to the window application filing process for Channel
240A at Sykesville, Pennsylvania, 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