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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. 97-189
Table of Allotments,                 )       RM-9135
FM Broadcast Stations.               )
(Nassawadox, Virginia)               )
                                     )


                            REPORT AND ORDER
                          (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted:  February 11, 1998                                   Released:  February 20, 1998  

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

     1.  At the request of Ken Robol ("petitioner"), the Commission has before it the Notice
of Proposed Rule Making, 12 FCC Rcd 13215 (1997), proposing the allotment of Channel 252A
to Nassawadox, Virginia, as the community's first local aural transmission service.  No
comments were filed by any parties.

     2.  Petitioner failed to file comments stating his intention to apply for Channel 252A if
allotted to Nassawadox, Virginia.  As stated in the Notice, a showing of continuing interest is
required before a channel will be allotted.  It is the Commission's policy to refrain from making
an allotment to a community absent an expression of interest.  Therefore, we shall dismiss
petitioner's proposal to allot Channel 252A at Nassawadox, Virginia.  See, e.g., Joshua Tree,
California, 54 FR 18557, May 1, 1989, Senatobia, Mississippi, 3 FCC Rcd 4000 (1988), and
paragraph 2 of the Appendix of the Notice.

     3.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED That the petition for rule making filed by Ken Robol,
IS DISMISSED.
     
     4.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.

     5.  For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Pam Blumenthal, Mass
Media Bureau, (202) 418-2180.

                                          FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




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