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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.  97-127 
Table of Allotments,                         )      RM-9077
FM Broadcast Stations.                       )    
(Moorcroft, Wyoming)                 )                                                    

                                     REPORT AND ORDER
                              (Proceeding Terminated)

       Adopted:  February 18, 1998;                Released:  February 27, 1998         

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

       1.  At the request of Mountain Tower Broadcasting ("petitioner"), the Commission has
before it the Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 12 FCC Rcd 4967 (1997), proposing the
allotment of Channel 228A at Moorcroft, Wyoming, as the community's first local aural
transmission service.  Petitioner filed comments in support of the proposal reaffirming its
intention to apply for the channel, if allotted.   No other comments were received.     
       
       2  We believe the public interest would be served by allotting Channel 228A at
Moorcroft, Wyoming, since it would provide the community with its first local aural
transmission service.  An engineering analysis has determined that Channel 228A can be allotted
to Moorcroft in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements
at city reference coordinates.  

        3. Accordingly, pursuant to the authority found 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 April 13, 1998, the FM
Table of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED, with respect
to the community listed below, to read as follows:

                          City                                Channel No.

        Moorcroft, Wyoming            228A

        4. A filing window for Channel 228A at Moorcoft, Wyoming, 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.
    
        5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.

        6. For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Sharon P. McDonald,
Mass Media Bureau, (202) 418-2180. Questions related to the window 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