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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. 97-226
Table of Allotments,                 )              RM-9184
FM Broadcast Stations.               )
(Prineville, Oregon)                 )

                            REPORT AND ORDER
                         (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted: March 11, 1998                                       Released: March 20, 1998 

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

     1.  At the request of Michael Mattson and Kenneth Lewetag ("petitioners"), the
Commission has before it the Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 12 FCC Rcd 17507 (1997),
proposing the allotment of Channel 254C3 to Prineville, Oregon, as the community's second
local FM and third local aural service.  Petitioners filed comments reiterating their 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 254C3 to
Prineville since an intention to provide the community with an additional local aural service has
been expressed.  Channel 254C3 can be allotted to the community in compliance with the
Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 10.6
kilometers (6.6 miles) southeast to avoid a short-spacing to Station KUPL-FM, Channel 254C1,
Portland, Oregon.

     3.  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 May 4, 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.

                           Prineville, Oregon            236C1, 254C3

     4.  A filing window for Channel 254C3 at Prineville, Oregon, 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 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