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Furthermore, Eagle argues that its proposed service area includes a substantial area that  xis currently underserved by FM service, whereas the Chehalis proposal does not appear to provide  xzany new serve to underserved areas. Eagle claims that its proposal is unique because it will  xaddress a community problem not present in most comparative FM situations. Namely, Station  xKTILFM is the only operating FM station serving the entire county of Tillamook. It is also a  xcommunityminded station which provides the necessary emergency communications to this  xmountainous and flood prone area. As a Class C3 service, Eagle also claims that Station KTIL xFM cannot satisfactorily provide reliable emergency communications service to Tillamook  xCounty. Therefore, the proposed Class C1 upgrade, as well as moving the transmitter site to"0*%%ZZ"  xMhigher ground to avoid offair occurrence due to high flood waters, is necessary to provide  xjdependable service to Tillamook County. Eagle submits letters from political representatives of  xthe people of Tillamook County who support Station KTILFM's request to upgrade its facilities.  xLEagle asserts that the upgrade at Tillamook is in the public interest and is preferred over a new  xservice at Chehalis because it will address the need for a countywide local service in Tillamook  xZCounty. Accordingly, Eagle urges that the Commission deny petitioner's proposal requesting the  xallotment of Channel 282A at Chehalis and grant Eagle's application to upgrade Station KTILFM from Channel 281C3 to Channel 282C1.  X1-x` `  hh@Discussion  a <  2x5. #|\  P6G;iP#A#Xj\  P6G;3XP#s an initial matter, we reject Eagle's claim that Chehalis is a component of the  xhyphenated community of CentraliaChehalis, Washington. We note that the communities of  X - xkChehalis and Centralia are listed in the U.S. Census and the 1998 Rand McNally Commercial  X - xAtlas as independent, incorporated communities with separate populations. We regard these  xjsources as sufficient establish that the communities are separate and distinct from one another since Eagle has not submitted evidence to the contrary.   0x6. An engineering analysis has determined that there are no alternate Class A channels  xavailable at Chehalis, Washington. Therefore, the two proposals must be comparatively considered  XU- xunder the FM allotment priorities set forth in Revision of FM Assignment Policies and  X>-Procedures, 90 FCC 2d 88, 92 (1982), which are: x` ` (1) First fulltime aural service; x` ` (2) Second fulltime aural service; x` ` (3) First local service; and x` ` (4) Other public interest matters. x` ` [With coequal weight given to priorities (2) and (3).]  xWe find that neither of the allotments would provide a first or second aural reception service, or  xa first local aural transmission service. Therefore, we have examined the proposals under priority  x.(4)other public interest matters. Under this priority, we find that the public interest would be  x=best served by allotting Channel 282A at Chehalis, Washington, as the community's first local  X- xkcommercial FM transmission service.v@ yO!- xZԍChehalis has one local noncommercial educational station and an application has been filed for an additional noncommercial educational service, which is pending. We recognize that the Class C1 upgrade at Tillamook  xwould provide new secondary service to 112,238 persons encompassing an area of 6,390 square  xkkilometers (2,468 square miles), and would allow Station KTILFM to build a higher tower in  xa floodprone community. However, the Commission has stated that generally the provision of"! 0*%%ZZ "  xa new primary service is of greater public interest benefit than the expansion of an existing one,  X- xyespecially here, where Chehalis is the more populous community (6,527 vs. 4,001). See Benton,  X- x]Arkansas, et al., 2 FCC Rcd 1967 (1987), 3 FCC Rcd 4840 (1988), recon denied, 7 FCC Rcd  X- x2555 (1992); Andalusia, Alabama, 49 FR 32201, August 13, 1984. Further, we note that  xChehalis is presently served by one local noncommercial educational station, and that Tillamook  xis presently served by three local stations (one AM and two FM). However, both communities have at least five fulltime reception services and are considered to be wellserved.   {x7. Finally, although Eagle submits an engineering statement and exhibits to substantiate  xits assertion that the Class C1 upgrade at Tillamook should be preferred over the primary service  xat Chehalis because it would provide new FM service to a "substantial" underserved area, we  x[disagree. Our engineering analysis has determined that, without taking into account the effect  xof terrain factors, 95% of the proposed gain area already receives at least five fulltime reception  xservices, with the remaining 5% of the area receiving at least four fulltime reception services.  x-However, when we take into account the effect of terrain factors, only about 10% of the gain area  xis underserved, still leaving the remaining 90% of the gain area wellserved with at least five full x.time reception services. Our analysis also reveals that the gain area contains no white or gray  Xy- xareas.yv@ yO- xԍFor purposes of FM allotments, a white area is a geographical area that is not served by any fulltime aural service, and a gray area is one that is served by only onefulltime aural service. Moreover, we reject Eagle's claim that primary service (60 dBu signal) from four of the  xfulltime FM reception services credited to Tillamook is precluded by terrain shielding. In  xreaching that conclusion, we note that for existing FM services, it is Commission policy to  xyassume omnidirectional signals operating at maximum facilities for all classes of stations except  X- xClass C stations. v@ yO-ԍFor Class C stations we assume omnidirectional signals while using each station's actual facilities. Having considered that, and after replotting the other existing services in the  xvicinity of Tillamook/Tillamook County (taking into account the effect of terrain factors), we  X- xhave found that Tillamook receives at least two fulltime FM reception services. v@ yOP- xԍWe note that Eagle's engineering statement fails to show that Station KEX(AM) (1190 kHz) at Portland,  xLOregon, provides a clear channel signal not only to Tillamook but to the surrounding areas of Rockaway and  xManhattan Beach, Oregon. Moreover, Eagle erroneously states that Tillamook has only two local aural transmission services, when in fact, the community has three local aural transmission services. Therefore,  xsince we find that the upgrade at Tillamook in lieu of the a new primary service at Chehalis would not be in the public interest, we deny Eagle's onestep upgrade application. x` `    X-x` `  hhTechnical Summary  Xe-  x8. An engineering analysis has determined that Channel 282A can be allotted to Chehalis  XN- x/in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site  xMrestriction of 1.4 kilometers (0.9 miles) south to avoid a shortspacing to the licensed site of"70*%%ZZ"  X- xStation KAFE(FM), Channel 282C, Bellingham,Washington.v@ yOy-ԍThe coordinates for Channel 282A at Chehalis are North Latitude 463857 and West Longitude 1225758.#XP\  P6Q3XP# Since Chehalis is located within  x320 kilometers (200 miles) of the U.S.Canadian border, concurrence of the Canadian government has been obtained. " X-  "#XP\  P6Q3XP#x9. Accordingly, pursuant to the authority found in Sections 4(i), 5(c)(1), 303(g) nd (r)  xkand 307(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and Sections 0.61, 0.204(b) and  x0.283 of the Commission's Rules, IT IS ORDERED, That f xneffective November 30, 1998, the FM Table of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the  x/Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED, with respect to the community listed below, to read as follows:  X -  City hppChannel No.  X -  X -x` ` Chehalis, Washington@hpp 282A  xx 0(#(#Xx` `    x10. A filing window for Channel 282A at Chehalis, Washington, will not be opened at  xthis time. Instead, the issue of opening a filing window for this channel will be addressed by the Commission in a subsequent order.   1x11. IT IS ORDERED, That the onestep upgrade application (BPH970224IC) filed by  xof Oregon Eagle, Inc., requesting the substitution of Channel 282C1 for Channel 281C3 at Tillamook, Oregon, IS DENIED. x12. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.  X-  m x13. For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Sharon P. McDonald,  xMass Media Bureau, (202) 4182180. Questions related to the window application filing process should be addressed to the Audio Services Division, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 4182700.  Xe-x` `   @hpp  xx 0(#(#Xx` `  hhFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION x` ` X` hp x (#%'0*,.8135@8: