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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.  96-244
Table of Allotments,            )  RM-8936
FM Broadcast Stations.          )
(Madison, Indiana)                                                         )

                       REPORT AND ORDER 
                    (Proceeding Terminated)                               

   Adopted:  March 19, 1997             Released:  March 28, 1997

  By the Chief, Allocations Branch:
  
      1.  The Commission considers herein the Notice of Proposed Rule Making ("Notice"),
  11 FCC Rcd          (1996), adopted November 29, 1996 (DA 96-1995), issued in response to a
  petition for rule making filed on behalf of Edward E. Guinn ("petitioner") proposing the allotment
  of Channel 266A to Madison, Indiana, as that community's second local FM transmission service. 
  Petitioner filed supporting comments in response to the Notice.  Additional expressions of interest
  in the allotment of Channel 266A to Madison were filed individually on behalf of Madison Radio
  Company ("MRC") and by Rod Burbridge ("Burbridge").  A joint request was filed subsequently
  by the petitioner, MRC and Burbridge ("joint petitioners") to withdraw the petition for rule making
  and the supporting comments.
  
      2.  In support of the withdrawal request, the joint petitioners advise that the proposed
  allotment of Channel 266A to Madison, Indiana, if granted, would conflict with an area broadcast
 station's opportunity to improve its facilities.   Therefore, the joint petitioners have elected to
 withdraw their respective expressions of interest in filing for proposed Channel 266A  at Madison. 
  
      3.  As stated in the Notice, a showing of continuing interest is required before a channel
  will be allotted.  Based upon the joint petitioners' request to withdraw their interest in pursuing the
  proposed allotment of Channel 266A to Madison, Indiana, and in accordance with Commission
  policy, we will grant the request.  See Alexander City, Alabama and West Point, Georgia, 9 FCC
  Rcd 2823 (1994); Joshua Tree, California, 4 FCC Rcd 3801 (1989); and paragraph 2 of the
  Appendix to the Notice. 
  
      4.  In view of the above, IT IS ORDERED, That the petition for rule making filed on behalf
  of Edward E. Guinn (RM-8936), requesting the allotment of FM Channel 266A to Madison,
  Indiana, IS DISMISSED. 
  
      5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.
  
      6.  For further information concerning the above, contact Nancy Joyner, Mass Media
  Bureau, (202) 418-2180.  
                                    
                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION  
  
  
  
  
                     John A. Karousos
                     Chief, Allocations Branch
                     Policy and Rules Division
                     Mass Media Bureau