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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. 96-224   
Table of Allotments,                         )      RM-8906
FM Broadcast Stations.                       )      
(Clear Lake, South Dakota)                   )
                                                                                                 
       

                                             REPORT AND ORDER
                                     (Proceeding Terminated)

             Adopted:  April 2, 1997;              Released:  April 11, 1997   

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

       1.  At the request of Lac Qui Parle Broadcasting Company, Inc. ("petitioner"),  the
Commission has before it the Notice of Proposed Rule Making,  11 FCC Rcd 14454  (1996),
proposing the allotment of Channel 296C3 at Clear Lake, South Dakota, 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 296C3 at Clear
Lake, South Dakota, since it would provide the community with its first local aural transmission
service.  Channel 296C3 can be allotted to Clear Lake in compliance with the  Commission's
minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 2.7 kilometers (1.6 miles)
southwest to avoid a short-spacing to the licensed site of Station KMGK(FM), Channel 296A,
Glenwood, Minnesota.

       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 May 27, 1997, 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.
       
       Clear Lake, South Dakota                                  296C3     

            4. The window period for filing applications for Channel 296C3 at Clear Lake, South
Dakota, will open on  May 27,  1997, and close on  June 27, 1997.
                          
            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