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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. 97-17
 Table of Allotments,            )RM-8942
FM Broadcast Stations.          )
(Steamboat Springs, Colorado)                                              )

                       REPORT AND ORDER 
                      (Proceeding Terminated)                     

    Adopted:  June 18, 1997Released:  June 27, 1997

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

     1.  Before  the Commission  for  consideration  is  the  Notice of Proposed Rule Making,
(Notice), 12 FCC Rcd 714 (1997), issued in response to a petition for rule making filed on behalf
of Alpine Broadcasting Company ("petitioner"), proposing the allotment of Channel 255A to
Steamboat Springs, Colorado, as that community's second local FM transmission service.  Petitioner
filed supporting comments in response to the Notice.  No other comments were received.
     
     2.  In view of the interest expressed in providing an additional local FM service to Steamboat
Springs, Colorado, we will allot Channel 255A to that community, as requested.
     
     3.  As stated in the Notice, Channel 255A can be allotted to Steamboat Springs consistent
with the minimum distance separation requirements of Section 73.207(b)(1) of the Commission's
Rules without a site restriction, utilizing coordinates 40-29-12 and 106-49-54.  
       
     4. 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          August 11, 1997, the FM Table
of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED with respect to
Steamboat Springs, Colorado,  as follows:

        CityChannel No.                                          
              Steamboat Springs, Colorado 245C2, 255A 
  
     5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.

     6. The window period for filing applications for Channel 255A at Steamboat Springs,
Colorado, will open on August 11, 1997  and close on September 11, 1997.

     7.  For further information concerning the above, contact Nancy Joyner, Mass Media Bureau,
(202) 418-2180.  Questions related to the window application filing process for Channel  255A at
Steamboat Springs, Colorado, 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