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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.  97-210
Table of Allotments,                 )       RM-9166
FM Broadcast Stations.               )
(Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin )         )
                                     

                            REPORT AND ORDER 
                         (Proceeding Terminated)


   Adopted: December 17, 1997                                         Released:  January 9, 1998  

 By the Chief, Allocations Branch:
 
 1.   In response to a petition filed by Lyle Robert Evans d/b/a Rural Radio Company
 ("Evans"), the Commission has before it for consideration the Notice of Proposed Rule
 Making, 12 FCC Rcd 15326 (1997), seeking the allotment of Channel 290A to Soldiers Grove,
 Wisconsin, as that community's first local broadcast service.    Evans filed comments
 reiterating his intention to apply for Channel 290A at Soldiers Grove.    No other comments
 were received at the Commission in response to this proposal.
 
 2.  We believe the public interest would be served by allotting Channel 290A at Soldiers
 Grove, since it will provide the community with its first local service.  As indicated in the
 Notice, Channel 290A can be allotted to Soldiers Grove in compliance with the Commission's
 minimum distance separation requirements provided there is  site restriction 11.8 kilometers
 (7.3 miles) northeast of the community.  The site restriction will prevent a conflict with
 Station KOKZ, Channel 289C, Waterloo, Iowa.
 
 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 February 23, 1998, 
 the FM Table of Allotments, Section 73.202(b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED
 for the community listed below, as follows:
 
     
     Community                  Channel Number
 
       Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin          290A
 
 4.  A filing window for Channel 290A at Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, 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 Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass
 Media Bureau, (202) 418-2180. 
     
     
     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
 
 
 
     John A. Karousos
     Chief, Allocations Branch
     Policy and Rules Division
     Mass Media Bureau