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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. 97-230
Table of Allotments,                 )       RM-9185
FM Broadcast Stations.               )
(New Albany, Mississippi)            )
                                     )


                            REPORT AND ORDER
                          (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted:  February 4, 1998                                    Released:  February 13, 1998  

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

     1.  At the request of George G. Callicut ("petitioner"), the Commission has before it the
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 12 FCC Rcd 18070 (1997), proposing the allotment of
Channel 268A to New Albany, Mississippi.  Petitioner and Broadcasters & Publishers, Inc. filed
comments supporting of the allotment of Channel 268A to New Albany.

     2.  We believe the public interest would be served by allotting Channel 268A to New
Albany, since it will provide the community with an additional FM service.  Channel 268A can
be allotted to New Albany in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation
requirements with a site restriction of 5.5 kilometers (3.4 miles) northwest in order to avoid a
short-spacing conflict with the licensed operation of Station WFTA-FM, Channel 270C2, Fulton,
Mississippi.   
     
     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 March 30, 1998, 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.

                    New Albany, Mississippi               268A, 278C,
                                                                  294C2

     4.  A filing window for Channel 268A at New Albany, Mississippi, 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 Pam Blumenthal, Mass
Media Bureau, (202) 418-2180.

                                          FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                                          John A. Karousos 
                                          Chief, Allocations Branch
                                          Policy and Rules Division
                                          Mass Media Bureau