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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.  97-177 
Table of Allotments,                         )      RM-9131
FM Broadcast Stations.                       )    
(Kenova, West Virginia)                      )                                                   

                                     REPORT AND ORDER
                              (Proceeding Terminated)

       Adopted:  February 25, 1998;           Released:  March 6, 1998          

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

       1.  At the request of Billy R. Evans ("petitioner"), the Commission has before it the
Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 12 FCC Rcd 11995 (1997), proposing the allotment of
Channel 250A at Kenova, West Virginia, as the community's first local aural transmission
service.  Petitioner filed comments in support of the proposal reaffirming his intention to apply
for the channel, if allotted.  R&R Radio also filed comments in support of the allotment stating
its interest in applying for the channel.
     
       2. As stated in the Notice, Kenova is located in Wayne County, West Virginia
(population 41,636), and has a population of 3,748 persons.  Kenova has a city government
consisting of a mayor and five city commissioners.  It also has a police department, fire
department, and an elementary school.
 
       3.  We believe the public interest would be served by allotting Channel 250A at Kenova,
West Virginia, since it would provide the community with its first local aural transmission
service.  An engineering analysis has determined that Channel 250A can be allotted to Kenova
in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site
restriction of 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles) south to avoid a short-spacing to the licensed site of
Station WZQQ(FM), Channel 250C3, Hyden, Kentucky. 

        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 April 20, 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.

        Kenova, West Virginia                  250A

        4. A filing window for Channel 250A at Kenova, West Virginia, 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 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