********************************************************    
                         NOTICE
********************************************************

This document was converted from
WordPerfect to ASCII Text format.

Content from the original version of the document such as
headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, graphics, and page numbers
will not show up in this text version.

All text attributes such as bold, italic, underlining, etc. from the
original document will not show up in this text version.

Features of the original document layout such as
columns, tables, line and letter spacing, pagination, and margins
will not be preserved in the text version.

If you need the complete document, download the
WordPerfect version or Adobe Acrobat version, if available.

*****************************************************************
                                Before the
                     Federal Communications Commission
                          Washington, D.C. 20554



In the Matter of                             )              
                                                    )
Amendment of Section 73.202(b),              )      MM Docket No.  97-176 
Table of Allotments,                         )      RM-9141
FM Broadcast Stations.                       )    
(Roscoe, South Dakota)                       )                                                   

                                     REPORT AND ORDER
                              (Proceeding Terminated)

       Adopted:  March 4, 1998;                    Released:  March 13, 1998          

By the Chief, Allocations Branch:

       1.  At the request of West Wind Broadcasting ("petitioner"), the Commission has before
it the Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 12 FCC Rcd 12000 (1997), proposing the allotment of
Channel 287A at Roscoe, 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 287A at Roscoe,
South Dakota, since it would provide the community with its first local aural transmission
service.  An engineering analysis has determined that Channel 287A can be allotted to Roscoe
in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements at city
reference coordinates. 

        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 27, 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.

        Roscoe, South Dakota                   287A

        4.  A filing window for Channel 287A at Roscoe, South Dakota, 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