Radio Broadcasting Services; Tawas City, MI

The Commission dismisses the petition filed by Patricia Mason for reconsideration of the Report and Order in MM Docket 93-228, 59 FR 46932, September 13, 1994. In that proceeding, Ives Broadcasting, Inc., licensee of Station WHST-FM, Tawas City, Michigan, was modified to operate on Channel 291A in lieu of Channel 297A. In response to Patricia Mason's interest in Channel 291A, Channel 277A was allotted to Tawas City as an additional channel. Mason's petition for reconsideration argues that Channel 277A is not an equivalent channel, and, therefore, Channel 291A should be made available for application to all parties. The Commission considers channels of the same class to be equivalent unless showings have been made that a station cannot be constructed for reasons such as environmental consequences or hazard to air navigation. Since no showings were made, we have dismissed the petition for reconsideration.