Radio Broadcasting Services; Coon Valley & Westby, WI and Lanesboro, MN

This document allots Channel 280A to Lanesboro, Minnesota, and Westby, Wisconsin, as a first local service in each community. The allotments are being made in response to a counterproposal filed by Bluff Country Community Radio. Sparta-Tomah Broadcasting Company, Inc. proposed the allotment of Channel 280A at Coon Valley, Wisconsin. See 62 FR 42225, August 6, 1997. The coordinates for Channel 280A at Lanesboro, Minnesota, are 43-44-00 and 92-07-00. There is a site restriction 11.8 kilometers (7.3 miles) west. The coordinates for Channel 280A at Westby, Wisconsin, are 43-37-30 and 90-41-50. There is a site restriction 13.2 kilometers (8.2 miles) east of the community. The petition filed by Sparta-Tomah Broadcasting Company, Inc., for Coon Valley has been dismissed. With this action, this proceeding is terminated. A filing window for Channel 280A at Lanesboro and Westby will not be opened at this time. Instead, the issue of opening a filing window for these channels will be addressed by the Commission in a subsequent order.