Radio Broadcasting Services; Butte Falls and Netarts, OR

The Audio Division grants a Petition for Rule Making issued at the request of Oregon Radio Partners, proposing the allotments of Channel 290A at Butte Falls, Oregon and Channel 232C3 at Netarts, Oregon, as first local services. Channel 290A at Butte Falls can be allotted, consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's Rules, at reference coordinates 42-36-19 NL and 122-24-38 WL with a site restriction of 14.7 kilometers (9.1 miles) northeast of Butte Falls. Moreover, Channel 232C3 can be allotted to Netarts, consistent with the minimum distance separation requirements of the Commission's Rules, at reference coordinates 45-27-56 NL and 123-58-11 WL with a site restriction of 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) northwest of Netarts. The coordinates for Channel 232C3 at Netarts are located 320 kilometers from the Canadian border. As such, Canadian concurrence has been requested. Canada has approved the allotment, not specially negotiated, on Channel 232B1, the international class for this vacant facility. See Supplementary Information, supra.