The Commission, at the request of LifeTalk Broadcasting Association, allots Channel *268C3 to The Dalles, Oregon, as the community's first local noncommercial educational FM channel. See 61 FR 6336, February 20, 1996. Channel 268C3 can be allotted to The Dalles in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 20.3 kilometers (12.6 miles) east, at coordinates 45-34-00 NL; 120-55-00 WL, because it does not require the use of more than conventional facilities to provide the entire community with a city-grade 70 dBu signal. At the request of American Radio Systems License Corp. and Combined Communications, Inc., the Commission substitutes Channel 298C1 for Channel 298C2 at Banks, Oregon, modifies the license of Station KBBT-FM to specify operation on the higher powered channel, substitutes Channel 269C2 for Channel 298C2 at Redmond, Oregon, and modifies the license of Station KLRR to specify the alternate Class C2 channel. See 61 FR 4950, February 9, 1996. Channel 298C1 can be allotted to Banks at Station KBBT-FM's licensed transmitter site, 45-31-22 NL; 122-45-07 WL. Channel 269C2 can be allotted to Redmond at Station KLRR's licensed transmitter site, 44-04- 41 NL; 121-19-57 WL. At the request of Hurricane Broadcasting, Inc., Channel 224C2 is allotted to Sunriver, Oregon, without the imposition of a site restriction, at coordinates 43-52-00 NL; 121-30-00. These allotments were found to better serve the public interest than the conflicting one-step upgrade application of Madgekal Broadcasting, Inc., licensee of Station KFLY, to substitute Channel 268C for Channel 268C2 at Corvallis, Oregon, and modify the station's license accordingly. The settlement agreement submitted by American Radio Systems/Combined Communications and Madgekal Broadcasting, Inc., is not approved. With this action, this proceeding is terminated.
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