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RECEIVED Before the APR - 32002 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION , D.C. 20554

In the Matter of ) MM Docket No. ) RM-·__ Amendment of Section 73.202(b), ) FM Table of Allotments ) (Sandpoint, ) )

To: Assistant Chief, Audio Division Office of Broadcast License Policy Media Bureau

REQUEST TO WITHDRAW PETITION FOR RULE MAKING

Blue Sky Broadcasting, Inc. ("Blue Sky"), licensee of PM Station KPND,

Channel 237CI, Sandpoint, ill (Facility ill No. 5992), by its attorney, hereby

respectfully requests the withdrawal of its February 20, 2001 "Petition For Rule Making"

in the above-captioned matter.

The Petition requested amendment of the PM Table of Allotments ("PM Table")

to substitute Channel 237C for Channel 237CI at Sandpoint, ill (and modification of the

license for KPND to the higher class channel) and, to accommodate the change at

Sandpoint, the substitution of Channel 236C3 for Channel 237C3 at Orofino, ill (and modification of the license of KLER-FM, Orofino, ill to specify operation on Channel

236C3). To date, the Bureau has not issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making in this matter.

On March 6, 2002, Blue Sky and the licensee of KLER-PM filed Section 73.3517 coordinated change applications, for one-step upgrade of KPND to Channel 237C, and to modify KLER-FM to operate on Channel 236C3. As these facility changes are now No. of ..",j ..f!I't List P,e". I being pursued through the application process, withdrawal of the Petition, without prejudice, is respectfully requested.

Respectfully submitted,

BLUE SKY BROADCASTING, INC. BytZL~,~.J Ellen Mandell Edmundson Its Attorney

Smithwick & Belendiuk, P.C. 5028 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 301 Washington, D.C. 20016 (202) 363-4050

April 3, 2002

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-._----_.---- Certificate of Service

I, Sherry L. Schunemann, a secretary in the law office of Smithwick & Belendiuk,

P.e., do hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing "Request to Withdraw Petition for

Rule Making" was sent by First Class U.S. Mail, postage prepaid, this 3rd day of April,

2002 to the following:

Ms. Nancy Joyner Audio Division Office of Broadcast License Policy Media Bureau Federal Communications Commission Washington, DC 20554

Mr. Jeff Jones Station KLER(FM) Post Office Box 32 Orofino, Idaho 83544

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