Radio Broadcasting Services; St. Johnsbury, VT

The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by Dana Puopolo to allot Channel 262A to St. Johnsbury, VT, as the community's second local aural service. Channel 262A can be allotted to St. Johnsbury in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 5.2 kilometers (3.2 miles) east, at coordinates 44-25-50 NL; 71-57-22 WL, to avoid a short- spacing to Station WXXK, Channel 263C3, Lebanon, NH, and to the proposed allotment of Channel 264A to Hardwick, VT, and Channel 265C2 at Berlin, VT. Canadian concurrence in the allotment, as a specially negotiated short-spaced allotment, is required since St. Johnsbury is located within 320 kilometers of the U.S.-Canadian border, and the allotment will be short-spaced to Channel 262A at Sherbrooke, Quebec.