Report No. MM-823            MASS MEDIA ACTION               April 28, 1994

         SIX RADIO STATIONS IN NEW YORK GRANTED LICENSE RENEWALS,
               SUBJECT TO SHORT TERM RENEWAL, FORFEITURES, 
                         AND REPORTING CONDITIONS

     Following review of their respective EEO (Equal Employment
Opportunity) programs, the Commission has granted, subject to
sanctions and remedies, the license renewal applications to the
following New York licensees:  Buckley Broadcasting Corporation,
for stations WSEN(AM)/WSEN-FM; Buckley-WOR Broadcasting
Corporation, for station WOR(AM); Interstate Broadcasting Company,
Inc., for stations WQXR(AM)/WQXR-FM; and Group W Radio, Inc., for
station WINS(AM).  The National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP) petitioned the applications of
WSEN(AM)/WSEN-FM and the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC)
petitioned the applications of the other licensees.

     The Commission has renewed the licenses of WSEN(AM)/WSEN-FM
for a short term subject to reporting conditions and a Notice of
Apparent Liability (NAL) for $25,000.  The sanctions are based on
the licensee's failure to engage in recruiting efforts so as to
attract an adequate pool of minority applicants for a substantial
number of its 27 full-time jobs.  Further EEO conduct indicating
particular types of deficiencies also contributed to the imposed
sanctions.  In this regard, specific deficiencies include the
licensee's failure to recruit for at least a third of its positions
and inadequate efforts given the large number of hiring vacancies.

     The Commission has renewed the license of WOR(AM) subject to
reporting conditions and an NAL for $23,750.  The sanctions are
based on the licensee's failure to engage in recruiting efforts so
as to attract an adequate pool of minority applicants for a
substantial number of its 14 full-time jobs.  Further EEO conduct
indicating a particular type of deficiency also contributed to the
imposed sanctions.  In this regard, the specific deficiency was the
licensee's inadequate efforts given the large minority labor force. 

     

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     The Commission has renewed the licenses of WQXR(AM)/WQXR-FM
subject to reporting conditions.  The Commission said that based on
its review of the record, it found that grant of the renewals would
be in the public interest.  It said that the licensee made efforts
to recruit minorities and attracted and hired minority applicants
during the license term.  However, the licensee failed to self-
assess its program adequately regarding Hispanics, who are
significantly represented in the New York labor force.  Despite
acknowledged recruitment difficulties with Hispanics, the licensee
used few recruitment sources likely to attract Hispanic applicants. 


     The Commission has renewed the license of WINS(AM) subject to
reporting conditions.  The Commission said that based on its review
of the record, it found that grant of the renewal would be in the
public interest.  It said that the licensee made efforts to recruit
minorities and attracted and hired minority applicants during the
license term.  However, the licensee failed to self-assess its
program adequately.  Notwithstanding its minority hiring rate, the
Commission found that the licensee failed to adequately evaluate
its efforts to attract Hispanics, who are significantly represented
in the New York labor force.  

     Action by the Commission April 20, 1994, by Memorandum Opinion
and Order and Notice of Apparent Liability (FCC 94-108). 

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     News Media contact:  Susan Sallet at (202) 632-5050.
     Mass Media contact:  Roderick K. Porter at (202) 632-6460.