Report No. MM95-12           MASS MEDIA ACTION            February 17, 1995


         FCC GRANTS TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF KDZN(FM), GLENDIVE, MT;
             GRANTS REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF ONE-TO-A-MARKET RULE

     The Commission has granted the application for transfer of
control of 100 percent of the stock of Magic Air Communications
Company, licensee of KDZN(FM), Glendive, MT, from Burt H.
Oliphant, Peggy S. Oliphant, L. Brent Oliphant and Jeffrey S.
Oliphant, to Glendive Broadcasting Corporation (GBC).   GBC is
the licensee of KXGN(AM) and VHF television station KXGN-TV, and
the Grade A contour of KXGN-TV encompasses all of Glendive.  GBC
requested and was granted a waiver of the Commission's one-to-a-
market rule.

     Since GBC's waiver request failed to meet either the top 25
market/30 voice standard, or the "failed station" standard
(standards under which waivers are presumptively favored), the
Commission evaluated GBC's request under the case-by-case
standard.

     In so doing, the Commission concluded that GBC's waiver
request of the one-to-a-market rule meets the Commission's public
interest case-by-case criteria.  Specifically, the waiver showing
indicated that joint operation of the stations will yield
significant cost savings which are critical to the continued
operation of KDZN(FM) by co-locating the facilities and sharing
expenses and personnel.  The parties in this case have further
demonstrated that cost savings will allow for additional public
service programming benefits for listeners in the Glendive area.

     Additionally, Magic Air has demonstrated that KDZN(FM) is in
financial distress and that no one, other than GBC, has offered
to buy the station in the two-year period since the station was
offered for sale.

     Finally, in granting the waiver request, the Commission
considered the totality of the information presented, and in view
of the availability of other radio service received in Glendive,
the high rate of cable television penetration in the market, and
the newspaper and other broadcast media available, the Commission


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concluded that the preservation of the KDZN(FM) service and
potential enhancement in programming services outweighed the
reduction of diversity and competition that would result from the
grant of the waiver request.
                                     
     Action by the Commission February 15, 1995, by Memorandum
Opinion and Order (FCC 95-61).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners
Quello, Ness, and Chong, with Commissioner Barrett concurring in
the result and issuing a separate statement.

                                   -FCC-

     News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202) 418-0500.
     Mass Media Bureau contact: Kelly D. Yaksich at (202) 418-
2710.