NEWSReport No.   MM 95-27           MASS MEDIA ACTION        March 16, 1995

FORFEITURE IN WREM(AM), MONTICELLO, ME, PROCEEDING REDUCED TO $2,500

     The Commission has reduced from $10,000 to $2,500 a forfeiture  issued to Benito Rish,
licensee of AM station WREM, Monticello, ME.  

     The $10,000 forfeiture was assessed for transferring control of the station without prior
Commission approval.  

     In reducing the forfeiture to $2,500, the Commission noted that WREM is a 5,000 watt
directional daytime-only radio station licensed to a community of 425 people.  It said these
factors suggest an inherently low station value.  The Commission noted that WREM was the
only station licensed to Monticello.  Given these circumstances, as well as the apparently
unprofitable history of the facility, it said, a forfeiture of $2,500 would adequately deter future
misconduct. 

     Action by the Commission March 9, 195, by Memorandum Opinion and Order (FCC 95-
103).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners Quello, Barrett, Ness and Chong.

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