Report No. MM 95-74          MASS MEDIA ACTION               August 3, 1995


           NAACP DENIED RECONSIDERATION OF FCC ACTION CONCERNING
            RENEWAL OF LICENSE OF STATIONS WSPD(AM)/WLQR(FM), 
                           TOLEDO, OH, DISMISSED

     The Commission has dismissed a petition for reconsideration
filed by the Ohio State Conference of Branches of the NAACP.  The
NAACP sought reconsideration of the Commission's decision which
granted the applications of Toledo Broadcasting Company, Inc. to
renew of license of stations WSPD(AM)/WLQR(FM), Toledo, OH.

     The Commission concluded initially that the NAACP had failed
to demonstrate that it was a "party in interest" to this
proceeding because the declarations filed with the NAACP's
petition to deny failed to establish its standing.

     Seeking reconsideration, the NAACP stated that it did not
dispute the facts underlying the Commission's decision to treat
its petition to deny as an informal objection.  Rather, the NAACP
argued that because the Commission recognized the existence of
the Toledo Branch of the NAACP, it should have presumed that the
NAACP has local residents affected by the stations' operations,
either as listeners or as participants in the job market.

     Dismissing reconsideration, the Commission stated that it is
not obligated to presume facts required to be alleged, as the
petitioners requested in this case.  As an informal objector, the
NAACP lacked standing to bring the instant petition because it is
not a party to the proceeding within the meaning of the
Communications Act or the Commission's rules.  Moreover, the
Commission stated that the NAACP's petition for reconsideration
has failed to demonstrate that its interests were adversely
affected by the Commission's decision in this case, nor has it
demonstrated that it was not possible for it to participate as a
petitioner in the earlier stages of the proceeding.

     Action by the Commission July 19, 1995, by Memorandum
Opinion and Order (FCC 95-306).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners
Quello, Barrett, Ness, and Chong.

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