Report No. MM 95-81MASS MEDIA ACTION                 August 17, 1995
     
                          COMMISSION UPHOLDS GRANT OF
                     STATION WAVF-FM RENEWAL APPLICATION
                                     
              The Commission upheld its decision in Daily and Reich, 6 FCC Rcd 4672
     (1991), wherein it granted a short-term renewal of Station WAVF-FM, Hanahan,
     South Carolina, imposed reporting conditions, and issued a Notice of Apparent
     Liability (NAL) for Forfeiture for $13,000.  In so doing, the Commission denied a
     Petition for Reconsideration filed by the South Carolina State Conference of Branches
     of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and its respective
     branches ("NAACP"), and dismissed a petition filed by the National Black Media
     Coalition ("NBMC").
     
              In seeking reconsideration, the NAACP asserted that the Commission (1)
     failed to consider two of its pleadings; (2) improperly characterized Station WAVF-
     FM's EEO efforts as slightly better than those of the licensee in Woolfson
     Broadcasting Corporation of Salisbury/Ocean City, Inc.,  4 FCC Rcd 6160 (1989)
     (Woolfson); and (3) should have designated this case for hearing based on substantial
     and material questions of discrimination.
     
              The Commission held that there was no basis for reconsideration of its
     decision.  Even if, as the NAACP alleged, two of its pleadings had been overlooked,
     the Commission concluded that such an oversight was harmless error as one of the
     pleadings did not contain any facts or allegations not already before the Commission,
     and the second pleading relied upon a statistical analysis previously rejected by the
     Commission which, in any event, was erroneously applied in this case.  In addition,
     the Commission confirmed its finding that this case is slightly better than Woolfson. 
     Finally, the Commission ruled that this case does not warrant designation for hearing
     because there is no evidence in the record of discrimination, a sudden departure of
     minority employees, or any misrepresentation to the Commission regarding the
     station's employment practices.
     
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              Action by the Commission July 31, 1995 by MO&O (FCC 95-325).  Chairman
     Hundt, Commissioners Quello, Barrett, Ness and Chong.
     
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