Report No. MM 95-94              MASS MEDIA ACTION        September 21, 1995
                                                    
                  FCC AFFIRMS GRANT OF APPLICATION TO ASSIGN
                  THE LICENSE OF KKMX(FM), TRI CITY, OREGON
                                       
                                                                          The Commission has upheld a staff decision granting the application to assign
     the license of KKMX(FM), Tri City, Oregon from FM Broadcasters of Douglas
     County to Tri City Communications, Inc. (TCC).  In so doing, the Commission
     denied the application for review of this action filed by Douglas County Tri Casters,
     Inc. (DCTC).  The FCC also dismissed a DCTC petition for reconsideration of the
     dismissal of its petition to deny an earlier-filed KKMX(FM) assignment application.
     
              DCTC contended that it was improper for the Mass Media Bureau to grant the
     assignment application prior to the resolution of unauthorized transfer of control
     allegations then pending against the seller and another local broadcaster.  DCTC also
     argued that the transaction violates the multiple ownership rules and cross-interest
     policy, and impermissibly contemplated the assignment of a bare license.  Finally,
     DCTC alleged that TCC had made misrepresentations regarding the role of the
     brother of TCC's president in a Roseburg, Oregon advertising agency.
     
              Denying review, the Commission found that, consistent with precedent, the
     staff properly disposed of the license assignment application without prejudice to any
     subsequent enforcement action.  The Commission also agreed with the Bureau's
     findings that the assignment fully complies with the broadcast ownership rules and
     does not involve a potential cross-interest that could impede economic competition or
     viewpoint diversity.  Moreover, the Commission concurred in the Bureau conclusion
     that the application proposed the assignment of more than the KKMX(FM) license. 
     In resolving an issue not passed on by the Bureau, the Commission concluded that
     DCTC failed to raise a substantial and material question of fact regarding alleged
     misrepresentations which warranted further inquiry.
     
              Action by the Commission August 21, 1995 by MO&O (FCC 95-371). 
     Chairman Hundt, Commissioners Quello, Barrett, Ness and Chong.
     
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