Report No. MM 95-60          MASS MEDIA ACTION                July 20, 1995


        FCC GRANTS TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF WTVG(TV), TOLEDO, OH, AND
              WJRT-TV, FLINT, MI; WAIVES ONE-T0-A-MARKET RULE
     
     The FCC has granted the application for consent to transfer
of control of WTVG(TV), (Channel 13, NBC), Toledo, OH, from Media
Communications Partners Limited Partnership to Capital Cities/ABC
Acquisition Corporation IV, and the application for consent to
transfer control of WJRT-TV, (Channel 12, ABC), Flint, MI, from
Media Communications Partners Limited Partnerships and SJL/KSN
Limited Partnership to Capital Cities/ABC Acquisition Corporation
I.  

     Capital Cities/ABC is also the licensee of WJR-AM, Detroit,
MI.  The 2mV/m ground waive contour of WJR-AM encompasses Toledo,
OH, as well as Flint, MI.  Because the common ownership of a
television and radio station in the same market violates the
Commission's one-to-a-market rule, Capital Cities/ABC requested
and was granted a waiver of the one-to-a-market rule to permit
common ownership of television stations WTVG(TV), WJRT-TV, and
radio station WJR-AM.  

     In granting the waivers, the Commission noted that the
widely separated locations of the relevant markets, the minimal
local presence of WJR in the Toledo and Flint television markets,
and the distorting effect of WJR's exceptionally wide 2mV/m
coverage contour, supported a waiver of the rules. 

     Action by the Commission July 14, 1995, by Memorandum
Opinion and Order (FCC 95-298).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners
Quello, Ness, and Chong, with Commissioner Barrett  concurring in
the result and issuing a statement.

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