Report No. MM 95-116         MASS MEDIA ACTION             December 8, 1995


          FCC GRANTS APPLICATIONS TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF 12 RADIO
                 LICENSES; GRANTS TEMPORARY WAIVERS OF THE
                    NATIONAL AND LOCAL OWNERSHIP RULES

     The Commission has granted applications to transfer control
of 12 radio licenses held by subsidiaries of Pyramid
Communications, Inc., to Evergreen Media Corporation, subject to
conditions.  Pyramid and Evergreen Media entered into a merger
agreement whereby a new wholly owned subsidiary of Evergreen,
Evergreen Media/Pyramid Corporation will be merged with Pyramid.

     The Pyramid subsidiaries, and the licenses affected are as
follows: 1)& 2) Pyramid East Corporation, Licensee of
WRFX(AM)/WEDJ(FM), Charlotte, NC;  3) Pyramid Communications -
Boston AM Corporation, licensee of WXKS(AM), Everett, MA; 4)
Pyramid Communications - Boston FM Corporation, licensee of WXKS-
FM, Medford, MA; 5) Pyramid Communications - WJMN License
Corporation, licensee of WJMN(FM), Boston, MA; 6) Pyramid
Communications-Buffalo FM Corporation, licensee of WHTT-FM,
Buffalo, NY; 7) Pyramid Communications - Buffalo AM Corporation,
licensee of WHTT(AM), Buffalo, NY; 8) Pyramid Communications WBUF
License Corporation, licensee of WSJZ(FM), Buffalo, NY; 9)
Pyramid Communications - Philadelphia FM Corporation, licensee of
WYXR(FM), Philadelphia, PA; 10) Pyramid Communications WJJZ
License Corporation, licensee of WJJZ(FM), Philadelphia, PA; 11)
Pyramid Communications - Chicago FM Corporation, licensee of
WNUA(FM), Chicago, IL; 12) Pyramid Communications - Charlotte FM
Corporation, licensee of WRFX(FM), Kannapolis, NC.

     Evergreen requested and was granted temporary waivers of
both the national and local broadcast ownership rules. 
Specifically, Evergreen was granted a temporary 12 month waiver
of the national ownership rule's limit of 20 FM stations, and
temporary 12 month waivers of the local ownership rules with
respect to its proposed acquisitions of Pyramid stations in 
Charlotte, NC.  Although Evergreen requested a temporary 12 month
waiver in order to acquire WNUA(FM), Chicago, the Commission
granted Evergreen a six month waiver to acquire this station. 

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Evergreen requested the temporary waivers in order to permit the
orderly divestiture of stations that would bring it into
compliance with both the national and local broadcast ownership
rules.

     In approving this action, the Commission noted that it has
in the past granted other temporary waivers of the national
ownership limitations in situations involving a multi-station
transaction, such as this, to allow an applicant to divest of
stations thus complying with the ownership rules.

     Evergreen will be required to come into compliance with the
national radio ownership limits within 12 months of the date of
consummation of the merger with Pyramid.  Evergreen will be
required to file an application to assign two of its Chicago FM
stations to a new entity by March 29, 1996.  Evergreen will have
an additional six months, from the date of consummation of the
merger with Pyramid, to file an application to divest itself of
another FM station in Chicago, and to come into compliance with
the radio local ownership rules.  Evergreen also will be required
to file an application to assign two of its Charlotte FM stations
to a new entity within 12 months of the date of consummation of
the merger with Pyramid and come into compliance with the radio
local ownership rules.

     Action by the Commission December 8, 1995, by Memorandum
Opinion and Order (FCC 95-492).  Chairman Hundt not
participating, Commissioners Quello, Ness, and Chong, with
Commissioner Barrett concurring in the result and issuing a
statement, and Commissioner Ness issuing a separate statement.

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