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$// Order Granting Extension of Time, MM Dkt. 95-92, DA 95-1711 //$

$/ 1.46 Motions for Extension of Time /$

$/ FOR FCC RECORD ONLY /$

                                Before the        DA 95-1711
                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION     
                          Washington, D.C.  20554



In the Matter of)
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Review of the Commission's       )      MM Docket No. 95-92
Regulations Governing Programming)
Practices of Broadcast Television      )
Networks and Affiliates          )
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47 C.F.R.  73.658(a), (b), (d), )
(e) and (g)     )


                     ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION OF TIME

Adopted:  August 2, 1995;              Released:  August 3, 1995

By the Chief, Mass Media Bureau:

     1.  On June 15, 1995, the Commission initiated a rulemaking proceeding reexamining
the Commission's rules governing programming practices of networks and their affiliates --
specifically the right to reject rule, the time option rule, the exclusive affiliation rule, the dual
network rule and the network territorial exclusivity rule.  Notice of Proposed Rule Making in
MM Docket No. 95-92, FCC 95-254 (released June 15, 1995).  Comments were due August
28, 1995, and reply comments were due September 27, 1995.  

     2.  On July 17, 1995, the Network Affiliated Stations Alliance (NASA) filed a motion
seeking a 60-day extension of time to file comments and reply comments.  NASA contends
that additional time is necessary to compile the substantial economic data required to properly
assess the rules at issue.  Further, NASA submits that given the lengh of time these rules have
been in place and the breadth of the proposals in the Notice, an extension of 60 days is
reasonable.

     3.  As set forth in Section 1.46 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.46, it is our
policy that extensions of time for filing comments in rulemaking proceedings shall not be
routinely granted.  We do not agree that a 60-day extension is warranted in this case.  We are
persuaded by petitioner, however, that some extension of time is necessary to enable parties to
carefully compile a complete record regarding the complex issues raised in this proceeding. 
We will therefore extend the comment and reply comment deadlines by 30 days.

     4.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Motion for Extension of Time filed in MM
Docket No. 95-92 by the Network Affiliated Stations Alliance IS GRANTED to the extent
indicated above.

     5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the time for filing comments in the above-
captioned proceeding IS EXTENDED to September 28, 1995, and the time for filing reply
comments IS EXTENDED to October 27, 1995.

     6. This action is taken pursuant to authority found in Sections 4(i) and 303(r) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i) and 303(r), and Sections
0.204(b), 0.283, and 1.45 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.204(b), 0.283, and 1.45.

     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



     Roy J. Stewart
     Chief, Mass Media Bureau