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$// MO&O, Covenant Media Services, Inc., KJUS(AM) (Beaumont, TX), DA 96-526 //$

$/ 300.503(b) Forfeitures /$
$/ 300.310(d) Limitation on Holding and Transfer of Licenses /$
$/ 073.3540 Application for Voluntary Assignment or Transfer of  Control /$


                                    Federal Communications Commission                DA 96-526

                 
                    
                Before the
                                  Federal Communications Commission           
 Washington, D.C.  20554
           
In the Matter of)
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Liability of    )
Covenant Media Services, Inc.    )     
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Licensee of Station KJUS(AM),    )
Beaumont, Texas )
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For a Forfeiture)


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER


   Adopted:  April 3, 1996       Released:  April 12, 1996

By the Chief, Mass Media Bureau:

     1.  The Commission, by the Chief of the Mass Media Bureau, acting pursuant to authority
delegated by 47 C.F.R.  0.283, adopted a $1,000 Notice of Apparent Liability ("NAL") on
November 6, 1995, against Covenant Media Services, Inc. ("Covenant"), licensee of Station
KJUS(AM) (formerly KZXT(AM)), Beaumont, Texas.  Covenant Media Services, Inc., 10 FCC
Rcd 12534 (MMB 1995).  The NAL, which is incorporated herein by reference, was issued for
unauthorized assumption of control of Station KJUS, in violation of Section 310(d) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  310(d) (the "Act") and Section 73.3540
of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  73.3540.

       2.  The NAL was sent by certified mail as required by 47 C.F.R.  1.80(f)(2) and was
received by  Covenant on November 20, 1995.  Covenant neither paid the forfeiture nor filed a
response to the NAL.  Pursuant to 47 C.F.R.  1.80(f)(4), if a proposed forfeiture penalty is not
paid in full in response to an NAL, the Commission, upon consideration of all relevant
information available, may issue an order requiring that the proposed forfeiture be paid in full. 
Covenant has admitted that it assumed control of Station KJUS from May 20 to July 27, 1993,
without Commission approval.  In establishing the forfeiture amount, we considered all the
information before us and we see no reason to repeat that discussion or reach a different result
here.

       3.  Accordingly, we find that from May 20 to July 27, 1993, Covenant repeatedly violated
Section 310(d) of the Act and Section 73.3540 of the Commission's Rules.  Pursuant to Section
503(b)(1)(D) of the Act and Section 1.80(f)(4) of the Commission's Rules, IT IS ORDERED that
Covenant Media Services, Inc. forfeit to the United States the sum of One Thousand Dollars
($1,000) for said violations.  In regard to this forfeiture proceeding, Covenant may take any
action set forth in 47 C.F.R.  1.80, as summarized in the attachment to this Memorandum
Opinion and Order.


                                     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                                     Roy J. Stewart
                                     Chief, Mass Media Bureau

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