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                     Federal Communications Commission       FCC 96-276

                               
         Before the
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of      )
     )
Notice of Apparent    )  File Nos.:  BR-900402WQ
Liability for Forfeiture         )             BRH-900402WP
Issued to       )
Texas Coast Broadcasters, Inc.          )
Houston, Texas                          )

                       MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
                         AND NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

Adopted:  June 20, 1996 ;  Released:  June 27, 1996

      By the Commission:

     1.  The Commission has before it for consideration a Notice of Apparent Liability ("NAL")
for forfeiture released February 6, 1996, directed to Texas Coast Broadcasters, Inc., licensee of
Stations KNUZ/KQUE(FM), Houston, Texas.  See Texas Coast Broadcasters, Inc., 11 FCC Rcd
1688 (1996) ("Texas").  The Commission issued an NAL for $18,500 to Texas Coast
Broadcasters, Inc. for failing to pursue sufficient Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
recruitment efforts, and failing to maintain adequate records for meaningful self-assessment, in
violation of the Commission's EEO Rule, 47 C.F.R.  73.2080.

     2.  Texas Coast Broadcasters, Inc. has not responded to the NAL.  Accordingly, we
incorporate herein by reference the licensee's record of inadequate efforts, as set forth in Texas. 
Based on that record, we conclude that our determination that a forfeiture amount of $18,500 was
appropriate.     3.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 503(b) of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  503(b), that Texas Coast Broadcasters, Inc. FORFEIT to the
United States the sum of eighteen thousand five hundred dollars ($18,500) for failing to comply
with the Commission's EEO provisions, 47 C.F.R.  73.2080.  Full payment of the forfeiture may
be made by mailing to the Commission a check or similar instrument payable to the Federal
Communications Commission within 30 days of the release date of this Order.  In regard to this
forfeiture proceeding, the licensee may take appropriate action as set forth in Section 1.80 of the
Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.80, and Section 504(a) of the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended, 47 U.S.C.  504(a), as summarized in the attachment to this Memorandum Opinion
and Order and Notice of Forfeiture.


      FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


      William F. Caton
      Acting Secretary