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


    In the Matter of     )
    Notice of Apparent            ) File Nos.BR-900730YI
     Liability for Forfeiture )   BRH-900730ZT
   Issued to                    )
 Marin Broadcasting Company, Inc.         ) 
   San Rafael, California        )
     



                   MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
                     AND NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

      Adopted:December 6, 1996;   Released:December 13, 1996 

By the Commission:

     
      1.The Commission has before it for consideration a Notice of Apparent Liability
("NAL") for Forfeiture released May 2, 1996, directed to Marin Broadcasting Company, Inc.,
licensee of stations KTID(AM)/KTID-FM, San Rafael, California. See Marin Broadcasting
Company, Inc., Debtor-in-Possession, 11 FCC Rcd 10582 (1996)("Marin"). The Commission issued
an NAL for $15,000 to Marin Broadcasting Company, 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.Marin Broadcasting Company, Inc., has not responded to the NAL. Accordingly, we
incorporate herein by reference the licensee's record of inadequate efforts, as set forth in Marin.
Based on that record, we conclude that our determination in Marin that the licensee's behavior
warranted a $15,000 forfeiture 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 Marin Broadcasting Company, Inc., FORFEIT
to the United States the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) 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