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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554


In re Application of            )
                                )
CHANNEL 66 OF TAMPA, INC.       )
(Assignor)                      )
                                )
and                             )  File No.  BALCT-970505IC
                                )
PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS           )
CORPORATION                     )
(Assignee)                      )
                                )
For Consent to the Assignment of)
License of Television Station   )
WFCT(TV), Bradenton, Florida    )
                                 

                  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

   Adopted:  December 12, 1997          Released:  December 15, 1997


By the Chief, Mass Media Bureau:

1.   The Commission, by the Chief, Mass Media Bureau, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, has before it the above-captioned application to assign the license of television station
WFCT(TV), Channel 66 (IND), Bradenton, Florida, from Channel 35 of Miami, Inc. ("Channel
35") to Paxson Communications Corporation ("Paxson").  Since Paxson also owns and operates
the licensee of radio station WHNZ(AM), Pinellas Park, Florida, whose 2 mV/m contour
encompasses WFCT(TV)'s city of license, grant of the subject assignment application would
create a new radio-television combination that requires waiver of 47 C.F.R.  73.3555(c), the
Commission's one-to-a-market rule.  Paxson requests such a waiver.

2.   Paxson bases its waiver request on the one-to-a-market waiver standards adopted in the
Second Report and Order in MM Docket 87-7, 4 FCC Rcd 1741 (1989) ("Second Report and
Order"), recon. granted in part and denied in part, 4 FCC Rcd 6489 (1989) ("Second Report and
Order Recon.").  In accordance with these standards, the Commission presumptively favors
waiver requests involving stations serving the top 25 markets where at least 30 separately owned,
operated and controlled stations will remain following the proposed combination ("top 25
market/30 voice standard").  See 47 C.F.R.  73.3555(c), Note 7.  Paxson notes that the
Designated Market Area (DMA) in which the station is located, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-
Sarasota DMA, is the 15th largest in the country.  Paxson also demonstrates that following
consummation of the proposed transaction there will be 39  independent broadcast voices in the
market, including 14 separately owned television stations and 25 separately owned radio
stations.  Our independent analysis confirms that more than 30 independent broadcast voices
will continue to serve the market after consummation.  Accordingly, we believe that waiver of
the one-to-a-market rule under the "top 25 market/30 voice standard" is warranted. 

3.   Having determined that the applicants are qualified in all respects, we find that grant of
the assignment application will serve the public interest, convenience and necessity.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, That the request for a permanent waiver of the Commission's
one-to-a-market rule, 47 C.F.R.  73.3555(c), to allow Paxson common ownership and operation
of WFCT(TV), Bradenton, Florida, and WHNZ(AM), Pinellas Park, Florida, IS GRANTED.

4.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That the above-captioned application for assignment of
license of television station WFCT(TV), Bradenton, Florida, from Channel 35 of Miami, Inc. to
Paxson Communications Corporation (File No. BALCT-970505IC) IS GRANTED.
 
                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Roy J. Stewart
                              Chief, Mass Media Bureau