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


In the Matter of                        )
Notice of Apparent                      ) File No. BRCT-930201KZ
Liability for Forfeiture                )    
Issued to                               )
Northeast Kansas Broadcast Service for  )
Station KTKA-TV                    )
Topeka, Kansas                )
     



                   MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
                     AND NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

Adopted: February 11, 1997;                  Released: February 19, 1997

By the Commission:


     1.   The Commission has before it for consideration a Notice of Apparent Liability
("NAL") for forfeiture released April 5, 1996, directed to Northeast Kansas Broadcast Service, Inc.,
licensee of Station KTKA-TV, Topeka, Kansas.  See Northeast Kansas Broadcast Service, 11 FCC
Rcd 4083 (1996) ("Northeast").  The Commission issued an NAL for $11,000 to Northeast Kansas
Broadcast Service for failing to pursue adequate Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) recruitment
efforts, and failing to maintain sufficient records for meaningful self-assessment, in violation of the
Commission's EEO Rule, 47 C.F.R.  73.2080.

     2.   Northeast Kansas Broadcast Service, Inc. has not responded to the NAL. 
Accordingly, we incorporate herein by reference the licensee's record of inadequate efforts, as set
forth in Northeast.  Based on that record, we conclude that our determination in Northeast was
correct that a forfeiture of $11,000 is warranted. 

     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 Northeast Kansas Broadcast Service, Inc.
FORFEIT to the United States the sum of eleven thousand dollars ($11,000) 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