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

In re Application of                         )
                                   )
SUNSHINE 16 RADIO NETWORK, INC.         )    File No. BR-951204UC          
                                   )
For renewal of the license of           )
Station WXVI-AM, Montgomery, Alabama    )    

                   MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Adopted:  April 3, 1997                 Released: April 18, 1997

     By the Commission:

     1.  The Commission has before it an application for review filed August 26, 1996 by
Thomas Simon ("Simon") and Richard C. Boone ("Boone").  Simon and Boone request review of
a July 26, 1996 ruling by the Chief, Audio Services Division, Mass Media Bureau ("staff decision")
denying the petition to deny filed by Simon and the Coalition for Better Government ("CBG") and
granting the application of Sunshine 16 Radio Network, Inc. to renew the license of Station WXVI-
AM, Montgomery, Alabama.  

     2.  The staff properly decided the matters raised below, and we uphold the staff decision for
the reasons stated therein.  There is no reason to disturb it.

     3.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the application for review field August 26, 1996 by
Thomas Simon and Richard C. Boone (CBG) IS DENIED.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                         William F. Caton
                         Acting Secretary