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

In re Application of            )
                                )
Tennessee Christian Radio, Inc. )
(Assignor)                      )
                                )
and                             )  File No. BAL-981110EA
                                )  
Flinn Broadcasting Corp.        )
(Assignee)                      )
                                )
For Assignment of License of    )
Station WSFZ(AM), Memphis, Tennessee)
                                )

                  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER


   Adopted:  August 10, 1999            Released:  August 10, 1999  


By the Chief, Mass Media Bureau:

1.   The Commission, by the Chief, Mass Media Bureau, acting pursuant to delegated authority has under
consideration: (1) the above-captioned application for assignment of the license of WSFZ(AM), Memphis,
Tennessee, from Tennessee Christian Radio, Inc., to Flinn Broadcasting Corp. ("Flinn"); and (2) a related
request for a temporary, conditional waiver of 47 C.F.R.  73.3555(c), the Commission's one-to-a-market rule,
which restricts common radio and television ownership in the same television market.  The application and
waiver request are unopposed. 

                            Background

2.   Flinn is the licensee of PAX network affiliate UHF television station WPXX(TV) (Channel 50),
Memphis, Tennessee and radio stations WHBQ(AM), Memphis, Tennessee, WOWW(AM), Germantown,
Tennessee, KXHT(FM), Marion, Arkansas, and WKSL(FM), Germantown, Tennessee.  In 1995, a permanent
waiver of the one-to-a-market rule was granted to allow Flinn's ownership of UHF station WPXX(TV)
(formerly WFBI(TV)), WHBQ(AM), WOWW(AM) and KXHT(FM).  Big Ben Communications, Inc., 10
FCC Rcd 8129 (1995).  Additionally, in 1997, Flinn was granted a permanent one-to-a-market waiver to add
WKSL(FM) (formerly WJOI(FM)) to the already existing combination.  Omni Broadcasting Company, 12
FCC Rcd 9717 (1997).

3.   Grant of the instant assignment application would expand the existing radio-television station
combination because the Grade A contour of WPXX(TV) encompasses Memphis, Tennessee, the community
of license of WSFZ(AM).  Consequently, Flinn has requested a temporary conditional one-to-a-market waiver
to permit common ownership of one TV, three AM and two FM stations in the Memphis Designated Market
Area ("DMA"), the nation's 42nd largest DMA.   For the reasons set forth below, we grant the assignment
application and a temporary conditional waiver of our one-to-a-market rule subject to compliance with the
requirements set forth in Review of the Commission's Regulations Governing Television Broadcasting, Report
and Order, MM Docket No. 91-221, FCC 99-209 (released August 6, 1999) ("Report and Order").

4.   Flinn bases its request on the "case-by-case" one-to-a-market waiver standards adopted in the Second
Report and Order in MM Docket No. 87-7, 4 FCC Rcd 1741 (1989) ("Second Report and Order"), recon.
granted in part and denied in part, 4 FCC Rcd 6489 (1989).  Under the case-by-case standard, the
Commission makes a public interest determination based upon the following five criteria: (1) the potential
public service benefits that will arise from the joint operation of the facilities involved, such as economies of
scale, cost savings and programming and service benefits; (2) the types of facilities involved; (3) the number
of media outlets owned by the applicant in the relevant market; (4) the financial difficulties of the stations
involved; and (5) the nature of the relevant market in light of the level of competition and diversity after joint
operation is implemented.  Second Report and Order, 4 FCC Rcd at 1753-54.  In support of its waiver request,
Flinn has submitted a showing which addresses each of the five factors.

                            Discussion  

5.   Radio Ownership Rules.  We find that Flinn's acquisition of WSFZ(AM) complies with the local radio
ownership rule's numerical limits.  Additionally, we find that the applicants are fully qualified and our review
of the record reveals no other circumstances that would preclude grant of the application under our rules. 
Accordingly, we conclude that, with respect to local radio ownership, Flinn's acquisition of WSFZ(AM) would
be consistent with the public interest. 

6.   One-to-a-Market Waiver.  Based on our independent analysis of Flinn's showing, we find that grant
of a temporary conditional one-to-a-market waiver, subject to compliance with the requirements set forth in
the Report and Order, is consistent with our precedent and will result in economic efficiencies and facilitate
enhanced public interest programming without undue adverse effect on competition or diversity in the Memphis
market.  See, e.g., Maximum Media, Inc., 12 FCC Rcd 3391 (1997) (32 "voices" in 52nd largest market); S.E.
Licensee G.P., 11 FCC Rcd 16728 (1996) (27 "voices" in 42nd largest market).


                         ORDERING CLAUSES

7.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, that the request for a temporary conditional waiver of the
Commission's one-to-a-market rule, 47 C.F.R.  73.3555(c), to permit common ownership of stations
WSFZ(AM), WHBQ(AM) and WPXX(TV), Memphis, Tennessee; WOWW(AM) and WKSL(FM),
Germantown, Tennessee; and KXHT(FM), Marion, Arkansas, IS GRANTED subject to Flinn's compliance
with the procedures set forth in Review of the Commission's Regulations Governing Television Broadcasting,
Report and Order, MM Docket No. 91-221, FCC 99-209 (released August 6, 1999).

8.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that, having found the applicants fully qualified and that grant of the
application would serve the public interest, the application to assign the license of station WSFZ(AM),
Memphis, Tennessee, from Tennessee Christian Radio, Inc., to Flinn Broadcasting Corp. (File No. BAL-
981110EA), IS GRANTED.


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                         Roy J. Stewart 
                         Chief, Mass Media Bureau