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

                                )
In the Matter of Liability of   )
                                )
MISSISSIPPI BROADCASTING        )
PARTNERS                        )
                                )
Licensee of Television Station  )
WABG-TV, Greenwood, Mississippi )
                                )
for a Forfeiture                )
                                )


                  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

   Adopted:  August 19, 1999            Released:  August 20, 1999

By the Chief, Mass Media Bureau:

     1. The Commission, by the Chief, Mass Media Bureau, acting pursuant to authority delegated
by Section 0.283 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.283, has before it for consideration a
Petition for Reconsideration filed on August 24, 1998, by Mississippi Broadcasting Partners (MBP),
licensee of station WABG-TV, Greenwood, Mississippi.  MBP seeks reconsideration of our decision
in Mississippi Broadcasting Partners (WABG-TV), 13 FCC Rcd 1461 (MMB 1998) (MBP Order),
denying MBP's request for reduction of the fifteen thousand dollar ($15,000) forfeiture assessed
against it for station WABG-TV's apparent repeated violation of Section 73.670 of the Commission's
Rules, 47 C.F.R. 73.670, which limits the amount of commercial matter that may be aired during
children's television programming.

     2.  MBP raises no new facts or arguments in its Petition for Reconsideration.  Therefore,
because we properly decided the matters raised below, we uphold our decision in MBP Order for the
reasons stated therein.  There is no reason to disturb it.

     3.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Petition for Reconsideration filed August 24,
1998, by Mississippi Broadcasting Partners IS DENIED.

                                                      FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                                                      Roy J. Stewart
                                                      Chief, Mass Media Bureau