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

In the Matter of                )
Liability of                    )
                                )
Fleet Broadcasting, Inc.        )
Licensee of Station WFNL(FM)    )
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin         )
                                )
and                             )
                                )
Zephyr Broadcasting, Inc.       )
Licensee of Station WZNL(FM)    )
Norway, Michigan                )
                                )
For Forfeitures                 )


                  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
                                 
   Adopted:  August 25, 1999            Released:  August 25, 1999

By the Chief, Mass Media Bureau:

     1.   The Commission, by the Chief, Mass Media Bureau, acting pursuant to authority delegated
by 47 C.F.R.  0.283, has under consideration (i) a Memorandum Opinion and Order and Forfeiture Order in
Fleet Broadcasting, Inc., 13 FCC Rcd 15372 (MMB 1998) ("FO"), and (ii) a joint petition for reconsideration
of that decision filed by Fleet Broadcasting, Inc., and Zephyr Broadcasting, Inc. ("the licensees").  The Bureau
issued a $4,000 Notice of Apparent Liability ("NAL") to each licensee for violations of the Commission's rules
requiring a licensee to charge candidates no more than the lowest unit charge ("LUC") of the station and to
maintain a political file, in Fleet Broadcasting Inc., 9 FCC Rcd 6824 (MMB 1994) and Zephyr Broadcasting
Inc., 9 FCC Rcd 6822 (MMB 1994).  In FO, the Bureau reduced the forfeiture amount to $3,000 for each
licensee for the political file and LUC violations. 

     2.   Reconsideration is appropriate only where the petitioner shows either a material error or
omission in the original order or raises additional facts not known or not existing until after the petitioner's last
opportunity to present such matters.  See WWIZ, Inc., 37 FCC 685, 686 (1964), aff'd sub nom., Lorain
Journal Co. v. FCC, 351 F.2d 824 (D.C. Cir. 1965), cert. denied, 383 U.S. 967 (1966) ("WWIZ"); 47 C.F.R.
 1.106(c).  Applying this standard, we conclude that reconsideration is not warranted.

     3.   In seeking reconsideration, the licensees do not dispute any factual finding concerning Stations
WFNL(FM) and WZNL(FM).  Rather, the licensees argue that no forfeiture should have been imposed and
request the Bureau to reconsider the arguments they made in response to the NALs.  Finally, the licensees argue
that the instant case is distinguishable from Bay Communications, Inc, 12 FCC Rcd 5989 (1997) ("Bay
Communications"), which was cited in the FO.  

     4.   While we acknowledge that the facts of Bay Communications differ from those of the instant
case, this does not undermine the validity of assessing a comparable forfeiture.  The FO did not rely on Bay
Communications to establish the severity of the instant misconduct.  Rather, the FO cites Bay Communications
for the proposition that precedent exists for assessing $2,000 forfeitures for political file violations.  Moreover,
we fully considered the licensees' arguments in reaching our decision in the FO.  As we have repeatedly stated,
reconsideration will not be granted for the purpose of debating matters on which we have already deliberated
and spoken.  See e.g., Isis Broadcast Group, 8 FCC Rcd 24 (Rev. Bd. 1992), citing WWIZ.

     5.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the joint petition for reconsideration filed by Fleet
Broadcasting, Inc. and Zephyr Broadcasting, Inc. concerning Stations WFNL(FM) and WZNL(FM) 
     IS DENIED.

     6.   The Mass Media Bureau will send by Certified Mail -- Return Receipt Requested, copies of
this Memorandum Opinion and Order to Fleet Broadcasting, Inc. and to Zephyr Broadcasting, Inc. 

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Roy J. Stewart
                              Chief, Mass Media Bureau