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

In re Application of            )
                                )
KRRA License, Inc.              )
(Assignor)                      )
                                )
and                             )  File No. BALH-980811EM
                                )  
Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc.)
(Assignee)                      )
                                )
For Assignment of License of    )
Station KALI(AM), West Covina, California)
                                )


                  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER


   Adopted:  October 7, 1999            Released: October 14, 1999     


By the Commission:  


1.   The Commission has under consideration an Application for Review filed January 19, 1999 by Gloria
Grace Burdette II ("Burdette") and related pleadings.  Burdette requests review of a December 17, 1998 letter
ruling by the Chief, Audio Services Division, Mass Media Bureau, dismissing Burdette's November 9, 1998
"Petition for Reconsideration, Stay and/or other Relief" ("Petition for Reconsideration") of the October 5, 1998
grant of the above-captioned application assigning the license of KALI(AM) (formerly KRRA(AM)), West
Covina, California, from KRRA License, Inc. to Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc.  
                                 
2.   Since Burdette was not a party to the application, and had not filed a timely petition to deny the
application, she was required by 47 C.F.R.  1.106(b)(1) to show good reason in her Petition for
Reconsideration why it was not possible for her to participate in the earlier stages of the proceeding.  The staff
correctly determined that Burdette had failed to make that showing, and we uphold the staff decision for the
reasons stated therein.  While Burdette focuses in the Application for Review on possible violations of 47
C.F.R.  73.3613 -- allegations she only vaguely referenced in the Petition for Reconsideration --  those
matters could have been raised in the initial phase of the proceeding and the emphasis on them now does
nothing to invalidate the staff's decision.   

3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Application for Review filed January 19, 1999 by Gloria
Grace Burdette II IS HEREBY DENIED. 

                                 


                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 


                         Magalie Roman Salas
                         Secretary