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

In re Application of            )
                                )
MONTGOMERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC. )
                                )
For a Construction Permit       )
for a New Commercial            )
Television Station on           )
Channel 43, Topeka, Kansas      )


                  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER


   Adopted:  October 28, 1999           Released:  November 2, 1999

By the Commission:  

     1.   The Commission has before it an application filed by Montgomery Communictions, Inc.
(Montgomery) for review of the June 11, 1999 letter decision of the Deputy Chief, Video Services Division,
Mass Media Bureau, denying its request for reconsideration of the staff's April 9, 1999 letter decision
returning an application tendered by Montgomery on August 21, 1997, for a construction permit for a new
commercial television broadcast station on Channel 43, Topeka, Kansas.

     2.   Montgomery has not specified, as required by our rules, any factors which warrant
Commission review.  See 47 C.F.R. Section 1.115(b)(2).  Instead, Montgomery raises essentially the same
arguments here as were raised in its petition for reconsideration.  We have reviewed the Division's
disposition of the petition and find that its ruling was correct and that no basis exists to warrant reversal.

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, That the Application for Review filed by Montgomery
Communications, Inc. IS DENIED.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Magalie Roman Salas
                              Secretary