PUBLIC NOTICE
                                                                              
   Federal Communications Commission
   1919 M St., N.W.
   Washington, D.C. 20554

                                                                              
   
   Report No. 2275                                 May 7, 1998

                                                                              PETITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION AND CLARIFICATION OF
                                                                     ACTION IN
RULEMAKING PROCEEDINGS
                                                                              
Petitions for reconsideration and clarification have been filed in the
                                                       Commission's rulemaking
proceedings listed in this Public Notice and published pursuant to 47 CFR
                                                           Section 1.429(e).  
The full text of these documents are available for viewing and copying in
                                                               Room 239, 1919 
M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. or may be purchased from the
Commission's copy contractor,            ITS, Inc.  (202) 857-3800.  Oppositions
to these petitions must be filed wit                            hin 15 days of
the date of public notice of the petitions in the Federal Register.  See
Section 1.4(b)(1) of the            Commission's rules (47 CFR 1.4(b)(1). 
Replies to an opposition must be filed within 10 days             after the time for
filing oppositions has expired.               
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  SUBJECT:  Advanced Television Systems and Their Impact Upon Existing 
              Television Broadcast Service (MM Docket No. 87-268, 
               FCC 98-23)
              
  FILED BY:   -Robert A. Woods, Attorney, for Educational Television
  Associa                                                               tion
               of Metropolition Cleveland on 04-20-98.
              -Robert A. Woods, Attorney, for Milwaukee Area Technical
                                                                     College
               District Board on 04-20-98.
              -Robert A. Woods, Attorney, for WXXI Public Broadcasting
                                                                     Council
               on -4-20-98.
              -Robert A. Woods, Attorney, for The Mississippi Authority for
                                                                 Educational
               Television on 04-20-98.
              -A. Wray Fitch III, for Island Broadcasting Ltd. a California Limited
               Partnership on 04-20-98.
              -Scott S. Patrick, Attorney, for Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation
               on 04-20-98.
              -Bradford D. Carey, Counsel, for The National Religious
                                                               Broadcasters'
               Association on 04-20-98.
              -Robert A. Woods, Attorney, for Western New York Public
                                                                Broadcasting
                                                                              
              Petitions filed in MM Docket NO. 87-268 cond't
                                                                              
               Association on 04-20-98.
              -Robert A. Woods, Attorney, for Detroit Educational Television
                                                                 Foundation 
               on 04-20-98. 
              -Andrew S. Kersting, Counsel, for Pappas Telecasting of America,
               A California Limited Partnership and Pappas Telecasting of
                                                                    Southern
               California, L.L.C. on 5-01-98. 
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