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                                                                   NOTICE
                                                                         
                                        Federal Communications Commission
                                                         1919 M St., N.W.
                                                   Washington, D.C. 20554
                                                                         
                                                                         
       Report No. 2303                                      November 10, 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 within 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: Review of the Commission's Rules Regarding the Main Studio and Local Public
         Inspection Files of Broadcast Television and Radio Stations (MM Docket No. 97-138)
                                                                  
Filed By:     -Richard R. Zaragoza, Attorney for Alaska Broadcasters Association, Connecticut 
          Broadcasters Association, Iowa Broadcasters Association, Kansas Association
          of Broadcasters, Louisiana Association of Broadcasters, Maine Association of
          Broadcasters, Massachusetts Broadcasters Association, Minnesota Broadcasters 
          Association, Missouri Broadcasters Association, Nebraska Broadcasters 
          Association, New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters, Ohio association of
          Broadcasters, Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters, Oregon Association of 
          Broadcasters, Texas Association of Broadcasters, Vermont Association of
                                          Broadcasters on 10-15-98
         -J. Geoffrey Bentley, P.C, Attorney for Cornerstone Broadcasting Corporation
                                                       on 10-16-98
         -Theodore D. Frank, Counsel for Association of America's Public Television Stations
                                                       on 10-16-98
         -Henry L. Baumann, Attorney for National Association of Broadcasters on 10-16-98
         -Robert A. Woods, Attorney for Barry Telecommunications, Inc., Board of 
          Trustees of Michigan State University, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Broadcasting
          Authority, Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Four
                                                                  
Petition for Reconsideration and Clarification filed in MM Docket 97-138 Cont'd.
                                                                  
          Rivers Community Broadcasting Corporation, Isothemal Community College,
          Lehigh Valley Public Telecommunications Corp., Long Island Educational Television
          Council, Inc., Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission, Metropolitan Board of
          Public Education, Mid-South Public Communications Foundation, Mississippi
          Authority for Educational Television, New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority,
          North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc., Oregon Public Broadcasting, Rhode Island
          Public Telecommunications Authority, St. Lawrence Valley Educational Television
          Council, Inc., University of New Hampshire,  University of North Carolina Center
          for Public Television, University of Southern Colorado, Western New York Public
              Broadcasting Association, and WHYY, Inc. on 10-16-98
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