News media information 202 / 418-0500 Fax-On-Demand 202 / 418-2830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov 1 PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 DA 99-981 ________________________________________________________________________________ Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 PUBLIC NOTICE Released: June 1, 1999 FEE DECISIONS OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC The Managing Director is responsible for fee decisions in response to requests for waiver or deferral of fees as well as other pleadings associated with the fee collection process. On a monthly basis, a public notice of these fee decisions is published in the FCC record. The decisions are placed in General Docket 86-285 and are available for public inspection. A copy of the decision is also placed in the appropriate docket, if one exists. The following Managing Director fee decisions are released for public information: Armada Broadcasting Co., Inc. - Request for waiver of late payment penalty for the FY 1997 regulatory fees for WNO and WNNO-FM at Wisconsin Dells, WI. Denied. (September 29, 1998.) [See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5345 pp 34 (1994).] Booth American Company (Booth) - Request for waiver of filing fee for Booth (Parent company of Boone System and Alpine System of North Carolina.) Denied. (September 15, 1998.) [See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for FY 1994, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5368 (1994) and Small Systems Order 10 FCC Rcd 7398.] Booth American Company (Booth) - Request for waiver of filing fee for Booth (Parent company of Birmingham System and Bloomfield System.) Denied. (September 14, 1998.) [See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for FY 1994, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5368 (1994) and Small Systems Order 10 FCC Rcd 7398.] CNI Wireless, Inc. - Request for an emergency waiver or deferral of filing fee for certification of completion of construction for beam bender facilities, Somerset, KY. Dismissed. (September 21, 1998.) [See Establishment of a Fee Collection Program to Implement the Provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, 2 FCC Rcd 947, 961 (1989) and 5 FCC Rcd 3558, 3572-73 (1990).] EMI Communications Corporation and Intermedia Communications, Inc. - Request for waiver of FY 1995 and FY 1996 regulatory fees. Denied. (September 15, 1998.) Hammond Broadcasting, Inc (HBI) - Request for waiver of FY 1997 regulatory fee for WIOK-FM at Falmouth, KY. Dismissed. (September 29, 1998.) [See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5346, (1994), reconsideration granted, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995); See also 10 FCC Rcd at 12761-2762.] Hancock Broadcasting, Inc. - Request for waiver of FY 1997 regulatory fee and late payment penalty for WBSL at Bay St. Louis, MS. Denied. (September 29, 1998.) [See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5345 pp 34 (1994).] KPYK - Request for waiver and refund of FY 1997 regulatory fee for Class D Radio Station, KPYK, at Terrell, TX. Denied. Request for waiver or reduction of FY 1997 regulatory fees for KPYK (September 15, 1998.) Granted. Request for waiver and refund of FY 1994 and FY 1995 regulatory fees for KPYK (September 15, 1998.) [See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5346 (1994), reconsideration granted 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995).] Lakeshore Broadcasting, Inc. - Request for reconsideration and reinstatement of application nunc pro tunc. Denied. (September 22, 1998.) Multimedia, Inc. - Request for reduction of FY 1997 regulatory fees assessed for KNAZ-TV at Flagstaff, AZ, and sixteen Broadcast Auxiliary stations. Granted. (September 29, 1998.) Prairie Communications, Inc. - Request for waiver of FY 1997 regulatory fee and late payment penalty for KCGM-FM at Scobey, MT. Denied. (September 29, 1998.) [See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5345 pp 34 (1994).] R&S Radio Marketing - Request for waiver of FY 1997 regulatory fees for WBLY-AM and WIZE-AM at Springfield, OH. Dismissed. (September 15, 1998.) [See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5346 (1994), reconsideration granted, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995).] Rainey Radio, Inc. - Request for waiver of FY 1997 regulatory fee for WMYQ-AM at Newton, MS. Denied. (September 15, 1998.) [See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, FCC 95-257 pp 15 (June 22, 1995).] Stauffer Communications, Inc. - Request for reconsideration of FY 1997 regulatory fee for WIBW-AM at Topeka, KS. Granted. (September 29, 1998.) Walt Disney World Co. - Petition for Reconsideration of renewal of WNSS890. Withdrawn. (September 29, 1998.) World Voice of Historic Adventism, Inc. - Request for waiver of FY 1996 and 1997 regulatory fees for WVHA. Dismissed. (September 15, 1998.) [See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995); and 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5346 (1994), reconsideration granted, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995). See also 10 FCC Rcd at 12761-2762.] NOTE: ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS REPORT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PREPARER, CLAUDETTE PRIDE, CREDIT & DEBT MANAGEMENT CENTER ON (202) 418-1995.