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

                                )
In the Matter of                )
                                )
COLUMBIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.   )
                                )
to Modify the Call Sign of      )
Station WNEC557 at              )
Mt. Lewis, Miwuk Village,       )
Toulumne, California            )


                     ORDER OF MODIFICATION


   Adopted:  August 30, 1999            Released:  August 31, 1999

By Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:

1.   On August 6, 1998, the Licensing and Technical Analysis Branch, Public Safety and Private
Wireless Division granted an application filed by Columbia Communications, Inc. (Columbia) seeking
modification of its authorized facilities to operate on Channel 460.725 MHz under Call Sign
WNEC557 at Mt. Lewis, Miwuk Village, Toulumne, California at a power level of 40 watts.  The
maximum authorized power for a station operating on Channel 460.725 MHz is 20 watts. 
Consequently, pursuant to Section 316 of the Communications Act, as amended, we are notifying
you that effective September 30, 1999, you may no longer operate Station WNEC557 at a power
level of 40 watts.  Consistent with Section 90.35 of the Commission's Rules, the maximum power for
Station WNEC557, which you may begin using immediately, will be 20 watts.

2.   In accordance with Section 1.87 of the Commission's Rules, this Order of Modification, will
not become final until you have received notice of our action and an opportunity to protest the
modification.  While Section 1.87(a) generally provides for a thirty-day period to protest a license
modification, where safety of life or property is involved, we may provide a shorter period of time. 
Because issues concerning the safety of life or property are not involved, we are providing you with
thirty days notice of our action to modify the license for Station WNEC557 to reduce the operating
power from 40 watts to 20 watts to comply with the Commission's Rules.

3.   You may protest the modification of your license if, within thirty days of the release of this
Order of Modification, you submit a written statement with sufficient evidence to show that the
proposed modification would not be in the public interest.  Your protest must be filed with the
Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary, 445 Twelfth Street, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20554.  Additionally, your protest shall be subject to the requirements of Section
309 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, for petitions to deny.  If you do not file a
protest within thirty days of the release date of this Order of Modification, your right to file a protest
will be deemed waived and you will be deemed to have consented to the proposed modification. 
Your right to file a protest shall be deemed waived unless good cause is shown in a petition to be filed
not later than five days before the lapse of the thirty-day protest period.

4.   IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections 4(i) and 316 of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i), 316, and section 1.87 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.87
that the Order of Modification shall become effective on September 30, 1999 Columbia
Communications, Inc. does not protest the Order of Modification.

5.   IT IS FURTHER ORDERED pursuant to section 4(i) Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i), and section 1.87(i) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.87(i) that
the Order of Modification shall be served by certified mail, return receipt requested upon Columbia
Communications, Inc.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                              D'wana R. Terry
                              Chief, Public Safety and Private Wireless Division
                              Wireless Telecommunications Bureau