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

In the Matter of                   )
                              )
MESB Services Inc.                 )    File No. 33097-CD-P/ML-96
                              )
Request for Reinstatement               )
of Station KNKJ408 in              )
Sikeston, Missouri                 )


                            ORDER  


   Adopted:  November 2, 1999           Released:  November 2, 1999

By the Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau: 


     1.   By letter dated May 16, 1997, MESB Services Inc. (MESB) requested reinstatement
(Reinstatement Request) of the above-captioned application (Application).  MESB filed the Application on July
31, 1996, for a facility to operate on frequency 158.10 MHz at Sikeston, Missouri.  On December 17, 1996,
the Narrowband Branch of the Commercial Wireless Division requested additional information.  Specifically,
the Branch requested that MESB submit the interference study required by section 22.559(a) of the
Commission's rules, because MESB's Application failed to show interference-free operation in relation to the
co-channel station licensed to Porter Communication, Inc. under call sign KNKP407 operating at Symsonia,
Kentucky.  On April 30, 1997, after not receiving the requested interference study, the Narrowband Branch
dismissed the Application.  For the reasons discussed below, we deny the Reinstatement Request.    
      
     2.   In its Reinstatement Request, MESB states that it mailed the requested information via
noncertified United States mail.  However, our records reveal that the requested interference study was never
received by the Commission.  Therefore, MESB's Application was properly dismissed.  Accordingly, we deny
MESB's Reinstatement Request.     

               3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that pursuant to sections 4(i) and 405 of the Communications
Act, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i), 405, and sections 0.331 and 1.106 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.
 0.331 and 1.106, the Reinstatement Request filed by MESB Services Inc. on May 16, 1997 IS DENIED. 


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              Paul D'Ari
                              Chief, Policy and Rules Branch
                              Commercial Wireless Division
                              Wireless Telecommunications Bureau