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


In the Matter of                       )
                                        )
Window to the World                        )           File No. 97040529
Communications, Inc.                    )
Licensee of Station WTTW(TV),              )
Chicago, IL                                ) 
Facility ID #10802                         )      
                                      )
For a Forfeiture                           )


                        FORFEITURE ORDER

   Adopted:  March 3, 2000                   Released:  March 6, 2000  


By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau:  

     1.  In this Order, we grant the request of Window to the World Communications, Inc.
("WTTW"), licensee of noncommercial television station WTTW(TV), Chicago, Illinois, for a reduction
in the $5,000 forfeiture proposed in a Notice of Apparent Liability ("NAL") issued for violation of the
statutory prohibition against the broadcast of advertisements on noncommercial stations. Specifically,
we reduce the proposed amount from $5,000 to $2,000 and limit our action to WTTW's admitted
violations.

     2.  In the NAL, the Chief, Mass Media Bureau, determined that WTTW had broadcast
announcements promoting for-profit entities in apparent violation of Section 399B of the
Communications Act, as amended, and Section 73.621(e) of the Commission's rules.  In support of the
monetary forfeiture, the NAL cited announcements made on behalf of program sponsors Zenith, Amoco,
and Sun America.  The NAL also found that the text of an announcement made on behalf of Prudential
exceeded the bounds of our rules, but that announcement was not considered in setting the forfeiture
amount because it was supplied by PBS, a national program supplier, and was not produced by the
station itself.

     3.   We have reviewed the record in light of the "good faith" and other standards set forth by the
Commission in Xavier University, 5 FCC Rcd 4920 (1990).  We find that the station's broadcast of the
Amoco, Sun America and Prudential announcements fell within the bounds of what is permissible under
Xavier.  WTTW has admitted that the Zenith announcements violated the advertising prohibition.  In
light of the Commission's determination that $2,000 is the appropriate base forfeiture amount for a
violation of the noncommercial underwriting restrictions, and the fact that our action is now limited to
the Zenith announcements, we are reducing the forfeiture from $5,000 to $2,000.
     
                Conclusion and Ordering Clauses

     4.  ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED, that WTTW's request for reduction or rescission filed
January 2, 1998 IS GRANTED to the extent that we approve a reduction of the proposed forfeiture
amount from $5,000 to $2,000.

     5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to Section 503(b) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, and Sections 0.111, 0.311 and 1.80 of the Commission's rules, Window to the World
Communications, Inc., licensee of noncommercial educational television station WTTW (TV), Chicago,
Illinois, shall FORFEIT to the United States the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000), for willfully
and repeatedly violating Section 399B of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. Sec.
399b, and Section 73.621(e) of the Commission's rules.

     6.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Forfeiture Order shall be sent by
Certified Mail -- Return Receipt Requested, to Katherine Lauderdale, Esq., Senior Vice President and
General Counsel, Window to the World Communications, Inc., 5400 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago,
Illinois 60625.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                         David H. Solomon
                         Chief, Enforcement Bureau