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August 5, 1998

The following item has been deleted from the list of agenda items scheduled for consideration at the August 6, 1998, Open Meeting and previously listed in the Commission's Notice of July 30, 1998.

ITEM NO.	BUREAU	SUBJECT
4	MASS MEDIA AND OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL	TITLE: Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act -- Competitive Biding for Commercial Broadcast and Instructional Television Fixed Service Licenses (MM Docket No. 97-234); Reexamination of the Policy Statement on Comparative Broadcast Hearings (GC Docket No. 92-52); and Proposals to Reform the Commission's Comparative Hearing Process to Expedite the Resolution of Cases (GEN Docket No. 90-264). SUMMARY: The Commission will consider implementing its authority under Section 309(j) of the Communications Act to utilize competitive bidding procedures to award commercial broadcast, secondary broadcast and Instructional Television Fixed Service licenses.