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


In the Matter of                )
                                )
Ramano's School Bus Service, Inc.            )    File No. EB-04-
PA-049
                                )
Norristown, Pennsylvania        )            NOV No. 20043240010
                                )
                                

                       NOTICE OF VIOLATION

                                             Released:  March 17, 
2004 

By the District Director, Philadelphia Office, Enforcement 
Bureau:

  1.      This  is  a  Notice  of  Violation  ("Notice")   issued 
     pursuant to  Section 1.89  of  the Commission's  Rules,1  to 
     Ramano's  School  Bus  Service,  Inc.  (``Ramano's''),   the 
     licensee of station WPZN846.  

  2.      On  March  5,  2004,  an  agent  of  the   Commission's 
     Philadelphia Office inspected station WPZN846 and found  the 
     following violation: 

  2.a.      47  C.F.R.  §  90.425(a):  ``Each  station   and 
            system shall  be identified by the  transmission 
            of   the   assigned  call   sign   during   each 
            transmission  or exchange  of transmissions,  or 
            once each 15  minutes (30 minutes in the  Public 
            Safety  Pool)   during  periods  of   continuous 
            operation.  The  call sign shall be  transmitted 
            by  voice   in  the  English   language  or   by 
            International  Morse  Code  in  accordance  with 
            paragraph (b) of this section.''  

            Ramano's  failed  to  transmit  the  call   sign 
            WPZN846  on  the 460.125  MHz  repeater  station 
            which  is   located  at   the  Colonial   School 
            District Administrative Building, 230  Flourtown 
            Road, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.    

  3.      Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 
     1934, as  amended,2 and  Section  1.89 of  the  Commission's 
     Rules, Ramano's must submit  a written statement  concerning 
     this matter within 20 days  of release of this Notice.   The 
     response must fully explain  each violation, must contain  a 
     statement of  the specific  actions  taken to  correct  each 
     violation and preclude recurrence, and should include a time 
     line for  completion  of pending  corrective  actions.   The 
     response  must  be  complete  in  itself  and  signed  by  a 
     principal or officer of the licensee with personal knowledge 
     of the  matter.   All  replies  and  documentation  sent  in 
     response to this Notice should  be marked with the File  No. 
     and NOV No.  specified above,  and mailed  to the  following 
     address:

                 Federal Communications Commission
                 Philadelphia Office 
                 One Oxford Valley Building, Suite 404
                 2300 East Lincoln Highway
                 Langhorne, Pennsylvania 19047

  4.      This Notice  shall  be  sent  to  Ramano's  School  Bus 
     Service,  Inc.,   1065  Belvoir   Road,  Plymouth   Meeting, 
     Pennsylvania 19462.  

  5.      The Privacy Act  of 19743 requires  that we advise  you 
     that  the  Commission   will  use   all  relevant   material 
     information before it,  including any information  disclosed 
     in your reply, to determine what, if any, enforcement action 
     is required to ensure compliance.  Any false statement  made 
     knowingly  and  willfully  in   reply  to  this  Notice   is 
     punishable by fine  or imprisonment  under Title  18 of  the 
     U.S. Code.4


                                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
COMMISSION




                                John E. Rahtes
                                District Director
                                Philadelphia Office

_________________________

1 47 C.F.R. § 1.89.

2 47 U.S.C. § 308(b).

3 P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3).

4 18 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.