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


In the Matter of                )
                                )
Ocean Township Board of Education         )       File No.  EB-
04-PA-154
                                )                           
Oakhurst, New Jersey            )         
                                )         NOV No. V20053240002
Attention: Michael Supko        )


                       NOTICE OF VIOLATION

                                             Released:  October 
13, 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 
     Ocean Township Board of Education (``Ocean Township'').  

  2.      On September 24, 2004 between 9:12 a.m. and 9:40  a.m., 
     an agent of the  Commission's Philadelphia Office  monitored 
     the transmissions from  station WPWE333  on the  frequencies 
     463.300 MHz  and  464.250  MHz and  observed  the  following 
     violation:

       47 C.F.R. §  90.425(a):  ``Except as provided for  in 
       paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section, each  station 
       or 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...''  
       Ocean  Township  failed to  transmit  the  call  sign 
       WPWE333 on  the frequencies 463.300  MHz and  464.250 
       MHz.  Ocean  Township should transmit  its call  sign 
       WPWE333 on  all four frequencies  of the trunk  radio 
       system.  

  3.      Pursuant to Section 308(b) of the Communications Act of 
     1934, as  amended,2 and  Section  1.89 of  the  Commission's 
     Rules, Ocean  Township  Board  of Education  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  Ocean Township Board  of 
     Education, Attn: Michael Supko, 163 Monmouth Road, Oakhurst, 
     New Jersey 07755.  

  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.