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                                   Before the

                       Federal Communications Commission

                             Washington, D.C. 20554

   In the Matter of )

   )

   Radio One, Inc. ) File No. EB-FIELDSCR-12-00003025

   ) NOV No. V201232700009

   )

   Orlando, Florida )

   )

                              NOTICE OF VIOLATION

   Released:  July 6th, 2012

   By the District Director, Tampa Office, South Central Region, Enforcement
   Bureau:

    1. This is a Notice of Violation (Notice) issued pursuant to Section 1.89
       of the Commission's Rules, to Radio One Communications Service Company
       in Orlando, Florida.

    2. On May 2, 2012, agents of the Enforcement Bureau's Tampa Office
       inspected Station WQOB390 located in Lakeland, Florida, and observed
       the following violation:

     a. 47 C.F.R. S: 90.427(b): "Except for frequencies used in accordance
        with S: 90.417, no person shall program into a transmitter
        frequencies for which the licensee using the transmitter is not
        authorized." At the time of the inspection, agents found that Florida
        Presbyterian Homes was operating on unauthorized frequencies. The
        agents later determined that Radio One, Inc. had programmed radio
        transmitting equipment for Florida Presbyterian Homes with three
        unauthorized frequencies, 152.960, 151.940, and 156.000 MHz.

    3. Pursuant to Section 403 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
       and Section 1.89 of the Commission's Rules, Radio One, Inc. 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 action(s) taken to
       correct each violation, to preclude recurrence, and should include a
       time line for completion of pending corrective action(s). The response
       must be complete in itself and signed by a principal or officer of
       Radio One Communications Service Company. 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

   Tampa Office

   4010 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 425

   Tampa, Florida, 33607

    4. This Notice shall be sent to by Certified Mail/Return Receipt
       Requested and First Class Mail to Radio One Communications Service
       Company at its address of record.

    5. The Privacy Act of 1974 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.

   FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

   Ralph M. Barlow

   District Director

   Tampa District Office

   South Central Region

   Enforcement Bureau

   47 C.F.R. S: 1.89.

   Radio One Inc. has several licenses in the Industrial/Business Pool,
   Conventional Service.

   47 U.S.C. S: 403.

   P.L. 93-579, 5 U.S.C. S: 552a(e)(3).

   18 U.S.C. S: 1001 et seq.

   Federal Communications Commission

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                       Federal Communications Commission