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

In the Matter of                )
                                )       
Minority Business and Housing Development, Inc.   )    File  No.: 
EB-02-PA-200
                                )   NAL/Acct. No. 200332400003
Licensee, WYGG(FM)              )   FRN 0007-5125-28
                                )
Uniondale, New York             )   

                                
                        FORFEITURE ORDER

Adopted:  May 5, 2003                             Released:   May 
7, 2003 

By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau:

     1.   In  this  Forfeiture  Order  (``Order''),  we  issue  a 
          monetary forfeiture in the amount of thirteen  thousand 
          dollars  ($13,000)  to Minority  Business  and  Housing 
          Development, Inc. (``Minority Business''), licensee  of 
          radio  station  WYGG,  Asbury  Park,  New  Jersey,  for 
          willful  and repeated  violation of  Sections  11.35(a) 
          and 73.1350(a) of the Commission's Rules  (``Rules'').1  
          The  noted   violations  involve  Minority   Business's 
          failure  to install  Emergency Alert  System  equipment 
          and failure to operate in accordance with the terms  of 
          the station authorization.
 
     2.   On December  30, 2002,  the  District Director  of  the 
Commission's    Philadelphia,    Pennsylvania    Field     Office 
(``Philadelphia Office'') issued a  Notice of Apparent  Liability 
for Forfeiture (``NAL'')  in the  amount of  $13,000 to  Minority 
Business.2  Minority Business  has not  filed a  response to  the 
NAL.   Based  on  the  information  before  us,  we  affirm   the 
forfeiture.

     3.   ACCORDINGLY, IT IS  ORDERED THAT,  pursuant to  Section 
503(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended  (``Act''),3 
and Sections 0.111, 0.311 and 1.80(f)(4) of the Rules,4  Minority 
Business and Housing Development, Inc.  IS LIABLE FOR A  MONETARY 
FORFEITURE in the amount of $13,000 for willfully and  repeatedly 
violating Sections 11.35(a) and 73.1350(a) of the Rules.

     4.   Payment of the forfeiture shall  be made in the  manner 
provided for in Section 1.80 of  the Rules within 30 days of  the 
release of this Order.  If the forfeiture is not paid within  the 
period specified, the case may  be referred to the Department  of 
Justice for collection  pursuant to Section  504(a) of the  Act.5  
Payment shall be made by  mailing a check or similar  instrument, 
payable  to   the   order   of   the   ``Federal   Communications 
Commission,'' to the Federal Communications Commission, P.O.  Box 
73482, Chicago,  Illinois 60673-7482.   The payment  should  note 
NAL/Acct. No. 200332400003, and  FRN 0007-5125-28.  Requests  for 
full payment under an installment plan should be sent to:  Chief, 
Revenue and Receivables Operations Group, 445 12th Street,  S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20554.6

     5.        IT IS FURTHER  ORDERED THAT a  copy of this  Order 
shall be  sent by  first class  mail and  certified mail,  return 
receipt requested, to Minority Business and Housing  Development, 
Inc., 612 Leonard Avenue, Uniondale, New York 11553. 

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                         


                         David H. Solomon
                         Chief, Enforcement Bureau
_________________________

     1 47 C.F.R. §§ 11.35(a) and 73.1350(a).

     2 Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, NAL/Acct. No. 
200332400003 (Enf. Bur.,  Philadelphia Office, released  December 
30, 2002).

     3 47 U.S.C. § 503(b).

     4 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.111, 0.311, 1.80(f)(4).

     5 47 U.S.C. § 504(a).

     6 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1914.