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

                              )
In the Matter of                        )         
                              )         
Tralyn Broadcasting, Inc.                         )    File  No.: 
EB-02-OR-242
                              )    NAL/Acct. No. 200332620001
Licensee of Station WIGG(AM) in         )    FRN 0005-0066-71
Wiggins, Mississippi                         )
                              )
Muscle Shoals, Alabama             )


                        FORFEITURE ORDER

Adopted:  January 28, 2003                        Released:  
January 30, 2003

By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau:

     1.   In  this  Forfeiture  Order  (``Order''),  we  issue  a 
          monetary  forfeiture in  the amount  of seven  thousand 
          dollars   ($7,000)   to   Tralyn   Broadcasting,   Inc. 
          (``Tralyn''),  licensee of  Station WIGG(AM),  Wiggins, 
          Mississippi,  for  willful and  repeated  violation  of 
          Sections  11.61(a)(2)(i)(A) and  73.3526(a)(2)  of  the 
          Commission's Rules (``Rules'').1  The noted  violations 
          involve  Tralyn's failure  to conduct  weekly tests  of 
          the Emergency Alert System and failure to maintain  all 
          of  the   required  items  in   the  station's   public 
          inspection file.

     2.   On October  1,  2002,  the  District  Director  of  the 
Commission's New Orleans, Louisiana  Field Office (``New  Orleans 
Office'') issued a  Notice of Apparent  Liability for  Forfeiture 
(``NAL'') in the  amount of  $7,000 to Tralyn.2   Tralyn 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  Tralyn 
Broadcasting, Inc. IS  LIABLE FOR  A MONETARY  FORFEITURE in  the 
amount of $7,000 for willfully and repeatedly violating  Sections 
11.61(a)(2)(i)(A) and 73.3526(a)(2) 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. 200332620001, and  FRN 0005-0066-71.  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 Tralyn  Broadcasting, Inc., 522 D  Mitchell 
Self Memorial Drive, Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35662.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                         


                         David H. Solomon
                         Chief, Enforcement Bureau
_________________________

     1 47 C.F.R. §§ 11.61(a)(2)(i)(A) and 73.3526(a)(2).

     2 Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, NAL/Acct. No. 
200332620001 (Enf. Bur., New Orleans Office, released October  1,  
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.