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                            Before the
                 Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554
                                   
In                  the                  Matter                  of                                                                  
)
                                   )         
Suwannee Cable TV                  )    File No.: EB-03-TP-179
Operator of Cable Television System FL 1248, PSID )    NAL/Acct. 
No. 200332700028
020182                             )    FRN 0009-3015-16
Old Town, Florida                  )         

                         FORFEITURE ORDER

Adopted:  October 17, 2003                             Released:  
October 21, 2003

By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau:

     1.   In  this  Forfeiture   Order  (``Order''),  we  issue   a 
          monetary  forfeiture  in the  amount  of  eight  thousand 
          dollars ($8,000)  to Suwannee  Cable TV  for willful  and 
          repeated   violation  of   Sections   76.605(a)(12)   and 
          76.611(a)(1)  of  the  Commission's  Rules  (``Rules'').1  
          The noted violations involve Suwannee Cable TV's  failure 
          to  comply with  the  Commission's cable  signal  leakage 
          standards.

     2.   On  July   17,  2003   the  District   Director  of   the 
Commission's Tampa, Florida Field Office (``Tampa Office'')  issued 
a Notice  of Apparent  Liability for  Forfeiture (``NAL'')  in  the 
amount of $8,000 to Suwannee Cable TV.2  Suwannee Cable TV 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  Suwannee 
Cable TV  IS LIABLE  FOR A  MONETARY FORFEITURE  in the  amount  of 
$8,000   for   willfully   and   repeatedly   violating    Sections 
76.605(a)(12) and 76.611(a)(1) 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. 
200332700028 and FRN 0009-3015-16.  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 Suwannee Cable  TV, Highway 19  South, Box 1120,  Old 
Town, Florida, 33692.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                         


                         David H. Solomon
                         Chief, Enforcement Bureau
_________________________

     1 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.605(a)(12), 76.611(a)(1).

     2 Notice of Apparent  Liability for Forfeiture, NAL/Acct.  No. 
200332700028 (Enf. Bur., Tampa Office, released July 17, 2003).

     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.