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                           Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                     Washington, D.C. 20554
                                   
In the Matter of                )
                                )       
Brown Broadcasting System, Inc. )   File No.: EB-03-AT-197
Owner of Antenna Structure located in   )    NAL/Acct.        No. 
200432480001
Jefferson, Georgia              )   FRN 0009 7708 84
Athens, Georgia                 )       
                                )

                        FORFEITURE ORDER

Adopted:  April 14, 2004                Released:  April 16, 2004

By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau:

     1.   In  this  Forfeiture  Order  (``Order''),  we  issue  a 
          monetary  forfeiture  in  the  amount  of         three 
          thousand   dollars  ($3,000)   to  Brown   Broadcasting 
          System,  Inc.  (``Brown Broadcasting''),  owner  of  an 
          antenna structure  in Jefferson,  Georgia, for  willful 
          and  repeated  violation  of  Section  17.4(a)  of  the 
          Commission's Rules  (``Rules'').1  The noted  violation 
          involves Brown  Broadcasting's failure to register  its 
          antenna structure with the Commission. 2

     2.   On  December 8,  2003,  the District  Director  of  the 
          Commission's Atlanta,  Georgia Field Office  (``Atlanta 
          Office'')  issued a  Notice of  Apparent Liability  for 
          Forfeiture (``NAL'') in  the amount of $3,000 to  Brown 
          Broadcasting.3   Brown  Broadcasting 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  Act,4     and Sections 0.111, 0.311  and 
          1.80(f)(4) of  the Rules,5  Brown Broadcasting  System, 
          Inc. IS LIABLE FOR A MONETARY FORFEITURE in the  amount 
          of  $3,000  for  willfully  and  repeatedly   violating     
          Section 17.4(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.6  
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. 200432480001  and FRN 0009  7708 84.  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. 20554.7 

     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 Brown  Broadcasting System, Inc.,  1186 West  Broad 
Street, Athens, Georgia 30603. 

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                         


                         David H. Solomon
                         Chief, Enforcement Bureau
_________________________

     1 47 C.F.R. § 17.4(a).

     2 On December  22, 2003, Brown  Broadcasting registered  its 
antenna structure.  (ASR  No. 1241559).

     3 Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, NAL/Acct. No. 
200432480001 (Enf.  Bur., Atlanta  Office, released  December  8, 
2003).

     4 47 U.S.C. § 503(b).

     5 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.111, 0.311, 1.80(f)(4).

     6 47 U.S.C. § 504(a).

     7 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1914.