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**Federal Communications Commission**

**445 12^th^ Street N.W.**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

# DA -- 00-275

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**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

**PUBLIC NOTICE**

**Released: February 14, 2000**

**FEE DECISIONS OF THE MANAGING**

**DIRECTOR AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC**

The Managing Director is responsible for fee decisions in response to
requests for waiver or deferral of fees as well as other pleadings
associated with the fee collection process. A public notice of these fee
decisions is published in the FCC record.

The decisions are placed in General Docket 86-285 and are available for
public inspection. A copy of the decision is also placed in the
appropriate docket, if one exists.

The following Managing Director fee decisions are released for public
information:

> **Abacus Communications Company** - Request for refund of a filing fee
> submitted in connection with its applications for special temporary
> authority for W28AS at Wheeling, WV. **Granted**. (July 15, 1999)
>
> **ACME Television, LLC.** - Request for refund of application fee for
> Acme Television, LLC at. **Denied**. (November 18, 1999)
>
> **Aerial Communications, Inc.** - Request for waiver and deferment of
> FY 1999 regulatory fees for Aerial Communications, Inc. at Chicago,
> IL. **Denied and granted respectively**. (December 9, 1999) \[See
> Implementation of Section 9 of the Communication Act, 10 FCC Rcd
> 12759, 12762 (1995); See also, Implementation of Section 9
> Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5345 (1994).\]
>
> **ARDIS Company** - Request for refund and waiver or reduction of late
> charge penalty payment of FY 1998 regulatory fees for ARDIS Company at
> Lincolnshire, IL. **Denied**. (November 18, 1999)
>
> **Bisbee Mountain Translator Association** - Request for deferment and
> waiver of the FY 1998 regulatory fees on KO8HY, K10GJ, and K131Q at
> Colville, WA. **Granted**. (December 7, 1999) \[See Implementation of
> Section 9 of the Communications Act, FCC 95-257, 16, released June 22,
> 1995.\]
>
> **BK Radio** - Request for refund of application fee for BK Radio at
> Wake Village, TX. **Granted**. (September 16, 1999) \[See
> Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications
> Act---Competitive Bidding for Commercial Broadcast and Instructional
> Television Fixed Service Licenses, 13 FCC Rcd 15920,15957 (1998); see
> also 47 C.F.R. 1.1113(a)(4).\]
>
> **Bonneville Holding Company** - Request for permanent reduction of
> regulatory fee for KCSG-TV at Cedar City, UT. **Denied**. (December
> 17, 1999) \[See Implementation of Section 9 Communications Act, 9 FCC
> Rcd 5333, 5345 (1994).\]
>
> **Booth American Company** - Request for reconsideration dated
> September 15, 1998 for Booth American Company at Detroit, MI.
> **Denied**. (July 15, 1999) \[See Implementation of Section 9 of the
> Communications Act---Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for
> the 1994 Fiscal Year, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5351-52 (1994); See also 47
> C.F.R. 1.1106(7).\]
>
> **Brunson Communications** - Request for waiver or refund of
> regulatory fee. **Dismissed**. (December 7, 1999)
>
> **Cellular Unreserved Areas** - Request for refund of application fees
> for Cellular Unreserved Areas at Los Angeles, CA and Minneapolis, MN.
> **Denied**. (December 20, 1999.) \[See Establishment of a Fee
> Collection Program to Implement the Provision of the Consolidated
> Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, 2 FCC Rcd 947,949 (1987).\]
>
> **Citizens Communications** - Request for waiver of the late penalties
> for certain FY 1996 and 1997 regulatory fees for Citizen
> Communications at Dallas, TX. **Denied**. (June 22, 1999) \[See 47
> U.S.C. 159 (c) (1).\]
>
> **Colorado Communications, Corp.** - Request for reduction of FY 1998
> regulatory fee for KBNO at Denver, CO. **Dismissed**. (April 20, 1999)
> \[See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd
> 5333, 5346 (1994), reconsideration granted, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995);
> see also 10 FCC Rcd at 12761-2762.\]
>
> **Columbia Communications, Corp.** - Request for payment of interest
> on portion regulatory fees refunded for FY 1994 through FY 1998.
> **Denied**. (November 18, 1999) \[See 47 U.S.C. 159.\]
>
> **Costa de Oro Television, Inc.** - Request for refund filing fee for
> KSTV-TV at Ventura, CA. **Granted.** (July 13, 1999) \[See 47 C.F.R.
> Section 1.1104(h) and 1.1113 (a)(1).\]
>
> **Dietz, Lester J.** - Request for waiver of the regulatory fee for
> Lester J. Dietz at North Mendocino County, CA. **Denied.** (August 10,
> 1999) \[See Implementation of Section 9 Communications Act, 10 FCC Rcd
> 12759, 12762 16 (1995).\]
>
> **Estate of Quinton W. Goode.** - Request for waiver of filing fee.
> **Denied.** (July 15, 1999) \[See 47 C.F.R. 1.1115 (c) (d), 1.1113 and
> 1.1117 (a); See also Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications
> Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5346 (1994).\]
>
> **First Greenville Corporation** - Request for waiver and refund of
> the FY 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 regulatory fee for KGVL and
> KIKT-FM at Greenville, TX. **FY 1994-1997 were Dismissed. FY 1998 was
> Granted.** (December 7, 1999) \[See 47 C.F.R. 1.1166(c). See also,
> Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333,
> 5346 (1994), reconsideration granted, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995).\]
>
> **Florida Media Broadcasters, Inc.** - Request for waiver of FY 1998
> regulatory fee for WNTO at Daytona, FL. **Dismissed.** (September 16,
> 1999) \[See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9
> FCC Rcd 5333, 5346 (1994), reconsideration granted, 10 FCC Rcd 12759
> (1995). See also, 10 FCC Rcd at 12761-2762.\]
>
> **Garden Valley Telephone Company** - Request for a refund of the FY
> 1994 and 1995 regulatory fee for Garden Valley Telephone Company at
> Erskine, MN. **Granted.** (September 13, 1999)
>
> **Giannettino, John** - Request for waiver of FY 1997 regulatory fee
> for KCPS-AM at Burlington, IA. **Denied.** (September 16, 1999) \[See
> Report and Order In the Matter of Assessment and Collection of
> Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 1997, MD Doc No. 96-186, 12 FCC Rcd.
> 17161 (1997).\]
>
> **Hancock Broadcasting** - Request for defer payment of the FY 1997
> regulatory fees for WSBL at Bay St. Louis, MS. **Denied.** (May 14,
> 1999)
>
> **Happy Broadcasting Company** - Request for waiver of regulatory fee
> for WPWC at Dumfries, VA. **Denied.** (December 1, 1999) \[See 47
> C.F.R. 1.1164 and 1.1166.\]
>
> **Happy Broadcasting Company** - Request for waiver of the FY 1997
> regulatory fee for WPWC at Dumfries, VA. **Dismiss.** (May 11, 1998)
> \[See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd
> 5333, 5346 (1994), reconsideration granted, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995).
> See also, 10 FCC Rcd at 12761-2762.\]
>
> **Heartland Communications** - Request for refund of the application
> fee for a new FM Radio Station. **Denied.** (November 18, 1999) \[See
> First Report and Order in the Matter of Implementation of Section
> 309(j) of the Communications Act, 13 FCC Rcd. 15920 (1998) (First
> Report and Order).\]
>
> **I-Link Communications, Inc.** - Request for extension of time of the
> FY 1998 regulatory fees for I-Link Communications, Inc at Phoenix, AZ.
> **Denied.** (June 22, 1999.) \[See 47 U.S.C. 159 (c)(1).\]
>
> **Jasas Broadcasting, 27, LP** - Request for reduction and partial
> refund of the FY 1996, 1997, and 1998 regulatory fees for WUNI at
> Worcester, MA. **Denied.** (May 14, 1999)
>
> **Jones College** - Request for waiver of the late penalty payment of
> the FY 1998 regulatory fees for WKTZ and WJAX at Jacksonville, FL.
> **Denied.** (December 17, 1999)
>
> **KCCB** - Request for waiver of FY 1998 regulatory fees for KCCB at
> Corning, AR. **Granted.** (September 16, 1999) \[See Implementation of
> Section 9 of the Communications Act, FCC 95-257 15 released June
> 25,1995.\]
>
> **KCLJ-TV** - Request for waiver of the late penalty payment for FY
> 1998 regulatory fee for KCLJ-TV at Neosha, MO. **Granted.** (May 4,
> 1999)
>
> **KGVY** - Request for refund of the FY 1998 regulatory fee for KGVY
> at Green Valley, AZ. **Granted.** (December 7, 1999)
>
> **King Broadcasting** - Request for reduction and partial refund of
> the FY 1994, 1995 and reduction of FY 1997 regulatory fees for KBIM at
> Rosewell, NM. **Granted.** (June 22, 1999)
>
> **KJOP-AM** - Request for waiver of the FY 1998 regulatory fee for
> KJOP-AM at Leemore, CA. **Dismiss.** (May 4, 1999)
>
> **KMFG-FM** - Request for reduction of waiver of FY 1998 regulatory
> fee for KMFG-FM at Nashwauk, MN. **Denied.** (May 4, 1999)
>
> **KRZI and KEYR** - Request for waiver of the FY 1997 regulatory fees
> for KRZI and KEYR at Waco, TX. **Denied.** (December 10, 1999) \[See
> Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333,
> 5346 (1994), reconsideration granted, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995).\]
>
> **KTC Broadcasting, Inc.** - Request for partial refund of the FY 1997
> regulatory fees for WGNC at Gastonia, NC. **Denied.** (April 20, 1999)
>
> **L M Communications, Inc.** - Request for waiver of late penalty for
> FY 1998 regulatory fees for WYBB-FM, WNST-FM, WLXG-AM, and WGKS-FM at
> Charleston, SC. **Denied.** (April 20, 1999) \[See 47 U.S.C. 159 (c)
> (1).\]
>
> **Lampasas Radio.** - Request for waiver of FY 1997 regulatory fees
> for KCYL-AM at Lampasas, TX and for the construction permit for
> KACQ-FM at Lomata, TX, and for an associated Radio auxiliary Station.
> **Denied.** (September 16, 1999) \[See Implementation of Section 9 of
> the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5345 ¶ 34, 5346 (1994),
> reconsideration granted, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995), 12764 (1995).\]
>
> **Las Raices Pepinianas, Inc.** - Request for a deferment and
> reduction of the FY 1997 regulatory fees for WLRP-AM at San Sebastian,
> PR. **Dismissed.** (June 22, 1999) \[See Implementation of Section 9
> of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5346 (1994),
> reconsideration granted, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995). See also 10 FCC Rcd
> at 12761-2762.\]
>
> **Lonerock Television Company** - Request for waiver of the FY 1998
> regulatory fees for Lonerock Television Company at Condon, OR.
> **Denied.** (November 18, 1999) \[See Implementation of Section 9 of
> the Communication Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5345 (1994).\]
>
> **Long Family Partnership** - Request for waiver of the FY 1998
> regulatory fees for Lonerock Television Company at Condon, OR.
> **Denied.** (November 18, 1999) \[See Implementation of Section 9 of
> the Communication Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5345 (1994).\]
>
> **Mark Media, Inc.** - Request for a reduction and partial refund of
> FY 1997 regulatory fee for WKYK at Burnsville, NC. **Denied.** (April
> 20, 1999)
>
> **Middleton Radio** - Request for refund of application fee for a new
> FM radio station. **Denied.** (November 18, 1999) \[See First Report
> and Order in the Matter of Implementation of Section 309(j) of the
> Communications Act, 13 FCC Rcd. 15920 (1998) (First Report and
> Order).\]
>
> **Migala Communications, Inc.** - Request for waiver of FY 1997 and FY
> 1998 regulatory fee for WCEV at Cicero, IL. **Denied.** (October 26,
> 1999) \[See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9
> FCC Rcd 5333, 5345 (1994), 10 FCC Rcd 12759, 12764 (1995). See also,
> 47 C.F.R. Section 73.21.\]
>
> **Mountain Valley Media, Inc** - Request for a reduction and partial
> refund of the FY 1997 regulatory fees for WTOE at Spruce Pine, NC.
> **Denied.** (August 10, 1999)
>
> **Multimedia, Inc.** - Request for refund of the FY 1998 regulatory
> fee for KNAZ-TV at Flagstaff, AZ. **Granted.** (July 15, 1999)
>
> **New Age General Partners** - Request for refund of the filing fee
> filed by Romulus Engineering. **Granted.** (June 15, 1999) \[See 47
> C.F.R. Section 1.1113 (a)(4); Establishment of a Fee Collection
> Program to Implement the Provision of the Consolidated Omnibus
> Reconciliation Act 1985, 2 FCC Rcd 947, 950 (1987), reconsidered in
> part, 3 FCC Rcd 5987,5988 (1988); see also Amendment of the
> Commission's Rules Regarding Multiple Address System, 13 FCC Rcd 17954
> (1998); Refund of Application Fees for 932-932.5/941-941.5 MHZ
> Multiple Address System Applications, (October 1, 1998) (WESTLAW
> library)('Public Notice").\]
>
> **Northeast Radio, Inc.** - Request for waiver of FY 1998 regulatory
> fee for AM Radio Station WCAP, Lowell, MA. **Denied.** (October 26,
> 1999) \[See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9
> FCC Rcd 5333, 5346 (1994), reconsideration granted, 10 FCC Rcd 12759
> (1995). See also, 10 FCC Rcd at 12761-2762.\]
>
> **Orbital Communication Corporation, Inc.** - Request for reduction of
> the FY 1998 regulatory fees. **Denied.** (June 22, 1999) \[See
> Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 1997, FCC
> 97-215 ¶¶ 73-75 (June 26, 1997); see also 47 C.F.R. 1.1164 (c) and
> (d).\]
>
> **PanAmSat Licensee Corp.** - Request for waiver of application fee
> for PAS-10 Ka-band and waiver of the application fee for PAS-12 C/Ku
> band satellites. **Denied**. Request for waiver of application fee for
> PAS-21, a hybrid C/Ku band satellite that will be collocated with
> PAS-6 at 68.5 E.L. **Denied**. Request for refund of eight of eleven
> GSO satellites. **Denied**. Request for refund of three of eleven GSO
> satellites. **Granted.** (July 15, 1999)
>
> **Paxson Decatur License, Inc.** - Request for refund of the FY 1998
> regulatory fees for WPXU (TV) **Denied.** (July 15, 1999.) \[See
> Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 10 FCC Rcd
> 12759 (1995), the Commission amended Section 1.1162(c) of the Rules,
> 47 C.F.R. 1.1162(c); See also 47 C.F.R. 1.1162(c) (1) and (2).\]
>
> **Phillips Broadcasting Co. Inc. -** Request for refund of the filing
> fee submitted with application for extension of Construction Permit.
> **Denied.** (November 18, 1999) \[See The Report and Order
> ("Streamlining of Mass Media Applications, Rules, and Processes"), MM
> Docket No. 98-43, FCC 98-281 (Released Nov 25, 1998).\]
>
> **Ponce Broadcasting Corp.** - Request for waiver or reduction of FY
> 1998 regulatory fees for Puerto Rican Radio Stations, WZAR-FM,
> WLEO-AM, WKFE-AM, WLEY-AM, and WZUR-AM. **Denied.** (September 26,
> 1999.) \[See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9
> FCC Rcd 5333, 5346 (1994), reconsideration granted, 10 FCC Rcd 12759
> (1995).\]
>
> **Pro-Radio, Inc.** - Request for waiver of FY 1997 regulatory fee for
> WFAD-AM and WMNM-FM at Middlebury, VT. **Granted**. (October 19,
> 1999.) \[See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 10
> FCC Rcd 12759, 12762, Section 14 (1995).\]
>
> **Reading Broadcasting, Inc.** - Request for reduction of FY 1998
> regulatory fee for WTVE at Reading, PA. **Granted**. (May 4, 1999.)
> \[See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd
> 5333, 5346 (1994), reconsideration granted, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995).\]
>
> **Skytel Corp.** - Request for waiver of "per call sign" fee.
> **Denied.** (September 16, 1999) \[See Implementation of Section 9 of
> the Communications Act, Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees
> for the 1994 Fiscal Year, 9 FCC Rcd 6957, 6970 (1994) (the Commission
> applied the analysis of the Section 8 (d)(2) standard to its
> discussion of the Section 9(d) waiver). See In the Matter of
> Establishment of a Fee Collection Program to Implement the Provisions
> of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, 5 FCC Rcd 3558, 3574
> (1990). See also Establishment of a Fee Collection Program to
> Implement the Provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation
> Act of 1985, 2 FCC Rcd 961 (1987).\]
>
> **Socorro Satellite Systems** - Request for partial waiver of the FY
> 1998 regulatory fees. **Denied.** (December 17, 1999) \[See Financial
> Qualifications Standards, 72 FCC 2d 784 (1979).\]
>
> **Stevens, Robert M. --** Request for refund of the application fees
> for a new FM station at Brookville, PA. **Granted.** (July 15, 1999)
> \[See Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act --
> Competitive Bidding for Commercial Broadcast and Instructional
> Television Fixed Service Licenses, 13 FCC Rcd 15920, 15957(1998); see
> also 47 C.F.R. § 1.1113(a)(4).\]
>
> **Television Properties, Inc.** - Request for partial waiver of the FY
> 1998 regulatory fees for WHCP-TV at Portsmouth, OH. **Denied.** (May
> 14, 1999) \[See Financial Qualifications Standards, 72 FCC 2d 784
> (1979).\]
>
> **TelQuest Satellite Services, LLC** - Request for fee determination
> in connection with its application to deploy multiple technically
> identical receive-only earth stations. **Determined.** (July 6, 1999)
> \[See Establishment of a Fee Collection Program to Implement the
> Provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 1985.
> 2 FCC Rcd 947, 948, and 961 (1987); see Amendment of the Commission's
> Regulatory Policies to Allow Non-U.S. Licensed Space Stations to
> Provide Domestic and International Satellite Service in the United
> States. IB Docket 96-11 (Released May 14, 1996) (¶ 80); see also 47
> C.F.R. 1.1117 and 1.107 (6)(a). Section 0.231(a) of the Commission's
> rules.\]
>
> **TSR Wireless, LLC.** - Request for refund of filing fee for call
> sign KNKB250. **Granted.** (December 20, 1999)
>
> **Turnpike Television** - Request for refund of filing fee.
> **Granted.** (July 15, 1999) \[See Establishment of a Fee Collection
> Program. 2 FCC Rcd 947, 949 (1987), recon. Denied, 3 FCC Rcd 5987
> (1988); see also, 47 C.F.R. 1.1113(a).\]
>
> **United Broadcasting Enterprise, Inc.** - Request for partial refund
> of the FY 1997 regulatory fees for WISE at Asheville, NC and WTZQ at
> Hendersonville, NC. **Denied.** (April 20, 1999)
>
> **V.I. Stereo Communications Corp.** - Request for waiver of FY 1998
> regulatory fees for WVIS at Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I.
> **Dismissed.** (July 13, 1999) \[See 10 FCC Rcd at 12761-2762.\]
>
> **Wade Communications, Inc.** - Request for refund of the application
> fee for a new FM radio station. **Denied.** (November 18, 1999) \[See
> First Report and Order in the Matter of Implementation of Section
> 309(j) of the Communications Act, 13 FCC Rcd. 15920 (1998) (First
> Report and Order).\]

**Wagonwheel Communications Corp. -** Request for refund of FY 1998
regulatory fee for a FM radio station 960925MD, Green River, WY.
**Granted.** (October 19, 1999)

> **WCNET, Inc. -** Request for a waiver of the late charge penalty
> payment of the FY 1998 regulatory fee. **Denied.** (November 18, 1999)
>
> **WCNR 930 AM** - Request for waiver and refund of FY 1998 regulatory
> fee. **Denied.** (October 26, 1999)

**WCRK-AM -** Request for a waiver of the late charge penalty payment of
the FY 1998 regulatory fee. **Denied.** (November 18, 1999)

> **Western Community TV -** Request for reduction, waiver and refund in
> reference to rebate of regulatory fee. **Dismissed.** (November 18,
> 1999) \[See 47 C.F.R. 1.1166 and 1.1167. See also 47 U.S.C.\]
>
> **White Mountain Communications -** Request for waiver of filing all
> regulatory fees for a White Mountain Communication at Roswell, NM.
> **Dismissed.** (July 13, 1999) \[See Implementation of Section 9 of
> the Communications Act, 10 FCC 12762 paragraph 14 (1995).\]
>
> **Whitehall Broadcasting Company-** Request for waiver of the late
> chare penalty payment of the FY 1998 regulatory fee on WAAM-AM at Ann
> Arbor, MI. **Denied.** (November 18, 1999)
>
> **Winnett Community TV System -** Request for exemption of regulatory
> fees for Winnett Community TV System at Winnett, MT. **Granted.**
> (July 13, 1999) \[See Section 1.1162(b).\]
>
> **WIZK** - Request for waiver of FY 1998 regulatory fees for WIZKAM at
> Bay Springs, MS. **Granted.** (September 16, 1999) \[See
> Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, FCC 95-257,
> (1995).\]
>
> **WMEI** - Request for waiver of FY 1998 regulatory fees for WMEI
> television station at Arecibo, PR. **Denied.** (August 10, 1999) \[See
> Financial Qualifications Standards, 72 FCC 2d 784 (1979).\]
>
> **Young Broadcasting of Lansing** - Request for waiver of late charge
> penalty payment of the FY 1998 regulatory fees for WLNS at Lansing, MI
> **Denied.** (November 18, 1999)
>
> NOTE: ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS REPORT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE
> CREDIT & DEBT MANAGEMENT CENTER AT (202) 418-1995