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**Federal Communications Commission**

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

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

# DA-01-2513

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**Before the**

**Federal Communications Commission**

**Washington, D.C. 20554**

**PUBLIC NOTICE**

**Released: October 30, 2001**

**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:

> **Accipiter Communications, Inc. -** MO&O - Request for Refund of
> filing Fee. DENIED. (October 2, 2001). See Request for clarification
> (Definition of \"Study Area\") 11 FCC rcd 8156, 8160-61 (CCB 1996).
>
> **Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. (ART)** Waiver of Application Fees re
> pro forma transfer of control. GRANTED. (August 28, 2001). \[See
> Section 1.1117 of the Commission\'s rules, 47 C.F.R. Section 1.1117\].
>
> **Aerco Broadcasting Corp.** - Application for Review for waiver of
> late charge penalty. DENIED. (July 25, 2001). See Section 9(c)(1) of
> the Act. See also Section 1.1158 of the Commission\'s Rules.
>
> **Astrolink International LLC** - Request for Partial Waiver and
> Refund of Application Fees for transfer of control of Astrolink from
> Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications, Inc. (LMGT) and TRW, Inc.
> to LMGT, TRW, LSAT Astro LLC and Telespazio Luxembourg, S.A. DENIED.
> (August 28, 2001). \[See FCC 01-189, rleased June 21, 2001\]
>
> **Beartooth Communications Company** (KTVH TV) - Request for Refund of
> Application Fee for station KTVH(TV) in Helena, Montana. DENIED.
> (August 28, 2001). \[See Establishment of a Fee Collection Program to
> Implement the Provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Act of
> 1985, 2 FCC Rcd 947, 949 (1987). {See also Conference Report to
> Accompany H.R. No. 386, 101^st^ Cong., 1^st^ Sess. 20-28 (1989);
> reprinted in the Cong. Rcd. Of November 21, 1989.
>
> **Cartwright Communication Technology, Inc.** - Waiver, refund and
> clarification of FY 1997 Regulatory Fees associated with Stations
> WNMG356 and WPAD665. DENIED. (June 28, 2001). \[See Omnibus Budget
> Reconciliation Act of 1993, Pub. L. No. 103-66, Title VI, Section
> 6002(b), 107 Stat. 312, 392 (1993).
>
> **Central Ozark Radio Network, Inc.** - Request for Review and Refund
> of Regulatory Fees for FY 1999 for station KUPH(FM) in Mountain View,
> Missouri. GRANTED. (June 28, 2001). \[See Assessment and Collection of
> Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 1999, 14 FCC Rcd 9868, 9929 (1999).
>
> **Clearwater Enterprises, Ltd. (WAXT-FM)** - Petition for
> Reconsideration to waive the FY 1997 regulatory fees for Stations
> WHBU(AM), Anderson IN, and WAXT(FM), Alexandria, IN. GRANTED. (June
> 28, 2001). \[See Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications
> Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5346 (1994); recon. Granted, 10 FCC Rcd 12759
> (1995).
>
> **EchoStar Satellite Corporation** - Request for Reduction of
> Regulatory Fee for FY 1999. DENIED. (August 28, 2001). \[See
> Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 1999.
>
> **First Radio, Inc. (WLLK-FM)** - Request for Refund of Application
> Fee for station WLLK(FM) in Somerset, Kentucky. DENIED. (July 25,
> 2001). \[See 47 C.F.R. Section 1.1109(d).
>
> **Gentile, Joseph J., Inc.** - Request for Reduction and Refund of FY
> 1999 Regulatory Fee for Station WJJG(AM) in Elmhurst, IL. DENIED.
> (July 24, 2001). \[See Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees
> for FY 1999, Report and Order, MD Docket No. 98-299, FCC 99-146,
> Attachments D & F (adopted June 11, 1999, released June 18, 1999) 47
> C.F.R. Section 1.1153(4).
>
> **Glenwood TV Association** - Request for Waiver of Regulatory Fees
> for FY 1993 & 1997 for Glenwood TV Association in Glenwood,
> Washington. GRANTED. (June 28, 2001). \[See Implementation of Section
> 9 of the Communications Act, FCC 95-257, Page 9, released June 22,
> 1995.
>
> **GST Telecom, Inc**. - Request for Waiver of FY 2000 Regulatory Fee
> late penalty charge. GRANTED. (July 9, 2001). \[See Implementation of
> Section 9 of the Communications Act, 10 FCC Rcd 12759, 12762 (1995).
>
> **KN Energy, Inc**. - Fee determination, waiver and refund of
> applications to assign POFS microwave station licenses from Cardinal
> Acquisition Corporation to KN Energy. DISMISSED (June 6, 2001). See 47
> U.S. C. §158(d)(2); Establishment of a Fee Collection Program to
> Implement the Provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
> Reconciliation Act of 1985.
>
> **KRZI, Inc.** - Request for Waiver of FY 2000 Regulatory Fee for
> stations KRZI-AM, KLRK-FM, and KRZX-AM. DENIED. (June 28, 2001) \[See
> Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333,
> 5346 (1994); recon. Granted, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995).
>
> **KTCS-FM -** Request for waiver of Regulatory Fees for FY 2000 for
> KTCS-FM, Fort Smith, Arkansas. DENIED. (June 28, 2001). \[See
> Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2000, 15
> FCC Rcd 14478, 14544 (2000).
>
> **McLain, Billy (WFXO)** - Request for waiver of FY 1999 Regulatory
> Fee. DENIED (June 28, 2001).
>
> **Metrocall, Inc.** - Request for Refund of Filing fees for a transfer
> of control. GRANTED. (April 26, 2001). \[Federal Communications Bar
> Association\'s Petition for Forbearance from Section 310(d) of the
> Communications Act Regarding Non-Substantial Assignments of Licenses
> and Transfers of Control Involving Telecommunications Carriers, 13 FCC
> Rcd 6293 (1998) (Forbearance Order).
>
> **Metropolitan Radio Group (WBRD-AM)** - Request for Reduction and
> Refund of FY 1999 Regulatory Fee for station WBRD(AM) in Palmetto, FL.
> DENIED. (July 24, 2001. \[See Assessment and Collection of Regulatory
> Fees for Fiscal Year 1999, Report and Order, MD Docket No. 98-299, FCC
> 99-145, Attachments D & F (adopted: June 11, 1999; released June 18,
> 1999), 47 CFR Section 1.1153(2).
>
> **NCHE Telecommunications Network, Inc.** - Petition for Reduction of
> Regulatory Fees for FY 1999. DISMISSED. (July 24, 2001). \[See
> Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for FY 1999, 14 FCC Rcd
> 9868, 9939 (1999)\].
>
> **New Haven Parking Authority** - Request to reclassify entiy as a
> governmental entity for purposes of its application filing. DENIED.
> (June 28, 2001). \[See 47 C.F.R. Section 1.1112(a)(2) and (c), and
> 1.1161(a)(2) and (c).
>
> **Pappas Concord Partners (KTNC(TV)** - Request for Reduction of
> Regulatory Fees for FY 1998 and waiver of penalty. DISMISSED. (July 9,
> 2001). See Television & Cable Factbook.
>
> **Radio Palouse, Inc.** - Request for Refund of Application Fee for
> new FM station in Pullman, Washington. DENIED. (June 6, 2001. \[See
> Implementation of Section 309(j) of the Communications Act, 13 FCC Rcd
> 15920, 15939, page 49 (1999).
>
> **Sempra Energy (KN Energy) -** Fee Determination, waiver, and refund
> for application filing for Stations from Cardinal Acquisition
> Corporation to KN Energy, Inc.. DENIED. (June 6, 2001. \[See,
> generally, Implementation of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9
> FCC Rcd 5333, 5346 (1994), on recon, 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995).
>
> **Solomon Valley Broadcasting, Inc.** **former licensee of KVSV
> AM/FM** - Petition for Reconsideration to waive the late charge
> penalty for FY 1998 regulatory fees for Station KVSV AM/FM in Beloit,
> Kansas. GRANTED. (June 28, 2001).
>
> **Spain, Frank K. (KBJY-FM) -** Request for Refund of Application Fee
> for radio Station KBJY-FM in Ennis, Montana. GRANTED. (June 6, 2001).
> Filing fee was redesignated as a minor change application.
>
> **Stone Communications, Inc**. (WJML) - Request for Waiver of
> Application Fee for station WJML, Petosky, Michigan. DISMISSED. (June
> 28, 2001).
>
> **TSR Wireless** - Petition for Chapter 7 Trustee Waiver and Deferral
> of Application Filing Fee. GRANTED. (July 17, 2001).
>
> **WBFJ-AM** - Request for Clarification of Station Class for station
> WBFJ-AM, Winston-Salem, NC. Station classification is Class \"D\" .
>
> **WDCT** - Request for Waiver of FY 1999 Regulatory Fees for Station
> WDCT due to type of broadcast. DENIED. (June 6, 2001).
>
> **Webster Cable & Communications, Inc. -** Request for Waiver of FY
> 2000 Regulatory Fee . GRANTED. (June 28, 2001). \[See Implementation
> of Section 9 of the Communications Act, 9 FCC Rcd 5333, 5346 (1994);
> recon. Granted. 10 FCC Rcd 12759 (1995).
>
> **Western Wireless Corporation** - Request for Refund of filing fee
> for Complaint of Western Wireless Corporation v. Consolidated
> Telephone Cooperative. DENIED. (June 6, 2001). \[See Conference Report
> to Accompany H.R. No. 386, 101^st^ Cong. 1^st^ Sess. 20-28 (1989).
>
> **WFTV-TV, Inc.** - Request for Refund of a filing fee for auxiliary
> stations. GRANTED. (July 9, 2001). \[See Streamlining the
> Commission\'s Antenna Structure Clearance Procedure, FCC 00-76, para.
> 8, n. 39 (Mar. 8, 2000).
>
> **Wheeling Power Company (WPC)** - Request for Waiver and Refund of
> Filing Fee for Station KQK92. DENIED. (June 28, 2001). \[See 47 U.S.C.
> Section 158(d)(2); Establishment of a Fee Collection Program to
> Implement the Provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
> Reconciliation Act of 1985, 2 FCC Rcd 947, 961 (1987); 47 C.F.R.
> Section 1.1117.
>
> **WIQO-FM** (The Radio Center) - Request for Waiver of Regulatory Fees
> for FY 1999 & 2000 for WIQO-FM, Covington, Virginia. DENIED. (June 28,
> 2001). \[See Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal
> Year 2000, 15 FCC Rcd 14478, 14538 (2000) (noting radio station fee
> categories for FY 1999 and 2000\].
>
> **WLLY Partnership -** Request for Waiver of FY 2000 Regulatory Fee
> for Station WLLY-AM in Wilson, North Carolina. **GRANTED**. (August
> 28, 2001).
>
> **Zwerling Broadcasting System, Ltd. (KSCO- AM & KOMY-AM** - Request
> for Waiver of the FY 1999 Regulatory Fees for two radio stations.
> DENIED. (June 28, 2001). \[See 47 U.S.C. Section 159(c) and 47 C.F.R.
> 1.1164.
>
> **Zwerling Broadcasting System, Ltd** **(KSCO-AM & KOMY-AM) -**
> Request for Waiver of the FY 2000 Regulatory Fees for two radio
> stations. DISMISSED. (June 28, 2001).
>
> **NOTE: ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS REPORT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE
> REVENUE AND RECEIVABLES OPERATIONS GROUP AT (202) 418-1995.**