NEWS
   
   Report No. CI 96-3      COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATION ACTION    November 8, 1996      
                 

   FCC DENIES DBS ELECTRONICS APPLICATION FOR REVIEW 
   
                                                           
         The Commission denied DBS Electronics' Application for Review filed June 5,
   1996.  This action upheld the Compliance and Information Bureau's evaluation and
   disposition of the arguments previously presented by DBS, and found no reason to disturb
   the Bureau's decision.
   
         Essentially, the Commission found that Mr. Weldon B. Drennon, Jr., owner of DBS
   Electronics, was responsible for selling a marine radio transceiver that did not comply with
   the Commission's Rules.  Selling modified radio transceivers that operate on unauthorized
   frequencies reflects a serious disregard of the Act and the Commission's Rules.
   
         Therefore, DBS Electronics is liable for a monetary forfeiture in the amount of three
   thousand dollars ($3,000) for violating Section 302(b) of the Communications Act. DBS
   Electronics has thirty (30) days to pay the full amount of the forfeiture.   
         
         Action by the Commission, October 30, 1996, by Memorandum Opinion and Order,
   (FCC 96-429).  Chairman Hundt and Commissioners Quello, Ness and Chong.
   
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