Report No. MM-814      MASS MEDIA ACTION         March 17, 1994

         TEXAS A&T GRANTED ITFS LICENSE TO SERVE FALFURRIAS, TX

     The Commission has granted the application of Texas A&T
University for Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS)
facilities on Channels G1-G4 to serve Falfurrias, TX,  It denied
the competing application of San Diego Independent School
District to serve Benavides, TX.

     Both applicants were qualified to be licensees and the
Commission made its decision based on a comparison of the two. 

     Both applicants were entitled to four points for being
local, three for being accredited, two for observing the four-
channel limitation and one point for proposing at least 21 hours
of formal educational ITFS programming per channel per week, for
a total of ten points each.  Because the scores were tied, the
Commission had to use its tie-breaker mechanism, which considers
the number of student each system would serve, to determine the
winning applicant. 

     In this case San Diego was credited with 1,562 students and
the University with 7,255.  Because the number of students
credited to San Diego is less than 80 percent of the number of
students credited to University, University was chosen to receive
the license.

     Action by the Commission March 9, 1994, by Memorandum
Opinion and Order (FCC 94-64).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners
Quello and Barrett.

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