Report No. MM-818            MASS MEDIA ACTION                April 1, 1994


        JOHN W. TYRONE DENIED REVIEW OF BUREAU ACTION REGARDING FM
       BLANKETING INTERFERENCE AT FM STATION WYUU, SAFETY HARBOR, FL  
     
     The Commission has denied John W. Tyrone review of an action
by the Mass Media Bureau which denied his informal objection and
granted the license application filed by Entertainment
Communications, Inc., permittee of FM station WYUU, Safety Harbor,
FL.

     Tyrone argued that grant of the license application should be
reversed because the WYUU transmitter caused FM blanketing
interference in his household, and exposed persons at his residence
to excessive levels of radiofrequency (RF) radiation.

     Denying review, the Commission stated that it has found no
basis for Tyrone's contentions and proposed conditions on the WYUU
license regarding present or potential blanketing interference. 
The Commission also found no basis for Tyrone's claim of exposure
to excessive levels of RF radiation.  The record indicated that
WYUU hired the Chief Operator for Station WUSA, Tampa, FL, to take
RF radiation measurements on Tyrone's property and that such
measurements were taken on September 26, 1988.  The Commission's
technical staff reviewed the study and data submitted by WYUU and
determined that they were consistent with the prediction model and
calculations based on the federal standard adopted from the
American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and the Commission's
Office of Engineering and Technology (OET).  Further, WYUU's study
showed that the ANSI guidelines were not exceeded on Tyrone's
property, and the Bureau's study, based on its theoretical
application of OET Bulletin No. 65, confirmed this result.

     Thus, the Commission concluded that RF radiation measures
taken by WYUU accurately demonstrate that the ANSI standard is not
being exceeded.

     Action by the Commission March 8, 1994, by Memorandum Opinion
and Order (FCC 94-56).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners Quello and
Barrett.


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     News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202) 632-5050.
     Mass Media Bureau contact: Jerome Robinson at (202) 632-3954.