Report No. MM-822            MASS MEDIA ACTION               April 28, 1994

        SIX RADIO STATIONS IN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA GRANTED LICENSE
         RENEWALS, SUBJECT TO SHORT TERM RENEWALS, FORFEITURES, 
                        AND REPORTING CONDITIONS

     Following review of their respective EEO (Equal Employment
Opportunity) programs, the Commission has granted, subject to
sanctions, the license renewal applications to the following
licensees:  Midland Broadcasters, Inc., for stations KMAJ(AM)/KMAJ-
FM; Omaha Great Empire Broadcasting, Inc., for stations
WOW(AM)/WOW-FM; and Stauffer Communications, Inc., for stations
WIBW(AM)/WIBW-FM.  The National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP) petitioned the applications. 

     The Commission has renewed the licenses of KMAJ(AM)/KMAJ-FM
subject to reporting conditions and a Notice of Apparent Liability 
(NAL) for $18,750.  The sanctions are based on the licensee's
failure to engage in recruiting efforts so as to attract an
adequate pool of minority applicants for a substantial number of
its 11 full-time jobs.  Further EEO conduct indicating a particular
type of deficiency also contributed to the imposed sanctions.  In
this regard, the specific deficiency was the licensee's failure to
recruit for at least a third of its positions.   

     The Commission has renewed the licenses of WOW(AM)/WOW-FM for
a short term subject to reporting conditions and an NAL for
$25,000.  The sanctions are based on the licensee's failure to
engage in recruiting efforts so as to attract an adequate pool of
minority applicants for a substantial number of its 53 full-time
jobs.  Further EEO conduct indicating particular types of
deficiencies also contributed to the imposed sanctions.  In this
regard, specific deficiencies include the licensee's failure to
recruit for at least a third of its positions, and inadequate
efforts given the large number of hiring vacancies.  







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     The Commission has renewed the licenses of WIBW(AM)/WIBW-FM
for a short term subject to reporting conditions and an NAL for
$30,000.  The sanctions are based on the licensee's failure to
engage in recruiting efforts so as to attract an adequate pool of
minority applicants for a substantial number of its 22 full-time
jobs.  Further EEO conduct indicating particular types of
deficiencies also contributed to the imposed sanctions.  In this
regard, specific deficiencies include the licensee's failure to
recruit for at least a third of its positions and inadequate
efforts to recruit women.  

     Action by the Commission April 19, 1994, by Memorandum Opinion
and Order and Notice of Apparent Liability (FCC 94-104).  Chairman
Hundt, Commissioners Quello and Barrett.

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     News Media contact:  Susan Sallet at (202) 632-5050.
     Mass Media contact:  Roderick K. Porter at (202) 632-6460.