Report No. MM-843            MASS MEDIA ACTION                July 19, 1994


             FCC CONSENTS TO ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE OF WSNR-TV,
                 SYRACUSE, NY; WAIVES ONE-TO-A-MARKET RULE

     The Commission has consented to assign the license of WSNR-
TV, Ind., Channel 43, in Syracuse, NY, from Salt of the Earth
Broadcasting, Ltd. (SEBC Ltd.), to Salt of the Earth Broadcasting
Corp. (SEBC).  Craig L. Fox, one of SEBC's principals, also
controls Station WOLF(AM), in Syracuse, and also has an option to
acquire control of SEBC.  Because the common ownership of co-
located television and radio stations falls under the
prohibitions of the Commission's one-to-a-market rule, SEBC
requested and was granted a waiver of the one-to-a-market rule.

     The Commission, using a case-by-case analysis, carefully
reviewed SEBC's request for a waiver and the detailed showings
submitted in support of that request.  Based on these factors,
the Commission concluded that SEBC has fully justified a
permanent waiver of the one-to-a-market rule to permit common
ownership of the AM-TV combination it proposes.

     SEBC documented substantial economic efficiencies which will
result in increased programming responsive to community  needs. 
Further, the Commission stated that the proposed combination will
not create any undue concentration of ownership or control of the
broadcast media in the Syracuse market.  SEBC and its principals
own no other media interest in the Syracuse market, and the
stations have modest technical facilities.  The Commission
believes that SEBC has demonstrated levels of diversity and
competition in Syracuse which allay substantially the concern the
Commission might have over the common ownership of the facilities
it proposes to control.  Specifically, SEBC has shown an
abundance of alternative media information sources in each
market.  In sum, the Commission believes that SEBC has shown that
a waiver of the one-to-a-market rule is in the public interest.


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     Action by the Commission July 11, 1994, by Memorandum
Opinion and Order (FCC 94-185).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners
Quello, Ness, Chong, with Commissioner Barrett concurring in the
result and issuing a separate statement.

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     News Media contact: Patricia A. Chew at (202) 418-0500.
     Mass Media Bureau contact: Molly Fitzgerald at (202) 418-
1630.