NEWSReport MM-848                          MASS MEDIA ACTION        September 13, 1994       
         
      UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE GRANTED ITFS LICENSE FOR
                              SALISBURY, MD

     The Commission has granted the application of the University of Maryland Eastern
Shore for Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) facilities on Channels B1-B4 to serve
Salisbury, MD, and denied the competing application of Seaford School District to serve
Delmar, DE.

     Both applicants were found qualified and the decision was made based on the standard
comparative criteria.

     Each applicant was entitled to four points for being local, three points for being
accredited, two points for observing the four-channel limitation and one point for proposing
at least 21 hours of formal ITFS programming per channel per week, for a total of ten points
each.  

     Because the applicants were tied, the Commission, used its tie-breaker mechanism to
determine the winning applicant.  Because Maryland will serve 38,610 students and Seaford
will serve 1,717, the Commission awarded the license to Maryland.  

     Action by the Commission September 7, 1994, by Memorandum Opinion and Order
(FCC 94-229).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners Quello, Barrett, Ness and Chong.

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