NEWSReport No. MM-856                  MASS MEDIA ACTION   October 14, 1994

        ASSIGNMENT OF WCVX(TV), CHANNEL 58, VINEYARD HAVEN, MA, 
        FROM CAPE TELEVISION TO BOSTON UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS
                                APPROVED

     The Commission has granted the application to assign the license of WCVX(TV),
Channel 58, Vineyard Haven, MA, from Cape Television, Inc., to Boston University
Communications, Inc. (BUCI).

     The station has been off the air since August 14, 1991.

     BUCI is also licensee of WQTV (Ind), Channel 68, Boston, MA.  The two stations'
signals would overlap in such a way as to implicate the Commission's duopoly rule.
However, BUCI proposes to operate the  Vineyard Haven station as a satellite of the Boston
station, pursuant to the satellite exception contained in the rule. 

     The Commission said BUCI had met the three-pronged test for proving that satellite
operation is in the public interest: (1) there is no City Grade overlap between the parent and
satellite; (2) the satellite would provide service to an underserved area; and (3) no alternative
operator is available to operate the proposed satellite as a full-service station.

     Action by the Commission September 28, 1994, by Memorandum Opinion and Order
(FCC 94-250).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners Quello, Barrett, Ness and Chong.

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