Report No. MM-862            MASS MEDIA ACTION             December 5, 1994


               OUACHITA ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE GRANTED 
                    ITFS CHANNELS B1-B4 IN RAYVILLE, LA

     The Commission has granted the application of Ouachita
Academy of Arts and Science for a construction permit and license
in the Instructional Fixed Television Service (ITFS) on Channels
B1-B4 in Rayville, LA; and denied the competing applications of
North Louisiana Area Health Education Center Foundation and
Northeast Louisiana University (NLU) for ITFS channels at Holly
Ridge and Monroe, LA, respectively.

     In cases of mutually exclusive applications, where
applicants are competing for the same or adjacent channels in the
same geographic area, each application is reviewed pursuant to
the Commission's comparative process.  This procedure awards a
maximum of 12 merit points based on five criteria deemed to be
most relevant to predicting the applicant best qualified to
provide service for which the ITFS spectrum has been allocated.

     In this case, Ouachita was awarded four points for being
local, two points for observing the four-channel limitation, and
two points for proposing at least 61 hours of formal educational
ITFS programming per channel per week, for a total of eight
points.  Health Education Center and NLU were awarded four points
for being local, and two points for observing the four-channel
limitation, for a total of six points each.  Thus, the selectee
is Ouachita.

     Ouachita proposed leasing its excess capacity for non-ITFS
use and submitted a copy of its lease with Cotton County Cable,
Inc., which conformed in all respects with the Commission's
requirements for such leases.

     Action by the Commission November 28, 1994, by Memorandum
Opinion and Order (FCC 94-300).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners
Quello, Barrett, Ness, and Chong.

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