Report No. DC-2701         ACTION IN DOCKET CASE          December 29, 1994


           COMMISSION UPHOLDS DISMISSAL OF AVID COMMUNICATIONS'
              APPLICATION FOR NEW FM STATION AT TEMECULA, CA
                          (MM DOCKET NO. 91-309)

     The Commission has denied Avid Communications, Inc.'s
application for review of the Review Board's dismissal of its
application for a new FM station on Channel 233A at Temecula, CA.

     The Administrative Law Judge in this proceeding denied
Avid's application on comparative grounds in the Initial Decision
and the Board granted a motion to dismiss Avid's application for
failure to file exceptions to the adverse disposition.

     Seeking review, Avid contended that the Board had ignored
equitable factors that would have justified a waiver of the
filing deadline.

     Upholding the Board's decision, the Commission said that
Avid had failed to show good cause for waiving the deadline and
departing from the policy of dismissing applications denied in
initial decisions when the applicants fail to file timely
exceptions.

     Action by the Commission December 22, 1994, by Memorandum
Opinion and Order (FCC 94-334).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners
Quello, Barrett, Ness, and Chong.

                                   -FCC-

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