Report No. MM95-3            MASS MEDIA ACTION             January 12, 1995


        COLORADO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT GRANTED CP AND LICENSE
          FOR ITFS CHANNELS B1-B4 AT SNYDER, TX, WITH CONDITIONS

     The Commission has granted the application of Colorado
Independent School District for a construction permit and license
in the Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) on Channels
B1-B4 in Snyder, TX; and denied the competing application of
Trent Independent School District for ITFS channels at Roscoe,
TX.

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

     In this case, Colorado was awarded four points for being
local, three points for being accredited, two points for
observing the four-channel limitation, and two points for
proposing at least 41 hours of formal educational programming per
channel per week, for a total of 11 points.  Trent was awarded
two points for observing the four-channel limitation and one
point for proposing at least 21 hours of formal educational
programming per channel per week, for a total of three points. 
Thus, the tentative selectee is Colorado Independent School
District.

     Colorado proposed leasing its excess capacity for non-ITFS
use and submitted a copy of its lease with Snyder Microwave
Communications, L.C.  However, the lease agreement did not comply
with all FCC requirements.  The Commission stated that although
inconsistent with its requirements for excess capacity leases,
these provisions neither reflect on Colorado's basic or
comparative qualifications, nor precluded grant of an
authorization.  Therefore, the Commission conditioned Colorado's
authorization upon conformity of the lease to FCC requirements.


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     Action by the Commission January 3, 1994, by  Memorandum
Opinion and Order (FCC 95-5).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners
Quello, Barrett, Ness, and Chong. 


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