Report No. MM95-18           MASS MEDIA ACTION                March 3, 1995


       MOORHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY, CASS VALLEY NORTH #76, AND LISBON 
        PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM GRANTED CPs AND LICENSES FOR CHANNELS 
       B1-B4 IN THE ITFS AT BARNESVILLE, MN; AMENIA AND WALCOTT, ND

     The FCC has granted the following applications for a
construction permit (CP) and license in the Instructional
Television Fixed Service on Channels B1-B4: 1) Moorhead State
University, Barnesville, MN; 2) Cass Valley North #76, Amenia,
ND, with conditions; and 3) Lisbon Public School System, Fort
Ransom, ND, with conditions.  The Commission denied the competing
application of Kindred School District #2 for ITFS facilities in
Walcott, ND.

     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 most
relevant to predicting the applicant best qualified to provide
the service for which the ITFS spectrum was allocated.

     In this case, Cass Valley was awarded 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 educational programming per channel per
week, for a total of 10 points.  Kindred received four points for
being local, three points for being accredited and two points for
observing the four-channel limitation, for a total of nine
points.  Lisbon and Moorhead were each awarded a total of 11
points: 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.  Because the
applications of Lisbon and Moorhead are mutually exclusive only
with the application of Kindred, and because they have the
greatest number of points,  Lisbon and Moorhead are the tentative
selectees.


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     Because the Commission denied the application of Kindred,
there is no longer any mutual exclusivity with respect to the
application of Cass Valley.  Therefore, the application of Cass
Valley was also granted.

     Cass Valley, Lisbon, and Moorhead proposed leasing their
excess capacity for non-ITFS use.  Moorhead submitted a copy of
its lease agreement with Family Entertainment Network
Partnership, which conforms in all respects to FCC requirements. 
Cass Valley and Lisbon submitted a copy of their lease agreements
with Serve, Inc.  However, their lease agreements do not entirely
conform to the Commission's requirements.  The Commission
therefore conditioned the authorizations of Cass Valley and
Lisbon upon conformity of their leases to FCC requirements.

     Action by the Commission February 28, 1995, by Memorandum
Opinion and Order (FCC 95-82).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners
Quello, Barrett, Ness, and Chong.

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