Report No. MM 95-112         MASS MEDIA ACTION             December 1, 1995


          COMMISSION AFFIRMS ACTION WHICH GRANTED THE APPLICATION     
                   OF WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE FOR
             NEW ITFS STATION ON CHANNELS B1-B4 AT WHARTON, TX

     The Commission has denied El Campo Independent School
District's petition for reconsideration of the action which
granted the mutually exclusive application of Wharton County
Junior College for a new Instructional Television Fixed Service
(ITFS) station in Wharton, TX.  In taking this action, the
Commission denied the applications of El Campo and Brazosport
Junior College for new ITFS stations in the areas of Chalmers and
Brazoria, TX, respectively.

     El Campo contended that Wharton's application should be
dismissed as unacceptable for filing because certain provisions
in Wharton's excess capacity lease were inconsistent with
Commission rules.  El Campo argued that its application and that
of Brazosport Junior College should be evaluated under the tie-
breaker mechanism used in the evaluation of mutually exclusive
ITFS applications.

     Denying reconsideration, the Commission did not find El
Campo's arguments persuasive, and concluded that as the
application with the highest score under the Commission's
comparative selection procedure, Wharton's application was
properly granted.

     Action by the Commission November 20, 1995, by Memorandum
Opinion and Order (FCC 95-466).  Chairman Hundt, Commissioners
Quello, Barrett, Ness, and Chong.

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