NEWSReport No. MM 96-29NEWS MASS MEDIA ACTION December 26, 1996 FCC GRANTS COX TEMPORARY WAIVER OF THE ONE-TO-A-MARKET RULE IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA; EXCHANGE OF RADIO STATIONS WITH INFINITY The Commission has granted Cox Radio, Inc. ("Cox Radio") a temporary waiver of the one-to-a-market rule in Orlando, Florida, to permit the exchange of two Chicago-area stations owned by Cox for three Orlando stations owned by Infinity Holdings Corporation of Orlando ("Orlando"), conditioned on the outcome of the FCC's ongoing rulemaking proceedings involving the one-to-a-market rule and the attribution of broadcast interests. The Commission also noted that temporary approval of this like-kind exchange of assets will facilitate consideration of the proposed merger between Infinity Broadcasting Corporation ("Infinity") and Westinghouse Electric Corporation ("Westinghouse") now pending before the FCC, and will not unduly affect competition or diversity in the Orlando market. The temporary waiver of the one-to-a-market rule permits the conditional assignment of the licenses of WHOO(AM), WHTQ(FM) and WMMO(FM), Orlando, Florida, from Infinity/Orlando to Cox Radio. At the same time, the Commission granted the assignment of the licenses of WCKG(FM), Elmwood Park, Illinois, and WYSY-FM, Aurora, Illinois, from Cox Radio to Infinity/Orlando. WCKG(FM) and WYSY-FM are two of the 43 stations that Westinghouse is proposing to acquire as a result of the transfer of control of Infinity. The Westinghouse/Infinity applications, with accompanying waiver requests, are premised, among other things, upon acquisition of these two stations. Because Cox Radio proposes to be the licensee of six Orlando radio stations and one Daytona Beach radio station as a result of both this transaction with Infinity and a pending application to acquire NewCity Communications, Inc. ("NewCity"), Cox radio had requested a permanent waiver of the one-to-a-market rule. The Commission said that it will consider the permanent waiver request and an objection filed against it by Press Broadcasting Co., Inc. when it considers the proposed transfer of control of NewCity. Action by the Commission December 26, 1996, by Memorandum Opinion and Order (FCC 96-494). Chairman Hundt, Commissioners Quello, Ness, and Chong. -FCC- News Media contact: Rochelle Cohen (202) 418-0500. Mass Media Bureau contact: Stuart Bedell at (202) 418-2780.