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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

                                                                                      

In the Matter of                   )
                              )
Liability of KTBY, Inc.            )
                              )
Licensee, KTBY(TV),           ) 
Anchorage, Alaska                  )
                              )
For a Forfeiture                   )


                   MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
                       AND FORFEITURE ORDER

     Adopted:  February 3, 1997         Released:  February 5, 1997

By the Chief, Mass Media Bureau:

     1.  The Commission, by the Chief, Mass Media Bureau, acting pursuant to authority
delegated by 47 C.F.R.  0.283, adopted a $10,000 Notice of Apparent Liability ("NAL") on
October 18, 1996, against KTBY, Inc., licensee of Station KTBY(TV), Anchorage, Alaska. 
KTBY, Inc., 11 FCC Rcd 13870 (MMB 1996).  The NAL, which is incorporated herein by
reference, was issued for willful and repeated violations of Section 73.670 of the Commission's
Rules regarding children's television commercial overages.  47 C.F.R. 73.670.

     2.  The NAL was sent by certified mail as required by 47 C.F.R.  1.80(f)(2) and was
received by KTBY, Inc. on October 29, 1996.  KTBY(TV) neither paid the forfeiture nor filed a
response to the NAL.  Pursuant to 47 C.F.R.  1.80(f)(4), if a proposed forfeiture penalty is not
paid in full in response to an NAL, the Commission, upon consideration of all relevant
information available, may issue an order requiring that the proposed forfeiture be paid in full. 
In response to our inquiry, KTBY, Inc. has admitted that the program-length commercials which
constituted the commercial overages, aired four times over a four-week period, in violation of  
73.670 of the Commission's Rules.  In establishing the forfeiture amount, we considered all the
information before us, and we see no reason to repeat that discussion or reach a different result
here.

     3.  Accordingly, we find that from February 2, 1993, to February 23, 1993, KTBY, Inc.
repeatedly violated Section 73.670 of the Commission's Rules.  Pursuant  to Section
503(b)(1)(D) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 1.80(f)(4) of the
Commission's Rules, IT IS ORDERED that KTBY, Inc. forfeit to the United States the sum of
ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for said violations.  In regard to this forfeiture proceeding, KTBY,
Inc. may take any action set forth in 47 C.F.R.  1.80, as summarized in the attachment to this
Memorandum Opinion and Order and Forfeiture Order.

     4.  The Mass Media Bureau will send by Certified Mail -- Return Receipt Requested,
copies of this Memorandum Opinion and Order and Forfeiture Order to KTBY, Inc.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              
                              Roy J. Stewart
                              Chief, Mass Media Bureau