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AM BROADCAST APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING AND NOTIFICATION OF 
                         CUT-OFF DATE 

Report No. A-212                                                      Released:
January 16, 1997
       
                      CUT-OFF DATE:  February 17, 1997
The applications listed in the attached appendix are hereby accepted for filing.  Since they will be
considered to be ready and available for processing after the cut-off date, any application seeking to
be considered with any application appearing on the attached list, or with any other application on file
by the close of business on the cut-off date which involves a conflict necessitating a hearing with any
application on this list, must be substantially complete and tendered for filing at the Office of the
Commission in Washington, D.C., not later than the close of business on the cut-off date.

In addition, petitions to deny any application on this list must be on file with the Commission no later
than the close of business on the cut-off date.

BP-960125AA         NEW, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
               Tri-County Broadcasting, Inc.
               Req:  800 kHz, 0.85 kW, 2.6 kW-LS, DA-2, U   

BP-960715AC         WDMV, Pocomoke City, MD
               Birach Broadcasting Corporation
               Has:  540 kHz, 0.243 kW, 0.5 kW-LS, DA-N, U (Pocomoke City, MD) 
               Req:  540 kHz, 1.0 kW, 1.0 kW-LS, DA-2, U (Damascus, MD)

BP-960830AC         NEW, Rupert, Idaho
               Tri-Market Radio Broadcasters, Inc.
               Req:  1340 kHz, 1.0 kW, ND-1, U

BP-961106AB         NEW, Bayside, Virginia
               Tanya D. Cowan 
               Req:  1450 kHz, 1.0 kW, ND-1, U

BP-961206AD         KBBV, Big Bear Lake, California
               Broadcast Management Services, Inc.
               Has:  1050 kHz, 0.25 kW, DA-D, D (Big Bear Lake, CA)
               Req:  1050 kHz, 0.25 kW, ND-D, D (Loma Linda, CA)

BP-961223AD         WKCE, Maryville, Tennessee
               Morgan Broadcasting Company
               Has:  1120 kHz, 0.5 kW, ND-D (Maryville, TN)
               Req:  1120 kHz, 1.0 kW, ND-D (Seymour, TN) 


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