$//PN, Filing date for license renewal applications have been extended, DA 95-2037//$ 
  $/ 73.3539(a) Application for renewal of liciense/$
$/ 73.3516(e)(1) Specification of facilities/$
$/ 73.3584(a) Procedure for filing petition to deny/$


                               PUBLIC NOTICE

 Report No.  MM 95-96                    Mass Media Action                September 26, 1995


DATE FOR FILING LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATIONS FOR RADIO STATIONS
LICENSED TO THE U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS EXTENDED 
TO:    DECEMBER 1, 1995

In response to an "Emergency Petition" filed September 23, 1995, by the National
Association of Broadcasters ("NAB") on behalf of radio stations licensed to the United States
Virgin Islands, the Chief, Mass Media Bureau, by this Notice and pursuant to 47 C.F.R.
73.3539(a), extends until December 1, 1995, the date by which those stations are required to
file their license renewal applications.

Licenses for radio stations in the Virgin Islands expire on February 1, 1996.  License
renewal applications for those stations are due to be filed on October 2, 1995.  The NAB
states that the Islands were severely damaged by Hurricane Marilyn on September 15, 1995,
which added to the destruction caused by Hurricane Luis a week earlier.  Although damage
to communications facilities makes it impossible to fully account for the damage incurred by
the Islands' radio stations, a number of stations lost their towers and others, particularly on
St. Thomas, are operating with reduced power or lower antennas.  The NAB maintains that
many stations face great difficulty in assembling their renewal information; that in some
cases the information has been destoyed or damaged; that lack of telephone and mail services
may prevent stations from consulting with counsel; and that the efforts of personnel involved
in preparing renewal applications are better devoted to continuing or restoring broadcast
service, or assisting in relief efforts.

Under these circumstances, radio stations in the Virgin Islands will be permitted to file their
renewal applications on December 1, 1995, rather than by the present due date of October 2,
1995.  The date for filing petitions to deny and applications mutually exclusive with renewal
applications filed December 1, 1995, will be the 90th day after the Commission gives public
notice of the acceptance for filing of the application.  See 47 C.F.R. 73.3516(e)(1); 47
C.F.R. 73.3584(a).

For radio stations that are able and elect to file their renewal applications on October 2,
1995, the date for filing petitions to deny and applications mutually exclusive with these
renewal applications remains unchanged, i.e., January 2, 1996.

All post-filing announcements and any pre-filing announcements that have not already been
made in connection with the renewal application should reflect these dates.  See 47 C.F.R.
73.3580.

Action by the Chief, Mass Media Bureau, September 26, 1995, by Public Notice
For additional information, contact Stuart B. Bedell, 202-418-2780.