NEWS
Report No. MM 97 -15      MASS MEDIA ACTION                    September 26, 1997


              FIRST TWO AM EXPANDED BAND APPLICATIONS GRANTED
          TO STATIONS IN ARVADA, COLORADO AND LAKE OSWEGO, OREGON

       Today, the Federal Communications Commission's Mass Media Bureau issued the first
two broadcast construction permits for AM expanded band stations, granting the applications
of Radio Property Ventures, licensee of KQXI(AM), Arvada, Colorado and KPHP Radio, Inc.,
licensee of KPHP(AM), Lake Oswego, Oregon.  In taking these actions the Bureau also
denied a petition to deny each of the applications filed jointly by Press Broadcasting, Inc. and
Kovas Communications, Inc.

       In March, the Bureau issued a Public Notice which listed eighty-eight stations eligible
to apply for allotments in the AM expanded band, that portion of the AM band between 1605
and 1705 kHz.  KQXI and KPHP were two of the sixty-seven AM stations which filed
applications prior to the June deadline announced in the Public Notice.  The KQXI and KPHP
construction permits specify operation on 1690 and 1640 kHz, respectively.

       Stations receiving AM expanded band authorizations will be licensed to broadcast for
five years on both their existing and expanded  band frequencies.  At the end of this period
each  licensee will be required to return either its existing or expanded band license to the
Commission for cancellation.  These grants constitute another important Commission step to
help revitalize AM broadcasting and to reduce congestion and interference in the AM band.


       Mass Media Bureau Contact:  Peter Doyle at (202) 418-2780


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