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                              Before the 
                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20554


In the Matter of                        )
Notice of Apparent                      ) File No. BR-901129VO
Liability for Forfeiture                )    
Issued to                               )
Newport Broadcasting, Inc. for          )
Station WADK(AM)                   )
Newport, Rhode Island                   )
                              )
and                           )
                              )
Perry Communications for           )
Station WOTB(FM)                   ) File No. BRH-901130VP
Middletown, Rhode Island           )


                   MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
                     AND NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

Adopted:  March 6, 1997;              Released:   March 17, 1997

By the Commission:


     1.   The Commission has before it for consideration a Notice of Apparent Liability
("NAL") for forfeiture released March 29, 1996, directed to Newport Broadcasting, Inc., as licensee
of Station WADK(AM), Newport, Rhode Island and Perry Communications of Rhode Island, Inc.,
as licensee of Station WOTB(FM), Middletown, Rhode Island.  See Newport Broadcasting, Inc.,
11 FCC Rcd 3624 (1996) ("Newport").  The Commission issued an NAL for $3,500 to Newport
Broadcasting, Inc. and Perry Communications of Rhode Island, Inc. for failing to pursue adequate
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) recruitment efforts for specific vacancies, and failing to
maintain sufficient records for meaningful self-assessment, in violation of the Commission's EEO
Rule, 47 C.F.R.  73.2080.
          2.   Newport Broadcasting, Inc. and Perry Communications have not responded to the
NAL.  Accordingly, we incorporate herein by reference the licensees' record of inadequate efforts,
as set forth in Newport.  Based on that record, we conclude that our determination in Newport was
correct that a forfeiture amount of $3,500 is warranted.

     3.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 503(b) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  503(b), that Newport Broadcasting, Inc. and Perry
Communications of Rhode Island, Inc. FORFEIT to the United States the sum of three thousand,
five hundred dollars ($3,500) for failing to comply with the Commission's EEO provisions, 47
C.F.R.  73.2080.  Full payment of the forfeiture may be made by mailing to the Commission a
check or similar instrument payable to the Federal Communications Commission within 30 days of
the release date of this Order.  In regard to this forfeiture proceeding, the licensees may take
appropriate action as set forth in Section 1.80 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.80, and
Section 504(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  504(a), as summarized
in the attachment to this Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Forfeiture.
                         

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

                         William F. Caton
                         Acting Secretary