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                            BEFORE THE
                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON, D.C.  20554

          In re application of)
                              )
          Tsooris Corporation )
   (Assignor)                 )
                              )
                           and)
                              )
 Talkline Broadcasting Corporation)
                    (Assignee))
                              )
  For Assignment of License of)
 WLIR(AM), Spring Valley, New York)

                   MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Adopted:  July 25, 1997                                    Released:  August 1, 1997    

By the Commission:

1.  The Commission has before it a February 25, 1997 Petition for Reconsideration, filed by
Talkline Broadcasting Corp. ("Talkline"), and related pleadings.  Talkline seeks reversal of the
Commission's Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 97-14, January 27, 1997 ("Memorandum
Opinion and Order") which denied a March 13, 1996 Application for Review filed by Talkline. 
The Memorandum Opinion and Order affirmed a February 12, 1996 letter ruling by the Acting
Chief, Audio Services Division, Mass Media Bureau, which found that a New York State court
had ruled that consummation of an assignment of license of station WLIR(AM), Spring Valley,
New York, from Tsooris Corporation ("Tsooris") to Talkline had not occurred.  Consequently,
the Memorandum Opinion and Order upheld the letter ruling's conclusion that Tsooris remains
the licensee of WLIR(AM).  For the reasons noted below, we deny the Petition for
Reconsideration. 

2.  Talkline filed its Petition for Reconsideration pursuant to 47 C.F.R. Section 1.106(b)(2), which
establishes the criteria for the Commission to consider a Petition for Reconsideration after it has
denied an Application for Review.  Section 1.106(b)(2)(i), upon which Talkline expressly relies,
requires that "[T]he petition relies on facts which relate to events which have occurred, or
circumstances which have changed, since the last opportunity to present such matters."  47 C.F.R.
Section 1.106(b)(2)(i).  The Petition for Reconsideration submits only a copy of a June 4, 1996,
Decision by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Term, 9th and 10th Judicial
Districts ("Appellate Term") as a basis for reconsideration.  The Appelate Term's Decision
denied Talkline's motion to reargue, or in the alternative, to further appeal.  The Decision does
not alter the earlier court determination that consummation of the sale of WLIR(AM) to Talkline
had not occurred. See Order, Tsooris Corporation v. Talkline Broadcasting Corp., (Justice Court,
Town of Clarkstown, County of Rockland, State of New York, May 27, 1994).  Therefore, the
court's decision is consistent with the conclusion reached in the Memorandum Opinion and Order
that Tsooris remains the licensee of WLIR(AM). 

3.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Petition for Reconsideration filed February 25, 1997
by Talkline IS DENIED.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION


                              William F. Caton
                              Acting Secretary