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                         Before the
              Federal Communications Commission
                   Washington, D.C. 20554


In the Matter of                  )
                              )  )
File No. EB-03-TP-231             )   File No. EB-02-PA-319
Urban   Radio  of  Pennsylvania,  )                              )
L.L.C.                         )  )   FRN 0007006884
                              )  )   NAL/Acct. No. 200332400006
NAL/Acct. No. 200332700030        )
Radio Station WURP            )   )   FRN 0004-9241-06
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania     )
FRN 0007006884
                              )
                             ) 
 

                      FORFEITURE ORDER

Adopted:  September 29, 2004                                 
Released:  October 1, 2004
         
By the Assistant Chief, Enforcement Bureau:

                         I.   INTRODUCTION

     1.   In this Forfeiture Order (``Order''), we issue a 
monetary forfeiture in the amount of twelve thousand dollars 
($12,000) to Urban Radio of Pennsylvania, L.L.C. (``Urban 
Radio''), licensee of Station WURP, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, for willful and repeated violation of Sections 
17.47(a), 17.48(a) and 17.51(a) of the Commission's Rules 
(``Rules'').1  The noted violations involve Urban Radio's 
failure to exhibit red obstruction lighting on its antenna 
structure, failure to make observations of the obstruction 
lighting once every 24 hours and failure to notify the 
Federal Aviation Administration of an obstruction lighting 
outage.  

     2.   On January 6, 2003, the Commission's Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania District Office (``Philadelphia Office'') 
issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture 
(``NAL'') to ICBC Broadcasting Holdings, Inc. (``ICBC''), 
the parent company of Urban, in the amount of fifteen 
thousand dollars ($15,000).2  Urban Radio filed a response 
to the NAL on February 5, 2003. 

                         II.  DISCUSSION

     3.   In its response to the NAL, Urban Radio did not 
dispute the violations set forth in the NAL. Urban radio 
requested cancellation or reduction of the proposed 
forfeiture, however, contending that it acted 
conscientiously and reasonably to correct and report the 
lighting outage violations once notified of the violations 
by the Commission agent, and emphasizing its unblemished 
history of overall compliance with the Commission's rules. 

     4.   Urban Radio's remedial actions to promptly correct 
violations after  they have been identified  by a Commission 
agent is  expected and does  not warrant a reduction  in the 
forfeiture amount.3  We concur, however, with  Urban Radio's 
assertion that the forfeiture should be reduced or cancelled 
in  light of  its  overall history  of  compliance with  the 
Rules.4   Accordingly we  reduce  the  forfeiture amount  to 
$12,000.  

                         III.       ORDERING CLAUSES

     5.       Accordingly,  IT IS ORDERED that,  pursuant to 
Section  503(b) of  the Act  and Sections  0.111, 0.311  and 
1.80(f)(4)  of  the  Rules,5 Urban  Radio  of  Pennsylvania, 
L.L.C., IS LIABLE FOR A MONETARY FORFEITURE in the amount of 
twelve   thousand  dollars   ($12,000)  for   willfully  and 
repeatedly   violating  Sections   17.47(a),  17.48(a)   and 
17.51(a)  of the Rules. 

     6.     Payment of  the forfeiture shall be  made in the 
manner provided for  in Section 1.80 of the  Rules within 30 
days of the release of this Order.  If the forfeiture is not 
paid within the  period specified, the case  may be referred 
to  the Department  of  Justice for  collection pursuant  to 
Section 504(a) of  the Act.6  Payment may be  made by credit 
card  through the  Commission's Credit  and Debt  Management 
Center at  (202) 418-1995 or  by mailing a check  or similar 
instrument   payable   to   the   order   of   the   Federal 
Communications  Commission,  to the  Federal  Communications 
Commission,  P.O. Box  73482, Chicago,  Illinois 60673-7482.  
Payment by overnight mail may  be sent to Bank One/LB 73482, 
525  West  Monroe,  8TH Floor  Mailroom,  Chicago,  Illinois 
60661.  Payment by  wire transfer may be made  to ABA Number 
071000013,  receiving  bank  Bank One,  and  account  number 
1165259.   The payment  must  include  the FCC  Registration 
Number  (FRN)  and  the  NAL/Acct.  No.  referenced  in  the 
caption.   Requests for  full payment  under an  installment 
plan should  be sent to:  Chief, Credit and  Debt Management 
Center, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.7 

     7.       IT  IS FURTHER  ORDERED that,  a copy  of this 
Order  shall  be  sent  by  Certified  Mail  Return  Receipt 
Requested and by First Class  Mail to Urban Radio's counsel, 
David  A.  O'Connor,  Esq.,   Holland  &  Knight  LLP,  2099 
Pennsylvania  Avenue NW,  Suite 100,  Washington, DC  20006-
6801.



                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
                              COMMISSION



                              George R. Dillon
                              Assistant Chief, Enforcement 
                         Bureau

_________________________

147 C.F.R. §§ 17.47(a), 48(a), 51(a).              

2Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, NAL/Acct. No. 
200332400006  (Enf.  Bur.,  Philadelphia  Office,  released 
January 6, 2003).

3See AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., 17 FCC Rcd 21861, 21864-
75 (2002);  Sonderling Broadcasting  Corp., 69 FCC  2d 289, 
291 (1978);  Odino Joseph,  18 FCC  Rcd 16522,  16524 (Enf. 
Bur. 2003); South Central  Communications Corp., 18 FCC Rcd 
700, 702-03  (Enf. Bur. 2003); Northeast  Utilities, 17 FCC 
Rcd 4115, 4117 (Enf. Bur. 2002).  

4See Palouse Country, Inc., 17 FCC Rcd 183 (Enf. Bur. 2003) 
($10,000  forfeiture reduced  to  $8,000  due to  station's 
overall  history  of  compliance,  but  station's  remedial 
actions, while commendable were not a factor in considering 
the reduction).

547 C.F.R. §§ 0.111, 0.311, 1.80(f)(4).

647 U.S.C. § 504(a).

7See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1914.