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


                              )
In the Matter of                        )
                              )    File No. 99TP016
Joy Public Broadcasting Corporation          )    NAL/Acct. No.  
915TP0004 
Radio Station WJTF-FM              )
Panama City, Florida                    )
                              
                                     
                  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER


Adopted:  August 30, 2000               Released:   September  1, 

2000

By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau:

1.        In this Memorandum  Opinion and  Order (``Order''),  we 
  deny  a  petition  for  reconsideration  filed  by  Joy  Public 
  Broadcasting Corporation  (``Joy''), licensee of Station  WJTF-
  FM, Panama  City, Florida,  of a Memorandum  Opinion and  Order 
  issued in this  proceeding on March 9, 2000.1  That  Memorandum 
  Opinion and Order denied Joy's petition for reconsideration  of 
  the Forfeiture Order2 which issued a $3,000 forfeiture  against 
  Joy for  violations of  Sections 73.1350(c)(2),  73.1590(a)(1), 
  and 73.1870(b)(3) of the Commission's Rules (``Rules'').3   The 
  noted  violations  involve  Joy's  failure  to  make   periodic 
  calibrations  of the  station's monitoring  equipment, to  make 
  equipment   performance    measurements   upon   the    initial 
  installation  of  a  new  transmitter,  and  to  designate  the 
  station's chief  operator in  writing and  post a  copy of  the 
  designation with the station license. 

2.        Reconsideration   is   appropriate   only   where   the 
  petitioner either  shows a  material error or  omission in  the 
  original  order  or  raises  additional  facts  not  known   or 
  existing  until  after the  petitioner's  last  opportunity  to 
  present  such matters.   WWIZ, Inc.,  37 FCC  685, 686  (1964), 
  aff'd sub  nom. Lorain Journal Co. v.  FCC, 351 F.2d 824  (D.C. 
  Cir. 1965),  cert. denied,  383 U.S.  967 (1966);  47 C.F.R.  § 
  1.106(c).  A petition that simply repeats arguments  previously 
  considered  and  rejected  will  be  denied.   Bennett  Gilbert 
  Gaines,  8 FCC  Rcd  3986 (Rev.  Bd.  1993).  Review  of  Joy's 
  current  petition   for  reconsideration  and  the   Memorandum 
  Opinion  and Order  reveals  that the  Memorandum  Opinion  and 
  Order contains no material  error or omission and that we  have 
  already  considered and  rejected  the arguments  contained  in 
  Joy's  petition.   Therefore,  denial  of  Joy's  petition   is 
  warranted.

3.        ACCORDINGLY, IT IS  ORDERED that,  pursuant to  Section 
  405 of the  Communications Act of 1934, as amended  (``Act''),4 
  and  Section  1.106 of  the  Rules,5  Joy  Public  Broadcasting 
  Corporation's petition  for reconsideration  of the  Memorandum 
  Opinion and Order IS DENIED.

4.        Payment of the forfeiture shall  be made in the  manner 
  provided for  in Section 1.80 of the  Rules6 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.7   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.   The  payment should  note  the 
  NAL/Acct.  No. referenced  above.   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. 20554.8

5.        IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that  a copy of this Order  shall 
  be  sent by  Certified Mail  Return  Receipt Requested  to  Joy 
  Public Broadcasting Corporation, 341 S. Washington,  Lancaster, 
  Wisconsin 53813,  and to its counsel,  Timothy E. Welch,  Esq., 
  Hill  & Welch,  1330  New  Hampshire Avenue  N.W.,  Suite  113, 
  Washington, D.C. 20036.

 
                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

  

                              David H. Solomon
                              Chief, Enforcement Bureau


_________________________

  1   15 FCC Rcd 8575 (Enf. Bur., 2000).     

  2   14 FCC Rcd 856 (Compl. & Inf. Bur., 1999).  

  3     47   C.F.R.    §§   73.1350(c)(2),   73.1590(a)(1)    and 
73.1870(b)(3).      

  4   47 U.S.C. § 405    

  5   47 C.F.R. § 1.106. 

     6 47 C.F.R. § 1.80.

     7 47 U.S.C. § 504(a).

     8 See 47 C.F.R. § 1.1914.