********************************************************    
                         NOTICE
********************************************************

This document was converted from
WordPerfect to ASCII Text format.

Content from the original version of the document such as
headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, graphics, and page numbers
will not show up in this text version.

All text attributes such as bold, italic, underlining, etc. from the
original document will not show up in this text version.

Features of the original document layout such as
columns, tables, line and letter spacing, pagination, and margins
will not be preserved in the text version.

If you need the complete document, download the
WordPerfect version or Adobe Acrobat version, if available.

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

In the Matter of                )
                                )
Review of the Commission's      )  MM Docket No. 98-204
Broadcast and Cable             )
Equal Employment Opportunity    )
Rules and Policies              )
and                             )
Termination of the              )  MM Docket No. 96-16
EEO Streamlining Proceeding     )
                                )
                                )
                                )


                             ORDER


   Adopted:  January 5, 1999            Released:  January 5, 1999

Comment Date:  February 18, 1999
Reply Comment Date:  March 23, 1999

By the Chief, Mass Media Bureau:

     1.   On November 20, 1998, the Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making, MM
Docket No. 98-204 (NPRM), requesting comment on various proposals concerning the Commission's broadcast
and cable EEO rules and policies.  Comment and Reply Comment deadlines were established for January 19,
1999, and February 18, 1999, respectively.

     2.   On December 17, 1998, the National Association of Broadcasters ("NAB") filed a "Motion
for Extension of Time of Comment and Reply Comment Deadlines" ("Motion").  Therein, the NAB requested
that we extend the due dates for the submission of comments and reply comments in response to the NPRM
to February 18, 1999, and March 23, 1999, respectively.  In support of its request, the NAB asserts that the
NPRM raises many important issues and proposals "that need to be fully reviewed and discussed by the NAB
Board of Directors," and that grant of the extension would allow time for the NAB Board to conduct such a
review and discussion at their January Board Meeting (which occurs January 9-13, 1999) and, thereafter, "for
NAB staff to prepare comments consistent with the decisions made by the Board."

     3.   On January 4, 1999, the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council ("MMTC") sent
a letter to the Commission expressing support for the NAB's Motion.  The MMTC stated that "[o]wing to the
extensive amount of detail requested of commenters [in the NPRM], it would be virtually impossible [for
MMTC] to file comprehensive comments by the initial due date."

     4.   We believe the public interest would be served by an extension of the comment period in this
proceeding because it would enable commenters to file comprehensive comments on the important issues raised
in the NPRM.  Accordingly, we will extend the date for filing comments to February 18, 1999, and extend the
date for filing reply comments to March 23, 1999.  We do not contemplate further extensions of the comment
cycle of this proceeding.

     5.   ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED that the Motion for Extension of Time filed by the
National Association of Broadcasters IS GRANTED.

     6.   IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the dates for filing comments and reply comments in
this proceeding ARE EXTENDED to February 18, 1999, and March 23, 1999, respectively.

     7.   This action is taken pursuant to authority found in Sections 4(i) and 303(r) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. Sections 154(i) and 303(r), and Sections 0.204(b), 0.283
and 1.46 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. Sections 0.204(b), 0.283 and 1.46. 

                                           FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

                       




                                           Roy J. Stewart  
                                           Chief, Mass Media Bureau