Federal Communications Commission in Re Applications of ) Marion
Federal Communications Commission FCC 98-328 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In re Applications of ) ) Marion B. Brechner ) (Transferor) ) ) and ) File Nos. BTCCT-980622IB ) BTCITL-980622IC - ID Berl M. Brechner ) (Transferee) ) ) For Consent to the Transfer of Control of ) Northeast Kansas Broadcasting Service, Inc. ) Licensee of Television Stations ) KTKA-TV, Topeka, Kansas ) K39BR, Junction City, Kansas ) K58CX, Lawrence, Kansas ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Adopted: December 10, 1998 Released: December 18, 1998 By the Commission: Commissioner Tristani dissenting and issuing a statement. 1. The Commission has before it the above-captioned, unopposed applications seeking consent to the transfer of control of Northeast Kansas Broadcasting Service, Inc. (Northeast), licensee of television station KTKA-TV, Channel 49 (ABC), Topeka, Kansas, and low power television stations K39BR, Junction City, Kansas, and K58CX, Lawrence, Kansas, from Marion B. Brechner who proposes to transfer her 51 % interest to her son, Berl M. Brechner (Brechner or Transferee), who is the existing 49% shareholder of Northeast. 2. Brechner, along with his mother, owns Kansas Capital Broadcasting, Inc. (KCB), the licensee of KTPK(FM), Topeka, Kansas. So that he may retain his KCB 51% interest, acquire a controlling interest in Northeast, and continue the joint operation ofKTKA-TV and KTPK(FM), Brechner requests a permanent waiver of 47 C.F.R. § 73.3555(c), the Commission's one-to-a market rule. 1 Although no new one-to-a-market combination will be created here, the proposed transfer of control of KTKA-TV requires a renewed one-to-a-market showing based on current market conditions.
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