April 23, 1998

F.C.C. Room 222,
1919 M Street, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20554

Subject: the Skinner petition

To whom it may concern,

The purpose of this letter is to express my opposition toward two petitions before the F.C.C. regarding microstations, primary service stations, and the request for rule making submitted by Roger Skinner. I think the entire notion would mean certain doom for broadcasters who already abide by the rules established by the F.C.C. I believe that we will face the same fate that occurred in the '80's from Docked 80-90. Those of us who are broadcasting legally are doing so through no small amount of hard work and we definitely don't take our commitment to our communities lightly. We are now preparing to sponsor a 10 kilometer run. This run will include a large number of handicapped. Our station also sponsors Camp Ukandu which is a camp for children with cancer. We also advertise for every festival in our contour. We run advertising for the Red Cross and numerous other non-profit community oriented organizations. This station is heavily involved in the community. We even provide entertainment for Shobu, Japan ambassadors during their foreign exchange program.

Our communitv involvement is not an easy task. However, it is difficult to accomplish with ongoing interference from pirate radio. Recently. I've encountered illegal two-way communications that have mixed with us and caused color bursts on the neighboring site cable provider. I could go on for days about interference problems from non-licensed transmitters. In short I think the whole idea will cause many more headaches for the F.C.C. and broadcasters alike.

Sincerely.

Thomas A. Woods Jr.
(chief engineer)