April 27, 1998

FCC
Room 222, 1919 M Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20554

RE: REPLY COMMENTS, FCC FILE # RM-9208 and RM-9242

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:

WE STRONGLY OBJECT TO THE INTENTION OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED
FILE NUMBERS CURRENTLY BEFORE THE COMMISSION.  IN OUR RURAL
SERVICE AREA, COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMMING IS OUR STRONGEST
CONNECTION TO THE SMALL COMMUNITIES WE SERVE!

A CONCLUSION THAT SOLID COMMUNITY SERVICE NO LONGER EXISTS
BECAUSE OF CONSOLIDATION IS ABSOLUTELY UNFOUNDED, THE ASSUMPTION OF THOSE WHO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE "HEART-LAND" OF THIS COUNTRY.

PLEASE NOTE, THAT BEYOND THE CONCRETE OF THE CITY,  LIES THE
ENVY OF THE WORLD... "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" WHERE THINGS ARE
NEITHER  "BIG", "CONSOLIDATED", NOR "COMPLICATED".

THIS RADIO STATION CONTRIBUTES APPROXIMATELY FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($5,000.00) WORTH OF AIR-TIME A MONTH, TO COMMUNITY
SERVICE PROGRAMMING FOR CHURCHES, SERVICE GROUPS SUCH AS LOCAL
FIRE COMPANIES, ROTARY CLUBS, LIONS CLUBS, KIWANIS CLUBS, TALL
CEDARS AND MORE.

WE DONATE TIME TO GIRL SCOUTS, BOY SCOUTS, CHURCHES, LIBRARIES,
GOOD WILL STORES, MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS, FAMILY AND YOUTH
SERVICES, DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE ORGANIZATIONS, PLUS DOZENS
AND DOZENS OF OTHERS, TOO NUMEROUS TO CATALOG.

WE OPEN OUR STUDIOS FOR TOURS BY LOCAL SENIOR CITIZENS GROUPS,
BROWNIE AND CUB SCOUT GROUPS.  WE PROVIDE A "BLIZZARD WIZZARD"
SERVICE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, TRAFFIC REPORTS FOR COMMUTERS,
A "DOG-GONE" SERVICE AND... WE ALSO WORK WITH THE LOCAL ART
ASSOCIATION, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

WE ARE THE FIRST TO BE CALLED FOR SCHOOL EMERGENCIES SUCH AS
BOMB THREATS, BUS BREAKDOWNS, CANCELLATIONS DURING BAD WEATHER, EARLY DISMISSALS AND OTHER SCHOOL-RELATED EMERGENCIES, WHICH ARE MANY.

WE DO ALL OF THIS FOR ONE REASON...BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WE SERVE, DEPEND ON US!

DOES RADIO STILL PROVIDE COMMUNITY SERVICE?  IT IS MORE THAN
ALIVE AND WELL AT WQLV,  AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO NEED FOR
MORE "LOW-POWER" STATIONS.

YOURS TRULY,

JAMES F. HEPLER, GENERAL MANAGER
WQLV

JFH/mll
C.C. CONGRESSMAN GEORGE W. GEKAS
SENATORS, SPECTOR AND SANTORUM