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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  445  12th  STREET,  S.  W.  WASHINGTON,  D.  C.  20554  DA  01-  2077  News  media  information  202/  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202/  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 Released:  September  4,  2001 
 WIRELESS  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  BUREAU  GRANTS  CONSENT  TO  TRANSFER  OF  CONTROL  AND  ASSIGNMENT  OF  900  MHz  SMR  LICENSE 


 Pursuant  to  Section  310(  d)  of  the  Communications  Act,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  310(  d),  and  Section  0.331  of  the  Commission's  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.331,  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  (Bureau)  approves, 
 subject  to  the  conditions  set  forth  below,  the  applications  requesting  Commission  consent  to  the  transfer  of  control  and  assignment  of  the  following  license: 


 American  National  Communications  Companies,  Inc.  to  Ralph  J.  Harpley  Bankruptcy  Trustee  for  ANCC,  Inc.,  File  No.  0000562697  (transfer  of  control) 
 American  National  Communications  Companies,  Inc.  to  JFC  Communications,  Inc.:  Market  M037L  –  Jacksonville;  Fla.,  File  No.  0000018068  (full  assignment) 
 We  approve  the  transfer  of  control  and  assignment  because  we  find  it  is  in  the  public  interest,  convenience,  and  necessity.  See  47  U.  S.  C.  §  310(  d).  By  this  approval,  the  parties  are  authorized  to 
 proceed  to  the  final  stages  of  their  respective  transactions.  We  remind  parties  that  an  assignment  shall  not  be  considered  complete  until  the  underlying  transaction  closes  and  all  conditions  set  forth  in  the  grant 
 documents,  including  this  Public  Notice  and  the  application,  are  met.  In  addition,  approval  of  the  assignment  is  given  pursuant  to  the  terms  of  the  Settlement  Agreement,  between  the  United  States  of 
 America,  on  behalf  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (“  FCC”),  R.  Jay  Harpley,  Chapter  7  Trustee  of  the  bankruptcy  estate  of  American  National  Communications  Companies,  Inc.  (“  ANCC”),  and 
 JFC  Communications,  Inc.  1  The  Agreement  was  approved  by  the  Bankruptcy  Court  on  July  24,  2001.  2 
 Upon  notification  as  required  by  section  1.948(  d)  of  the  Commission's  rules,  and  satisfaction  of  all  requisite  conditions  set  forth  in  the  above-  referenced  Settlement  Agreement,  the  Bureau  will  consider  the 
 assignment  complete  and  will  issue  the  license  to  the  assignee  with  the  date  of  the  license  grant  identical  to  the  date  upon  which  the  transaction  closed,  thus  completing  the  assignment.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.948(  d). 


 Licensees  are  required  to  notify  the  Commission  of  consummation  of  an  approved  transfer  or  assignment  using  FCC  Form  603.  The  assignee  or  transferee  is  responsible  for  providing  this  notification, 
 1  See  In  re  American  National  Communications  Companies,  Inc.,  No.  98-  1058-  867  (U.  S.  Bankr.  Ct.,  M.  D. 
 Fla.,  Tampa  Div.)  (“  ANCC  Bankruptcy  Proceeding”),  Settlement  Agreement,  dated  May  8,  2001.  The  license 
 granted  herein  was  originally  issued  by  the  FCC  to  ANCC  and  identified  by  FCC  License  No.  YSM037L,  Call  Sign  KNNY204. 


 2  See  ANCC  Bankruptcy  Proceeding,  Order  granting  Joint  Motion  to  Approve  Compromise  of  Controversy,  dated 
 July  24,  2001. 
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 including  the  date  the  transaction  was  consummated.  For  transfers  and  assignments  that  require  prior  Commission  approval,  the  transaction  must  be  consummated  and  notification  provided  to  the  Commission 
 within  180  days  of  public  notice  of  approval,  and  notification  of  consummation  must  occur  no  later  than  30  days  after  actual  consummation.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.948(  d). 


 This  Public  Notice  is  issued  by  the  Chief,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau. 


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