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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  06-  149 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of: 
 Family  Stations,  Inc. 
 v. 
 EchoStar  Communications  Corporation 
 Application  for  Review 


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 CSR  5762-  M 


 MEMORANDUM  OPINION  AND  ORDER 
 Adopted:  January  24,  2006  Released:  January  25,  2006 
 By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Policy  Division,  Media  Bureau: 
 1.  On  June  3,  2002,  Family  Stations,  Inc.  (“  Family  Stations”),  licensee  of  noncommercial,  educational  station  WFME-  TV,  West  Milford,  New  Jersey,  filed  an  Application  for  Review  of  the  Media 
 Bureau’s  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order  denying  Family  Stations’  Petition  for  Reconsideration  and  Alternatively,  petition  for  Waiver  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  The  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order 
 denied  Family  Stations’  must  carry  complaint. 
 2.  On  January  19,  2006,  Family  Stations  filed  a  request  to  dismiss  its  Application  for  Review  because  the  carriage  complaint  request  has  been  rendered  moot  by  the  new  must-  carry  election 
 cycle  that  commenced  on  January  1,  2006. 
 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  that  the  Application  for  Review  filed  by  Family  Stations,  Inc.  IS  DISMISSED. 


 4.  This  action  is  taken  pursuant  to  authority  delegated  under  Section  0.283  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  1 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Steven  A.  Broeckaert  Deputy  Chief,  Policy  Division,  Media  Bureau 


 1  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.283. 
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