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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  1164 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 HARRY  SOUKIASSIAN  AND  DANNY  GOLD  ) 
 D/  B/  A  S&  G  COMMUNICATIONS  ) 
 ) 
 Applications  for  Consent  to  Transfer  of  Control  )  File  Nos.  S005171, 
 of  S&  G  Communications  to  Harry  Soukiassian  )  S005283,  9711R198430  and 
 and  Hananya  Cohen  d/  b/  a  S&  G  Communications  )  9811R347725 
 and  thence  to  Harry  Soukiassian  and  Pele  ) 
 Communications,  Inc.  d/  b/  a  S&  G  ) 
 Communications  with  respect  to  Private  Carrier  ) 
 Paging  Stations  KNES896  and  WPKR311,  and  ) 
 Business  Radio  Service  Stations  WNAF520  and  ) 
 WNKN305  in  the  State  of  California  ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  May  24,  2000  Released:  May  26,  2000 
 By  the  Chief,  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division,  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau: 
 1.  In  this  Order,  we  grant  a  request  filed  by  Harry  Soukiassian,  as  an  individual  and  as  a  general 
 partner  of  Harry  Soukiassian  and  Danny  Gold  d/  b/  a  S&  G  Communications  (S&  G),  to  withdraw  its  petition 
 for  reconsideration  1  of  the  actions  granting  consent  to  the  transfer  of  control  of  S&  G  from  Danny  Gold  to 
 Harry  Soukiassian  and  Hananya  Cohen  d/  b/  a  S&  G  Communications  and  thence  to  Harry  Soukiassian  and 
 Pele  Communications,  Inc.  d/  b/  a  S&  G  Communications.  2 


 2.  By  way  of  background,  on  September  14,  1999,  and  October  20,  1999,  Hananya  Cohen  filed 
 applications  seeking  consent  to  the  pro  forma  transfer  of  control  of  the  above-  captioned  stations  from 
 Harry  Soukiassian  and  Danny  Gold  d/  b/  a  S&  G  to  a  joint  venture  consisting  of  Harry  Soukiassian  and 
 Hananya  Cohen  d/  b/  a  S&  G;  and  then  from  Harry  Soukiassian  and  Hananya  Cohen  d/  b/  a  S&  G  to  a  new 
 joint  venture  consisting  of  Harry  Soukiassian  and  Pele  Communications  d/  b/  a  S&  G.  3  The  applications 
 were  granted  by  the  Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau  on  November  8,  1999,  and  November  9,  1999, 
 and  appeared  on  public  notice  on  November  16,  1999.  4  On  December  15,  1999,  Harry  Soukiassian,  as  an 
 individual  and  as  a  general  partner  of  Harry  Soukiassian  and  Danny  Gold  d/  b/  a  S&  G,  filed  a  petition  for 


 1  Petition  for  Reconsideration  (filed  Dec.  15,  1999). 
 2  Public  Notice,  Report  No.  2067  (rel.  Nov.  16,  1999). 
 3  See  FCC  File  Nos.  S005171,  S005283,  9711R198430  and  9811R347725. 
 4  Supra  note  2. 
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 reconsideration  of  the  grant  of  the  applications.  On  January  21,  2000,  Harry  Soukiassian,  as  an  individual 
 and  as  a  general  partner  of  Harry  Soukiassian  and  Danny  Gold  d/  b/  a  S&  G,  withdrew  S&  G’s  objection  to 
 grant  of  the  subject  applications  and  sought  dismissal  of  the  petition  for  reconsideration.  5  We  find  that 
 grant  of  this  request  is  warranted.  6 


 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  THAT  pursuant  to  Sections  4(  i)  and  5(  c)  of  the 
 Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  154(  i),  155(  c),  and  Section  1.106  of  the 
 Commission's  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.106,  the  Request  for  Dismissal  filed  on  January  21,  2000,  by  Harry 
 Soukiassian  as  an  individual  and  as  a  general  partner  in  Harry  Soukiassian  and  Danny  Gold  d/  b/  a  S&  G 
 Communications,  IS  GRANTED,  and  the  Petition  for  Reconsideration  filed  on  December  15,  1999  IS 
 DISMISSED. 


 4.  This  action  is  taken  under  delegated  authority  pursuant  to  Sections  0.131  and  0.331  of  the 
 Commission's  Rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  1.131,  0.331. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 D'wana  R.  Terry 
 Chief,  Public  Safety  and  Private  Wireless  Division 
 Wireless  Telecommunications  Bureau 


 5  Request  for  Dismissal  (filed  Jan.  21,  2000). 
 6  See,  e.  g.,  Bell  Atlantic-  Delaware,  Inc.,  Order,  15  FCC  Rcd  4676,  4676  ¶  3  (EB  Market  Disputes  Resolution  Div. 
 2000);  Plaincom,  Inc.,  Order,  DA  99-  1918,  ¶  3  (WTB  PSPWD  rel.  Sept.  17,  1999). 
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