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. 1 WTERIJAL REVENUE SERVICE                                                                                  DEPARTMENT           OF THE        TRERSuRY
      DISTRICT     DSRECYOR
      P. CJ- 13ax 2508
      CINCINNf4TJ.     OH   45201
                                                                                    Employer       IcYentiPication             Number:
      Date:            p&Y 0 2 19YJ                                                        43-1431613
                                                                                    DLN:
      COMMUNITY   BROADCPSTING                     INC.                                    317064603
      C/O CHRRLES    rim WATKINS                                                    Contact       Person:
      174.7 PENNSYLVANIA     AVE.                  N.W.,            #lo00                  D.   A. DOWNING
      WASHINGTaN,    DC   20006                                                     Con tact     Telephone           Number:
                                                                                           CSl3)     241-5199
                                                                                    Internal        Raavenue    Code
                                                                                            Section     501(c)(4)
                                                                                    Accounting         Period     Ending:
                                                                                            Apt-i1   30
                                                                                    Form 990 Required:
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                                                                                    Addwdum         Applias:
                                                                                           Yes

  Dear           4,pplicant:

         Based     on information         supplied,           and assuming         your     oy3era~ians        will      be                         as.
 s-tated    in   your   application         for     recognition          of exemption,             we have     determined
 you   are    exsampt   ‘rrom     federal     income        tax   under    section         501.(a)       of rLh8 Internal
 Revenw       Code    as an organization              described        in the      section         indicated        above.

          Unless        specifioslly            excepted,         you at-s liable               for     taxes      bnder the Fuderal.
 insurance           Contribution5            Get     (social       security          taxes)        for     each     employee       to whom
 you     pay $500          or more      during        a calendar          year.         And,      unless       excepted,        you are
 also      liable       ?or      Lax under        the     Federal      UnemploymentA              Tax Act        for    each    employee
 to whom you            pay C50 or more               during      a calendar            quarter-        if,    during      the    current
 or preceding              calendar       year,       you     had one or more              employees           at any      tima     in each
 o-F 20 calendar               wseks    or you        paid     wagas      of $1,500          or mar@ in any calcandar
 quarter.            If    you     have   any     questions         about       excise,        employment,            or other        Federal
  taxes,        please       address      them      to this       office.
                 If     your     sourc8s       of support,          or your     purposes,    character.           or method        of
 aper-ati,on                change,      please        let     us know so we can consider             the    e*f’foct     0-P t;ho
      change          on your       exempt       status,          In the   case    of an amendment         to your        organiza-
      lziorial        document        or   bylaws,         please     send   us a copy    of   the    amanded         document       or
      bylaws.             Also,     you    should        inform     us of al.1 changes       in your       name or adcksss.

         In the       heading          of   this      letter           tie have         indicated           whether          you must, file           Form
 990,      Return       o-f Organization                 Exempt           From      Income        Tax.        It     Yes is indicated,                you
 irre    rsyL.lir&        to file         Form      990 only              if     your     gross       receipts           each    year are
 normally          mot%      than      $25 I 000.           t-iowevgr        , iT you         receive         a Form 990 package                 in     the
 mail,      please        file       the    roturn          even       if      you do not           exceed         the     gross     recesipts        test;..
 If    you art-o not           required          to   file,          simply         attach        the     label        provided,        Check       the
 box in the heading                    to indicate               that        your     annual        gross        racei.pts       ar6    normally
 $ZS,Oc?O        or   less,       and 59,gn         the        return.

         IP a              return     is   required,        it              must     be Pilod       by the         15th     day of: the      fifr.11
 month     after               ths  cl?d of your        annual                  accounting         period.          a penalty        OP $19 a day
 is charged                  when    a return        iG filed                 late,      unless     ttiore      is     reasonable        Cause      for
 the   delay.                  Howevo r,     -the maximum                   penalty        charged       cannot       exceed      $S,000     or 5 per--


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cent     of     your     gross    receipts                    for       the   year,            whichever      is               less.            This        penalty        may
also     be     charged        if a return                    is       not  complete,               so please                  be sure           your         return       is
complete          before      Lou   file   it.

          You are      not     required      to file       Fedora1       income     tax   returns          unlsss         you are
subje,c,t       to the     tax    on unrelated          business       income     under     section          ,411 of the         Cods.
If   you      are  subject        to this      ‘tati,   you must Pile           an incame       tax      return         on Form
990-T     I Exempt      Organization           susiness        Income      Tax Return.          In this          lettar       ke ar-8
not    determining           whether-     any of yaur          present       or proposed        activities              are   unro-
late4       trade    or businaSs          a& defined         in section        513 of the         Code.

        You need an amploysr                              identiyication        number     even    if   you                                 have       no employees-
T;f  an employer       identification                              number   was not  entered       W-I your                                    application,
a number      will   be assigned                          to you and you will          be advised         of                                it.        Please    use
that    number     on all       returns                     you      file and in all     correspondence                                          with      the Internal
Revenue     Service.

           Donors        may not           deduct       contributions                to you becausa                you     are    not     a.n oryan-
iral;i.on         described            In section          170(c)         of: the        Code.         Under       section        6113,        any
fundraising              solicitation               LOU make must                include         an express            statement          (in      a
conspicuous              and easily             recognizable              format)           that     contributions              or girts           to you
are       not: deductible                as charitable              contributions                for     Federal         incoma       tax      purposes.
This        provision           doss       not    apply.        however,           iT your         annual        gross       receipts         are
normally            $100,000           or 1~35,         or it       your      solicitations                are     msde to no more                 than
 ten pet-sons            during          a calendar           year.         The law           provides         penalties          for     failure        to
comply         Wit-h     this        requirement,             ur~loss       failure           is   due to reasonable                  cau38.

          1P    we have    indicated       in                   the          heading      of        this          letter            that       a,n addendum
applies        L the  enclosed       addendum                          is     an integral                  part       of     this          letter-

          i3ecause         this     letter           could             help        resolve          any    queutians                   about         your      examp’r.
status      ( you        should       keep      it       in          your        permanent            records.

          we hnvs    sent    a copy                  of       this           lettar      to     yaur          representative                     as     indicated           in
your      power   of+ aLtot-ney.

         If     you      have     any     questions,                        please      contact           the   person                 whose         name      and
telephone             numbar      are     shown      in              the        heading      of      ‘this    letter.

                                                                                         Sincerely                 yours,




                                                                                         District                 Director




                                                                                                                                            Letter           94*0      (DOjCG)



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