*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 9174.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1271 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D. C. 20554 In the Matter of ) ) Amendment of Section 73.606( b), ) MM Docket No. 01- 53 Table of Allotments, ) RM- 10040 Television Broadcast Stations. ) (Galesburg, Illinois) ) REPORT AND ORDER (Proceeding Terminated) Adopted: May 24, 2001 Released: May 25, 2001 By the Chief, Video Services Division: 1. At the request of Northwest Television, Inc. (" Northwest"), an applicant for a construction permit for a new television station to operate on channel 67 at Galesburg, Illinois, the Commission has before it the Notice of Proposed Rule Making, 66 FR 12922, March 1, 2001, proposing the substitution of channel 53 for channel 67 at Galesburg. 1 Nort hwest filed comment s st at ing its int ent to amend its pending applicat ion to specify operat ion on channel 53 rat her than channel 67 at Galesburg, Illinois. No other comments were received. 2. We believe the public interest would be served by substituting channel 53 for channel 67 since it would facilit at e t he implement at ion of a new full service television st at ion in Galesburg, and is in accordance with the Commission's directive for broadcast applicants to relocate from television channels 60- 69. 2 A staff engineering analysis indicates that channel 53 can be allotted to Galesburg with a zero offset in compliance with the minimum distance separation requirements of Sections 73.610 and with the criteria set forth in the Commission's Public Notice released on November 22, 1999, DA 99- 2605. The coordinates for channel 53 at Galesburg are North Latitude 41- 18- 45 and West Longitude 90- 22- 45. 3. Accordingly, pursuant to the authority contained in Sections 4( i), 5( c)( 1), 303( g) and (r) and 307( b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and Sections 0.61, 0.204( b) and 0.283 of the Commission's Rules, IT IS ORDERED, That effective July 9, 2001, the TV Table of Allotments, Section 73.606( b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED, wit h respect to the communit y list ed 1 On January 6, 1998, the Commission issued a Report and Order in ET Docket No. 97- 157 which designated the 746- 806 MHz band (television channels 60- 69) for public safety use and commercial fixed, mobile and broadcasting services. See Reallocation of Television Channels 60- 60, 12 FCC Rcd 22953 (1998). On November 22, 1999, the Commission released a Public Notice (Public Notice) DA 99- 2605, announcing a window filing opportunity to allow persons with certain pending requests for new NTSC television stations to modify their requests to move from channels 60 through 69. Northwest filed a petition for rule making to relocate to a lower channel pursuant to the provisions outlined in the Commission's Public Notice. 2 See Report and Order, Reallocation of Television Channels 60- 69, 12 FCC Rcd 22953 (1998). 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 1271 2 below, to read as follows: City Channel No. Galesburg, Illinois 53 4. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That within 45 days of the effective date of this Order, Nort hwest Television, Inc. shall submit to the Commission a minor amendment to it pending application for a construction permit for a new television station at Galesburg, Illinois, specifying Channel 53 in lieu of Channel 67. 5. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED. 6. For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Pam Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202) 418- 1600. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Barbara A. Kreisman Chief, Video Services Division Mass Media Bureau 2