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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  2476 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 ) 
 Amendment  of  Section  73.606(  b),  )  MM  Docket  No.  01-  171 
 Table  of  Allotments,  )  RM-  10158 
 Television  Broadcast  Stations.  ) 
 (Destin,  Florida)  ) 


 REPORT  AND  ORDER 
 (Proceeding  Terminated) 


 Adopted:  October  26,  2001  Released:  October  29,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Video  Services  Division: 
 1.  At  the  request  of  Kaleidoscope  Partners  ("  Kaleidoscope"),  six  mutually-  exclusive 
 applicants  for  vacant  NTSC  channel  64,  Destin,  Florida,  1  the  Commission  has  before  it  the  Notice 
 of  Proposed  Rule  Making,  16  FCC  Rcd  14808  (2001),  proposing  the  substitution  of  channel  48  for 
 channel  64.  2  Kaleidoscope  filed  comments  supporting  the  proposed  channel  substitution  at  Destin. 
 No  other  comments  were  filed 


 2.  We  believe  the  public  interest  would  be  served  by  substituting  channel  48  for  channel  64 
 since  the  adoption  of  this  channel  substitution  would  be  consistent  with  the  Commission's  Public 
 Notice  directing  applicants  of  new  NTSC  stations  to  modify  their  requests  to  move  from  Channel 
 60  through  69.  3  A  staff  engineering  analysis  indicates  that  channel  48  can  be  allotted  to  Destin  with 
 a  zero  offset  in  compliance  with  the  minimum  distance  separation  requirements  of  Sections  73.610 
 and  73.698  of  the  Commission  Rules.  The  coordinates  for  channel  48  at  Destin  are  North  Latitude 
 30-  30-  52  and  West  Longitude  86-  13-  13. 


 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  December  13,  2001,  the  TV  Table  of 
 Allotments,  Section  73.606(  b)  of  the  Commission's  Rules,  IS  AMENDED,  with  respect  to  the 
 community  listed  below,  to  read  as  follows: 


 1  The  applicants  include:  Kaleidoscope  Partners,  E.  Terrill  Weiss  d/  b/  a  West  Florida  TV  Acquisition  Company, 
 Delta  Media  Corporation,  Marri  Broadcasting  Corporation,  Value  Vision  International,  Inc.,  and  Winstar 
 Broadcasting  Corporation. 


 2  The  Kaleidoscope  Partners  also  filed  a  Joint  Request  for  Approval  for  Settlement  Agreement  with  the  Commission 
 on  July  17,  2000.  In  accordance  with  the  terms  of  that  settlement,  Beach  TV  Properties,  Inc.,  licensee  of  LPTV 
 station  WDES-  LP,  Destin,  Florida,  agrees  to  surrender  its  license  on  channel  48  for  cancellation  or  apply  for  an 
 alternate  channel. 


 3  See  Public  Notice,  released  on  November  22,  1999,  DA  99-  2605. 
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 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  That  within  45  days  of  the  effective  date  of  this  Order, 
 the  applicants  for  channel  64  at  Destin,  Florida,  shall  submit  to  the  Commission  a  minor  change 
 application  for  a  construction  permit  (FCC  Form  301)  specifying  DTV  Channel  48  in  lieu  of  DTV 
 Channel  64. 


 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 
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