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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  2076 
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 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  matter  of 
 Paxson  Communications  Corporation 
 DTV  Construction  Requests  for  WPXN-  DT,  New  York,  New  York 
 KKPX-  DT,  San  Francisco,  California  WPXG-  DT,  Concord,  New  Hampshire 
 WPXB-  DT,  Merrimack,  New  Hampshire  KPXD-  DT,  Arlington,  Texas 
 WWPX-  DT,  Martinsburg,  West  Virginia  KPXB-  DT,  Conroe,  Texas 
 KPXM-  DT,  St.  Cloud,  Missouri  WXPX-  DT,  Bradenton,  Florida 
 WIPX-  DT,  Bloomington,  Indiana  WFPX-  DT,  Fayetteville,  North  Carolina 
 WNPX-  DT,  Nashville,  Tennessee  KPXE-  DT,  Kansas  City,  Missouri 
 WPXP-  DT,  Lake  Worth,  Florida  KOPX-  DT,  Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma 
 WQPX-  DT,  Scranton,  Pennsylvania  WPXC-  DT,  Brunswick,  Georgia 
 KPXF-  DT,  Porterville,  California  WYPX-  DT,  Amsterdam,  New  York 
 WUPX,  Morehead,  Kentucky  KPXO-  DT,  Kaneohe,  Hawaii 
 WGPX,  DT,  Burlington,  North  Carolina 


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 MEMORANDUM  OPINION  AND  ORDER 
 Adopted:  August  22,  2002  Released:  August  26,  2002 
 By  the  Chief,  Media  Bureau: 
 1.  The  Media  Bureau  (the  “Bureau”)  has  before  it  a  request  filed  by  Paxson  Communications  Corporation  (“  Paxson”)  that  the  Bureau  increase  the  six-  month  DTV  construction  permit  extensions  granted 
 to  the  above  referenced  stations  to  twelve  months.  For  the  reasons  stated  below,  we  deny  the  request. 
 2.  Pursuant  to  the  Commission’s  Rules,  the  Bureau  may  only  grant  DTV  construction  permit  extensions  for  a  period  of  six-  months  on  delegated  authority.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  73.624.  The  Bureau  is  not 
 authorized  to  grant  the  requested  relief.  Furthermore,  Paxson  has  not  demonstrated  any  reason  that  it  should  be  treated  differently  from  all  of  the  other  applicants  that  were  granted  the  six-  month  extension  authorized 
 by  the  Rules. 
 3.  If  Paxson  seeks  an  additional  extension  beyond  the  six-  month  extension  that  has  been  granted  to  it,  it  shall  be  required  to  file  a  new  FCC  Form  337  for  each  station.  These  further  extension 
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 requests  must  set  forth,  in  detail,  the  steps  that  have  been  taken  to  date  to  complete  construction  expeditiously  and  the  unforeseeable  or  uncontrollable  delays  or  events  that  have  prevented  the  licensee  from 
 completing  construction  of  the  authorized  DTV  facilities.  Each  licensee  shall  also  demonstrate  the  steps  it  plans  to  take  towards  completion  of  its  station’s  construction  and  specify  a  date  on  which  it  reasonably 
 expects  to  commence  DTV  operations. 
 4.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  THAT  the  request  by  Paxson  Communications  Corporation  that  the  Media  Bureau  increase  the  six-  month  DTV  construction  permit  extensions  granted  to 
 the  above  referenced  stations  to  twelve  months  IS  DENIED. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 W.  Kenneth  Ferree  Chief,  Media  Bureau 
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