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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  2368 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 )  Amendment  of  Section  73.606(  b),  )  MB  Docket  No.  02-  152 


 Table  of  Allotments,  )  RM-  10457  Television  Broadcast  Stations.  ) 
 (Wiggins,  Mississippi)  ) 
 REPORT  AND  ORDER  (Proceeding  Terminated) 


 Adopted:  September  23,  2002  Released:  September  27,  2002 
 By  the  Chief,  Video  Division: 
 1.  At  the  request  of  KB  Prime  Media  LLC  (“  KB  Prime”),  an  applicant  for  a  construction  permit  for  a  new  television  station  to  operate  on  channel  56  at  Wiggins,  Mississippi,  the 
 Commission  has  before  it  the  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making,  17  FCC  Rcd  12717  (2002),  proposing  the  substitution  of  channel  46  for  channel  56+  at  Wiggins.  1  KB  Prime  filed  comments 
 supporting  the  channel  change.  No  other  comments  were  received. 
 2.  We  believe  the  public  interest  would  be  served  by  allotting  channel  46  since  it  would  permit  KB  Prime  to  provide  the  community  of  Wiggins  with  a  second  local  television  service.  A 
 staff  engineering  analysis  indicates  that  channel  46  can  be  allotted  to  Wiggins  with  a  minus  offset  consistent  with  the  minimum  distance  separation  requirements  of  Sections  73.610  and  73.698  of  the 
 Commission  Rules  at  coordinates  30-  32-  32  N.  and  89-  10-  40  W. 
 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  November  12,  2002,  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: 
 City  Channel  No. 
 Wiggins,  Mississippi  43-,  46- 


 1  KB  Prime  filed  its  petition  pursuant  to  the  provisions  outlined  in  the  Commission's  Public  Notice  ("  Public  Notice") 
 released  on  February  6,  2002,  DA  02-  270.  In  that  Public  Notice,  the  Commission  permitted  applicants  with  certain  pending  requests  for  new  analog  television  stations  on  channels  52-  59  to  modify  their  requests  because  the  Commission 


 reallocated  channels  52-  59  for  new  uses.  See  Reallocation  and  Service  Rules  for  the  698-  746  MHz  Spectrum  Band  (Television  Channels  52-  59),  Report  and  Order  in  GN  Docket  No.  01-  74,  17  FCC  Rcd  1022  (2002).  KB  Prime  filed  a 
 petition  for  rule  making  requesting  the  channel  substitution  in  order  to  avoid  dismissal  of  its  application  for  channel  56. 
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 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  That  within  45  days  of  the  effective  date  of  this  Order,  KB  Prime  Media  LLC  shall  submit  to  the  Commission  a  minor  change  application  for  a  construction 
 permit  (FCC  Form  301)  specifying  TV  Channel  46-  in  lieu  of  TV  Channel  56+. 
 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  That  this  proceeding  IS  TERMINATED. 
 6.  For  further  information  concerning  this  proceeding,  contact  Pam  Blumenthal,  Media  Bureau,  (202)  418-  1600. 


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 Barbara  A.  Kreisman  Chief,  Video  Division 
 Media  Bureau 
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