*Pages 1--1 from Microsoft Word - 21775.doc* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th St., S. W. Washington, D. C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418- 0500 Internet: http:// www. fcc. gov TTY: 1- 888- 835- 5322 DA 02- 2478 Released: October 3, 2002 MEDIA BUREAU GRANTS REQUEST BY LENFEST BROADCASTING, LLC TO CEASE ANALOG BROADCASTING ON WWAC- TV AND TO OPERATE AS A SINGLE CHANNEL, DIGITAL- ONLY TELEVISION STATION ON CHANNEL 44 In its Report and Order in GN Docket No. 01- 74, the Commission adopted the reallocation of the 598- 746 MHz Spectrum Band (television channels 52- 59) from use by television broadcasters to new uses on a flexible basis. 1 The Commission also stated that it would consider requests by incumbent broadcasters on channels 52- 58 to voluntarily vacate their NTSC channels prior to the end of the DTV transition on a case- by- case basis. 2 On July 11, 2002, the Media Bureau received a request from Lenfest Broadcasting, LLC, the licensee of analog television station WWAC- TV, NTSC Channel 53, and permittee of digital television station WWAC- DT, DTV Channel 44, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 3 for Commission authority to: (i) cease analog broadcasting on NTSC Channel 53 and surrender its license for the channel prior to the end of the DTV transition; and (ii) thereafter operate WWAC- DT as a single channel, digital- only television station on DTV Channel 44. By letter dated September 24, 2002, the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau granted the request. A copy of this letter is available for inspection at the Commission’s Reference Center, 455 Twelfth Street, S. W., Room CY- A257, Washington, D. C. 20554. For further information, contact Joyce Bernstein of the Media Bureau at (202) 418- 1647. By: Chief, Media Bureau -FCC- 1 See Reallocation and Service Rules for the 698- 746 MHz Spectrum Band (Television Channels 52- 59), GN Docket No. 01- 74, 17 FCC Rcd 1022 (2002). 2 Id. at 1095- 96. 3 Facility ID 9739. 1