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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  3484 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 )  Amendment  of  Section  73.622(  b),  )  MB  Docket  No.  02-  20 


 Table  of  Allotments,  )  RM-  10368  Digital  Television  Broadcast  Stations.  ) 
 (Traverse  City,  Michigan)  ) 
 REPORT  AND  ORDER  (Proceeding  Terminated) 


 Adopted:  December  17,  2002  Released:  December  20,  2002 
 By  the  Chief,  Video  Division: 
 1.  At  the  request  of  Central  Michigan  University  (“  CMU”),  the  Commission  has  before  it  the  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making,  17  FCC  Rcd  2103  (2002),  proposing  the  allotment  and 
 reservation  of  DTV  channel  23  for  noncommercial  use  at  Traverse  City,  Michigan.  CMU  filed  comments  stating  its  intention  to  apply  for  DTV  channel  *23,  if  allotted.  No  other  comments  were 
 received. 
 2.  We  believe  the  public  interest  would  be  served  by  allotting  DTV  channel  *23  since  it  would  provide  Traverse  City  with  its  first  noncommercial  educational  DTV  channel.  DTV  channel 
 *23  can  be  allotted  to  Traverse  City,  Michigan,  in  compliance  with  the  principle  community  coverage  requirement  of  Section  73.625(  a)  and  the  Commission’s  minimum  distance  separation 
 requirements,  with  respect  to  all  domestic  allotments.  1  However,  DTV  channel  *23  at  Traverse  City  is  short-  spaced  to  the  vacant  DTV  channel  23B  allotment  at  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Ontario,  Canada.  Due 
 to  this  short-  spacing,  the  Canadian  government  has  concurred  with  the  allotment  of  DTV  *23  as  a  specially  negotiated  allotment  limited  to  1kW  ERP  and  390  meters  HAAT  or  the  equivalent  in  order 
 to  avoid  prohibited  overlap  in  the  direction  of  DTV  channel  23B. 
 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  February  3,  2003,  the  DTV  Table  of  Allotments,  Section  73.622(  b)  of  the  Commission's  Rules,  IS  AMENDED,  with  respect  to  the 
 community  listed  below,  to  read  as  follows: 
 City  Channel  No. 
 Traverse  City,  Michigan  *23,  31,  50 


 1  The  coordinates  for  DTV  channel  *23  at  Traverse  City  are  North  Latitude  45-  10-  40  and  West  Longitude  85-  05- 
 57. 
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 4.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  That  this  proceeding  IS  TERMINATED. 
 5.  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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