*Pages 1--14 from Microsoft Word - 15334* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission News Media Information: (202) 418- 0500 445 Twelfth Street, S. W. Fax on Demand: (202) 418- 2830 Washington, DC 20554 Internet: www. fcc. gov ftp. fcc. gov DA 02- 461 March 1, 2002 MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE DTV APPLICATIONS Mass Media Bureau Announces Settlement Period Ending May 30, 2002 In its DTV Report and Order in MM Docket No. 00- 39, the Commission adopted rules and procedures for resolving pending mutually exclusive (MX) digital television (DTV) applications. 1 The Commission adopted Section 73.623( h) of the Rules that provides, upon notice to applicants, for a 90- day settlement opportunity for MX DTV applications. By this Public Notice, the Mass Media Bureau provides, as Attachment A, a list of pending DTV applications that have been determined to be MX and announces a 90- day period of time ending May 30, 2002 for these applicants to resolve their MX status via engineering amendment and/ or settlement. During this settlement period, applicants may submit unilateral engineering amendments (i. e., ones that do not involve negotiation or settlement with another other party) or settlements, including negotiated engineering solutions, to resolve their MX status. Pursuant to the Commission’s directive in the DTV Report and Order, the reimbursement restrictions set forth in Section 73.3525( a)( 3) of the Commission’s Rules will not apply to settlements submitted during this window. Otherwise, parties must ensure that their settlement agreements comply with the provisions of Section 311( c) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the remaining provisions of Section 73.3525 of the Rules. Parties that have entered into settlement agreements must submit a written agreement and the affidavits required by Section 73.3525, as well as any engineering amendment( s) necessary to implement their proposed settlement. Applicants 1 See Review of the Commission’s Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion to Digital Television, MM Docket No. 00- 39, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 16 FCC Rcd 5946 (2001) (DTV Report and Order), recon. granted in part and denied in part, 16 FCC Rcd 20594. 1 2 filing unilateral engineering amendments shall file the affidavit required by Section 73.3525( c) of the Rules. An original and four copies of all engineering amendments and/ or settlement agreements must be filed on or before May 30, 2002, with the Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 Twelfth Street, S. W., Room TW- A325, Washington, D. C. 20554. Applicants resolving their mutual exclusivities by means of engineering amendment( s) may submit the amendment( s) on an amended FCC Form 301- DT. Technical amendments submitted by applicants must be minor, as defined by applicable rules, and must not create new mutual exclusivity or application conflict. Applicants submitting engineering amendments may do so electronically; however, all other filings must be made in paper. Instructions for use of the electronic filing system are available in the CDBS User’s Guide, which can be accessed from the electronic filing web site at: http: // www. fcc. gov/ mmb For assistance with electronic filing, call the Mass Media Bureau Help Desk at (202) 418- 2MMB. The staff will withhold further action on the mutually exclusive proposals listed in Attachment A pending submission of settlement agreements or engineering amendments to resolve mutual exclusivity. Following the close of the settlement period, the staff will dismiss all DTV applications whose mutual exclusivity has not been resolved. For additional information, contact Clay C. Pendarvis Pendarvis or Shaun Maher (legal) or Kevin Harding or John Morgan (technical) of the Video Services Division of the Mass Media Bureau at (202) 418- 1600. 2 3 Attachment DTV MX APPLICATIONS GROUP #1 DOMINION BROADCASTING, INC. BPCDT- 19991027ADB TOLEDO, OH CH- 5 N. LAT: 41- 44- 41 W. LON: 84- 01- 06 ERP: 5.5 KW HAAT: 155M GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY BPEDT- 20000214AAP KALAMAZOO, MI CH- 5 N. LAT: 42- 18- 23 W. LON: 85- 39- 25 ERP: 2.5 KW HAAT: 174M GROUP #2 COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORP. BPEDT- 20000501AHD GOLDVEIN, VA CH- 30 N. LAT: 38- 37- 43 W. LON: 77- 26- 21 ERP: 160KW HAAT: 229M RED LION BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. BPCDT- 19991130AAQ RED LION, PA CH- 30 N. LAT: 39- 54- 18 W. LON: 76- 35- 00 ERP: 500 KW HAAT: 174.2M 3 4 GROUP# 3 YOUNGSTOWN TELEVISION LICENSE, LLC BPCDT- 19991025ACU YOUNGSTOWN, OH CH- 41 N. LAT: 41- 03- 24 W. LON: 80- 38- 44 ERP: 700KW HAAT: 418M WPTT, INC. BMPCDT- 20000428ABY PITTSBURGH, PA CH- 42 N. LAT: 40- 29- 43 W. LON: 80- 00- 18 ERP: 1000 KW HAAT: 315M GROUP# 4 WPTA- TV LICENSE, INC. BPCDT- 19991027ACJ FORT WAYNE, IN CH- 24 N. LAT: 41- 06- 07 W. LON: 85- 11- 04 ERP: 489KW HAAT: 224M TRI- STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC. BPCDT- 19990803LG MUSKEGON, MI CH- 24 N. LAT: 42- 57- 25 W. LON: 85- 54- 07 ERP: 1000KW HAAT: 281M 4 5 GROUP# 5 SAN ANTONIO (KRRT- TV) LICENSEE, INC. BPCDT- 19991029ACH KERRVILLE, TX CH- 32 N. LAT: 29- 36- 38 W. LON: 98- 53- 33 ERP: 880KW HAAT: 510M KVUE TELEVISION BPCDT- 19991025DW AUSTIN, TX CH- 33 N. LAT: 30- 19- 18.6 W. LON: 97- 48- 11.6 ERP: 1000KW HAAT: 394M GROUP # 6 ALL AMERICAN TV, INC. BPCDT- 19991013ABQ DALTON, GA CH- 16 N. LAT: 34- 57- 07 W. LON: 85- 22- 58 ERP: 300KW HAAT: 447M SULLIVAN BROADCASTING COMPANY II, INC. BPCDT- 19991101ADI NASHVILLE, TN CH- 15 N. LAT: 36- 15- 50 W. LON: 86- 47- 39 ERP: 1000KW HAAT: 411M 5 6 CROSSOVER LICENSES, LTD. BPCDT- 19991101ADV BOWLING GREEN, KY CH- 16 N. LAT: 37- 02- 10 W. LON: 86- 10- 20 ERP: 600KW HAAT: 224M GROUP # 7 USA STATION GROUP PARTNERSHIP OF MASS. BMPCDT- 19981008KE MARLBOROUGH, MA CH- 23 N. LAT: 42- 23- 02 W. LON: 71- 29- 37 ERP: 100KW HAAT: 334M C- 28 FCC LICENSEE SUBSIDIARY, LLC BPCDT- 19991028AFL NEW BEDFORD, MA CH- 22 N. LAT: 11- 46- 39 W. LON: 70- 55- 41 ERP: 350KW HAAT: 214M GROUP #8 PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY BPCDT- 19991020ACC MIAMI, FL CH- 26 N. LAT: 25- 58- 7 W. LON: 80- 13- 20 ERP: 200KW HAAT: 279M 6 7 BARRY TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. BPEDT- 20000403AAT WEST PALM BEACH, FL CH- 27 N. LAT: 26- 34- 37 W. LON: 80- 14- 32 ERP: 200KW HAAT: 440M GROUP #9 KXAN, INC. BPCDT- 19991018AAR AUSTIN, TX CH- 21 N. LAT: 30- 19- 33 W. LON: 97- 47- 58 ERP: 700KW HAAT: 396M BRAZOS VALLEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING FOUNDATION BPEDT- 20000426ABP WACO, TX CH- 20 N. LAT: 31- 19- 17 W. LON: 97- 20- 40 ERP: 1000KW HAAT: 299.3M GROUP #10 KXAN, INC. BPCDT- 19991018AAV LLANO, TX CH- 27 N. LAT: 30- 40- 36 W. LON: 98- 33- 59 ERP: 1000KW HAAT: 249M 7 8 ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC BPCDT- 19991027ACG CORPUS CHRISTI, TX CH- 27 N. LAT: 27- 42- 27.9 W. LON: 97- 37- 59 ERP: 1000KW HAAT: 287.3M GROUP #11 FORUM COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION BPCDT- 19991028AEA MINOT, ND CH- 15 N. LAT: 48- 03- 11 W. LON: 101- 23- 05 ERP: 500KW HAAT: 216M RED RIVER BROADCAST CO., LLC BPCDT- 19991101AKT PEMBINA, ND CH- 15 N. LAT: 48- 59- 44 W. LON: 97- 24- 28 ERP: 1000KW HAAT: 413 M GROUP #12 PAXSON BOSTON- 68 LICENSE, INC. BPCDT- 19991101AFW VINEYARD HAVEN, MA CH- 40 N. LAT: 41- 41- 19 W. LON: 70- 20- 49 ERP: 300KW HAAT: 159M 8 9 WLVI, INC. BPCDT- 19990909AAH CAMBRIDGE, MA CH- 41 N. LAT: 42- 18- 12 W. LON: 71- 13- 08 ERP: 450KW HAAT: 391M GROUP #13 BUTLER UNIVERSITY BPEDT- 20000428ADD INDIANAPOLIS, IN CH- 44 N. LAT: 39- 53- 20 W. LON: 86- 12- 07 ERP: 301 KW HAAT: 167M TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY BPCDT- 19991029AHB INDIANAPOLIS, IN CH- 45 N. LAT: 39- 53- 20 W. LON: 86- 12- 07 86- 12- 07 W ERP: 700KW HAAT: 285M GROUP #14 ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC BPCDT- 19991101ADQ HAGERSTOWN, MD CH- 16 N. LAT: 39- 53- 25 W. LON: 77- 58- 04 ERP: 700KW HAAT: 380M 9 10 WTMW LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G. P. BPCDT- 19991028ADH ARLINGTON, VA CH- 15 N. LAT: 38- 56- 24 W. LON: 77- 04- 54 ERP: 900KW HAAT: 173M GROUP #15 ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC BPCDT- 19991027ACG CORPUS CHRISTI, TX CH- 27 N. LAT: 27- 42- 27 W. LON: 97- 37- 59 ERP: 1000KW HAAT: 287M FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC. BMPCDT- 19980807KH HOUSTON, TX CH- 27 N. LAT: 29- 34- 28 W. LON: 95- 29- 37 ERP: 750KW HAAT: 534M GROUP #16 MAX MEDIA OF MONTANA LLC BPCDT- 19991101AJX BUTTE, MT CH- 19 N. LAT: 46- 00- 24 W. LON: 112- 26- 33 ERP: 125KW HAAT: 585M 10 11 MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY KUSM BPEDT- 20000501AHQ BOZEMAN, MT CH- 20 N. LAT: 45- 40- 24 W. LON: 110- 52- 02 ERP: 200KW HAAT: 217.8M GROUP #17 SPARTAN- TV, LLC BMPCDT- 20000501AEL JACKSON, MI CH- 34 N. LAT: 42- 25- 13 W. LON: 84- 31- 25 ERP: 130KW HAAT: 299M UNIVISION PARTNERSHIP OF OHIO BPCDT- 19991029ADJ CLEVELAND, OH CH- 34 N. LAT: 41- 22- 58 W. LON: 81- 42- 07 ERP: 525KW HAAT: 333.8M GROUP #18 SULLIVAN BROADCASTING COMPANY ILL, INC. BPCDT- 19991101ADJ DAYTON, OH CH- 30 N. LAT: 39- 43- 28 W. LON: 84- 15- 18 ERP: 425KW HAAT: 351M 11 12 RAYCOM NATIONAL, INC. BMPCDT- 20000427ABJ NEWPORT, KY CH- 29 N. LAT: 39- 07- 19 W. LON: 84- 32- 52 ERP: 600KW HAAT: 290M GROUP #19 FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC. BMPCDT- 19980807KH HOUSTON, TX CH- 27 N. LAT: 29- 34- 28 W. LON: 95- 29- 37 ERP: 750KW HAAT: 534M KXAN, INC. BPCDT- 19991018AAV LLANO, TX CH- 27 N. LAT: 30- 40- 36 W. LON: 98- 33- 59 ERP: 1000KW HAAT: 249M GROUP #20 TRIBUNE TELEVISION HOLDINGS, INC. BPCDT- 19990825LD GRAND RAPIDS, MI CH- 19 N. LAT: 42- 34- 15 W. LON: 85- 31- 57 ERP: 725KW HAAT: 306M 12 13 CH- 41, INC. BPCDT- 19991022AAW BATTLE CREEK, MI CH- 20 N. LAT: 42- 34- 15 W. LON: 85- 28- 07 ERP: 270KW HAAT: 311M GROUP #21 SAH ACQUISITION CORPORATION II BPCDT- 19991101AEX CANTON, OH CH- 47 N. LAT: 41- 06- 33 W. LON: 81- 20- 10 ERP: 1000KW HAAT: 134M NORTHEASTERN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION OF OHIO, INC BPEDT- 20000426ABK ALLIANCE, OH CH- 46 N. LAT: 40- 54- 23 W. LON: 80- 54- 39 ERP: 400KW HAAT: 223M GROUP #22 SAGA BROADCASTING CORPORATION BPCDT- 19991021ACQ VICTORIA, TX CH: 15 N. LAT: 28- 50- 26 W. LON: 97- 07- 47 ERP: 900KW HAAT: 311M 13 14 HISPANIC COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL TV, INC. BPEDT- 20000428ACF SAN ANTONIO, TX CH: 16 N. LAT: 29- 17- 24 W. LON: 98- 15- 20 ERP: 500 KW HAAT: 307M 14