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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  1148 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  ) 
 )  Amendment  of  Section  73.606(  b),  )  MB  Docket  No.  03-  20 


 Table  of  Allotments,  )  RM-  10634  Television  Broadcast  Stations.  ) 
 (Christiansted,  Virgin  Islands)  ) 
 REPORT  AND  ORDER  (Proceeding  Terminated) 


 Adopted:  April  14,  2003  Released:  April  23,  2003 
 By  the  Chief,  Video  Division: 
 1.  At  the  request  of  Virgin  Blue,  Inc.  (“  Virgin  Blue”),  licensee  of  station  WCVI-  TV,  Christiansted,  Virgin  Islands,  the  Commission  has  before  it  the  Notice  of  Proposed  Rule  Making,  18 
 FCC  Rcd  765  (2003),  proposing  the  substitution  of  channel  39  for  channel  27  for  station  WCVI-  TV.  Virgin  Blue  and  Televicentro  of  Puerto  Rico,  LLC  (“  Televicentro”)  filed  comments.  1 


 2.  Virgin  Blue  and  Televicentro  filed  comments  supporting  the  channel  substitution  at  Christiansted.  Televicentro  claims  that  after  its  station,  WAPA-  DT,  commenced  operations,  Virgin 
 Blue  notified  Televicentro  that  WAPA-  DT  was  causing  interference  to  WCVI-  TV’s  co-  channel  analog  operations.  2  Virgin  Blue  asserts  that  although  WAPA-  DT  was  operating  at  the  power  level 
 authorized  by  the  Commission,  its  operation  reduced  the  number  of  potential  viewers  of  WCVI-  TV  by  more  than  50  percent.  Televicentro  states  that  adoption  of  Virgin  Blue’s  channel  substitution 
 proposal  will  eliminate  the  interference  between  WAPA-  DT  and  WCVI-  TV.  3.  We  believe  the  public  interest  would  be  served  by  substituting  channel  39  for  channel  27 
 since  it  would  permit  station  WCVI-  TV  to  eliminate  the  co-  channel  interference  to  station  WAPA-DT  at  San  Juan.  A  staff  engineering  analysis  indicates  that  channel  39  can  be  allotted  to 


 Christiansted  with  a  zero  offset  in  compliance  with  the  minimum  distance  separation  requirements  of  Sections  73.610  and  73.698  of  the  Commission  Rules.  The  coordinates  for  channel  39  at 
 Christiansted  are  North  Latitude  17-  44-  53  and  West  Longitude  64-  43-  40. 
 4.  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  June  9,  2003,  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: 


 1  Televicentro  is  the  licensee  of  station  WAPA-  DT,  channel  27,  San  Juan,  Puerto  Rico. 
 2  Televicentro  submits  that  in  late  2002  it  began  operating  station  WAPA-  DT  with  reduced  facilities  pursuant  to  a 
 Special  Temporary  Authority  (“  STA”)  granted  by  the  Commission.  Televicentro  states  that  the  Commission  granted  WAPA-  DT’s  STA  request  in  order  to  allow  Virgin  Blue  an  opportunity  to  prosecute  the  channel 


 substitution. 
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 Christiansted,  Virgin  Islands  8+,  15,  *21,  39 


 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  That  within  45  days  of  the  effective  date  of  this  Order,  Virgin  Blue,  Inc.  shall  submit  to  the  Commission  a  minor  change  application  for  a  construction 
 permit  (FCC  Form  301)  specifying  TV  Channel  39  in  lieu  of  TV  Channel  27  for  station. 
 6.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  That  this  proceeding  IS  TERMINATED. 
 7.  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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