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 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  03-  2328 
 Released:  July  16,  2003 


 MEDIA  BUREAU  RECEIVES  REQUEST  BY  ANALOG  TELEVISION  STATION  IN  THE  LOWER  700  MHZ  BAND  TO  CEASE  ANALOG  BROADCASTING, 
 SURRENDER  NTSC  LICENSE,  AND  OPERATE  AS  A  SINGLE  CHANNEL,  DIGITAL-  ONLY  TELEVISION  STATION 


 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 
 The  Media  Bureau  has  received  a  request  from  Commonwealth  Public  Broadcasting  Corporation,  the  licensee  of  analog  noncommercial  educational  television  station  WNVT-TV, 


 NTSC  Channel  53,  and  permittee  of  digital  television  station  WNVT-  DT,  DTV  Channel  30,  Goldvein,  Virginia,  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  WNVT-  DT  as  a  single  channel,  digital-  only  television 
 station  on  DTV  Channel  30.  This  request  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,  Video  Division  at  (202)  418-  1647. 
 By:  Chief,  Media  Bureau 


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 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  10019. 
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