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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  03-  2695 
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 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Request  for  Extension  of  Time  to  Construct  Digital  Facilities 
 KSHV-  DT,  Shreveport,  Louisiana 


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 File  No.  BEPCDT-  20020228AFN  ID  No.  73706 


 MEMORANDUM  OPINION  AND  ORDER 
 Adopted:  August  14,  2003  Released:  August  20,  2003 
 By  the  Chief,  Media  Bureau: 
 1.  The  Media  Bureau  (the  “Bureau”)  has  before  it  a  petition  for  reconsideration  filed  by  White  Knight  Broadcasting  (“  White  Knight”),  permittee  of  KSHV-  DT,  Shreveport,  Louisiana  seeking 
 reconsideration  of  the  Media  Bureau’s  letter  of  June  3,  2002,  denying  its  request  for  an  extension  of  time  to  construct  the  digital  facilities  for  KSHV-  DT  and  admonishing  White  Knight  for  failing  to  meet  the  May  1, 
 2002,  construction  deadline  for  DTV  facilities.  For  the  reasons  stated  below,  we  grant  the  petition. 
 2.  In  its  petition  for  reconsideration,  White  Knight  has  provided  information  that  gives  details  of  its  financial  condition  and  demonstrates  severe  financial  hardship  sufficient  to  justify  the 
 requested  extension. 
 3.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  THAT  the  petition  for  reconsideration  filed  by  White  Knight  Broadcasting  IS  GRANTED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 W.  Kenneth  Ferree  Chief,  Media  Bureau 
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