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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  04-  1104 
 Released:  April  27,  2004 


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


 In  its  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order  and  Further  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  in  WT  Docket  No.  99-  168,  the  Commission  adopted  the  reallocation  of  the  746-  764  and  776-  794 
 MHz  Spectrum  Band  (television  channels  60-  69)  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  60-  69  to  voluntarily  vacate  their  NTSC  channels  prior  to  the  end  of  the  DTV  transition.  2 


 The  Media  Bureau  has  received  a  request  from  WRNN  License  Company,  LLC,  the  licensee  of  analog  television  station  WRNN-  TV,  NTSC  Channel  62,  and  permittee  of  digital 
 television  station  WRNN-  DT,  Channel  48,  Kingston,  New  York,  3  for  Commission  authority  to:  (i)  cease  analog  broadcasting  on  NTSC  Channel  62  and  surrender  its  license  for  the 
 channel  prior  to  the  end  of  the  DTV  transition;  and  (ii)  thereafter  operate  WRNN-  DT  as  a  single  channel,  digital-  only  television  station  on  DTV  Channel  48.  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  Service  Rules  for  the  746-  764  and  776-  794  MHz  Bands,  and  Revisions  to  Part  27  of  the  Commission's 
 Rules;  Carriage  of  the  Transmissions  of  Digital  Television  Stations;  Review  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  and  Policies  Affecting  the  Conversion  to  Digital  Television,  15  FCC  Rcd  20845  (2000), 


 2  Id.  at  20869-  72. 
 3  Facility  ID  74156. 
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