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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-  3203 
 Released:  October  7,  2004 


 DTV  Channel  Election  Information  and  Deadlines 


 The  Media  Bureau  hereby  announces  that  the  Table  of  Station  Assignment  and  Service  Information,  referred  to  in  the  Second  DTV  Periodic  Review  Report  and  Order,  released 
 September  7,  2004  (MB  Docket  No.  03-  15,  FCC  04-  192)  (“  Order”),  is  now  available.  A  copy  of  the  Table  is  attached  to  this  Public  Notice.  The  Table  can  also  be  accessed  on  the  FCC’s  Internet 
 website  at  www.  fcc.  gov/  mb/  video/  tv.  html.  As  indicated  in  paragraph  36  of  the  Order,  the  Media  Bureau  is  issuing  the  Table  for  use  by  TV  station  licensees  and  other  interested  parties  so  they 
 may  determine  and  evaluate  the  DTV  service  populations  to  be  used  by  the  Commission  to  process  stations’  channel  elections  and  create  the  new  DTV  Table  of  Allotments. 


 The  Media  Bureau  also  announces  that  the  forms  to  be  used  by  TV  licensees  and  permittees  to  indicate  their  preference  for  a  post-  transition  DTV  channel  (“  DTV  channel  election  forms”), 
 copies  of  which  were  appended  to  the  Order,  have  been  approved  for  use  by  the  Office  of  Management  and  Budget  (“  OMB”)  (OMB  Nos.  3060-  1077,  FCC  Form  381;  3060-  1076,  FCC 
 Form  382;  3060-  1075,  FCC  Form  383;  3060-  1074,  FCC  Form  384;  3060-  1073,  FCC  Form  385;  3060-  1072,  FCC  Form  386)  under  the  emergency  processing  provisions  of  the  Paperwork 
 Reduction  Act  of  1995  (“  PRA”).  The  forms  can  be  viewed  on  the  FCC’s  Internet  website  at  www.  fcc.  gov/  mb/  cshlarc.  html. 


 The  first  form  to  be  filed  in  the  channel  election  process  is  FCC  Form  381,  Pre-  Election  Certification  Form.  FCC  Form  381  will  be  available  for  electronic  filing  October  19,  2004. 
 FCC  Form  381  must  be  filed  with  the  FCC  no  later  than  November  5,  2004. 
 As  indicated  in  paragraph  36  of  the  Order,  after  the  deadline  for  filing  FCC  Form  381,  the  Media  Bureau  will  prepare  a  revised  Table  of  Station  Assignment  and  Service  Information  reflecting 


 service  areas  based  on  certifications  in  FCC  Form  381  to  build  to  replication  or  maximization  facilities  and  any  other  changes  to  station  facilities  prior  to  the  first  round  election  date.  The 
 Media  Bureau  will  issue  another  Public  Notice  after  November  5,  2004,  announcing  when  the  revised  Table  of  Station  Assignment  and  Service  Information  is  available.  That  Public  Notice 
 will  also  announce  the  deadline  for  filing  FCC  Form  382,  Digital  Channel  Election  Form  First  Round  Election,  to  be  used  by  TV  licensees  and  permittees  participating  in  the  first  round  of  the 
 DTV  channel  election  process. 
 Paragraph  152  of  the  Order  states  that  broadcasters  must  fully  implement  the  ATSC  Program  System  and  Information  Protocol  (“  PSIP”)  standard  to  the  extent  that  ATSC  A/  65B  requires. 


 That  paragraph  further  states  that  this  requirement  shall  take  effect  120  days  after  publication  in 
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 the  Federal  Register.  The  Order  was  published  in  the  Federal  Register  on  October  4,  2004  (69  FR  59500-  01).  Therefore,  the  PSIP  requirement  will  be  effective  February  1,  2005. 
 Paragraph  183  of  the  Order  indicates  that  revised  rule  section  47  C.  F.  R.  §  73.1201  (DTV  station  identification)  contains  information  collection  requirements  under  the  PRA  and  will  become 
 effective  after  approval  by  OMB.  The  Media  Bureau  will  issue  another  Public  Notice,  expected  in  early  2005,  announcing  the  effective  date  of  the  DTV  station  identification  rules. 


 For  additional  information,  contact  Nai  Tam  of  the  Video  Services  Division,  Media  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  1600  or  nai.  tam@  fcc.  gov  or  Kim  Matthews  of  the  Policy  Division,  Media  Bureau,  at 
 (202)  418-  2120.  TTY:  (202)  418-  7172. 


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