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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  05-  1617 
 Released:  June  7,  2005 


 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  Puget  Sound  Educational  TV,  Inc.,  the  licensee  of  analog  noncommercial  educational  television  station  KWDK(  TV),  NTSC 


 Channel  *56,  and  permittee  of  digital  television  station  KWDK-  DT,  DTV  Channel  *42,  Tacoma,  Washington,  3  for  Commission  authority  to:  (i)  cease  analog  broadcasting  on  NTSC 
 Channel  *56  and  surrender  its  license  for  the  channel  prior  to  the  end  of  the  DTV  transition;  and  (ii)  thereafter  operate  KWDK-  DT  as  a  single  channel,  digital-  only  television  station  on 
 DTV  Channel  *42.  QUALCOMM  Incorporated,  which  holds  licenses  for  Channel  55  spectrum,  4  supports  this  request,  stating  that  approval  would  allow  QUALCOMM’s  wholly-owned 
 subsidiary,  MediaFLO  USA,  Inc.  to  operate  on  Channel  55  in  the  Tacoma  market  without  having  to  protect  KWDK(  TV)  on  adjacent  Channel  *56. 


 This  request  is  available  for  inspection  at  the  Commission’s  Reference  Center,  445  Twelfth  Street,  S.  W.,  Room  CY-  A257,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554,  and  may  also  be  accessed  on  the 
 FCC’s  website  at  www.  fcc.  gov/  video/  tv.  html. 


 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. 
 4  See  Public  Notice,  Lower  700  MHz  Band  Auction  Closes,  DA  03-  1978  (released  June  18,  2003). 
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 For  further  information,  contact  Joyce  Bernstein  of  the  Media  Bureau,  Video  Division  at  (202)  418-  1647. 
 By:  Acting  Chief,  Media  Bureau 


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