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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  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-  1743  June  23,  2005 
 DTV  Tentative  Channel  Designations  for  1,554  Stations  Participating  in  the  First  Round  of  DTV  Channel  Elections 
 The  Media  Bureau  hereby  announces  tentative  DTV  channel  designations  for  1,554  stations  that  participated  in  the  first  round  of  DTV  channel  elections.  See  Report  and  Order,  Second  DTV 
 Periodic  Review  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  and  Policies  Affecting  the  Conversion  to  Digital  Television,  19  FCC  Rcd  18,279  (2004)  (“  Order”).  The  list  in  Attachment  I  hereto  contains 
 tentative  DTV  channel  designations  for  licensees  in  the  following  categories  that  participated  in  the  first  round  of  channel  elections:  (1)  licensees  that  were  parties  to  a  negotiated  channel 
 arrangement  (NCA)  1  ;  (2)  licensees  that  elected  their  DTV  channel;  and  (3)  licensees  that  elected  their  NTSC  channel  and  did  not  receive  a  conflict  letter.  2  The  call  sign  and  tentative  DTV 
 channel  for  each  of  the  licensees  assigned  a  tentative  channel  designation  are  set  forth  in  Attachment  I.  Tentative  designations  in  the  border  zones  near  Canada  and  Mexico  are  subject  to 
 appropriate  international  coordination. 
 For  additional  information,  contact  Joyce  Bernstein  or  Nazifa  Sawez  of  the  Video  Division,  Media  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  1647  or  (202)  418-  7059,  or  at  joyce.  bernstein@  fcc.  gov  or 
 nazifa.  sawez@  fcc.  gov.  TTY:  (202)  418-  7172. 
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 1  See  In  the  Matter  of  Negotiated  Channel  Election  Arrangements,  DA  05-  1619  (released  June  8,  2005). 
 2  By  letters  dated  June  7,  2005,  the  Media  Bureau’s  Video  Division  notified  approximately  160  licensees,  which  had 


 elected  to  keep  their  allotted  NTSC  channel  as  their  post-  transition  DTV  channel,  that  their  proposed  digital  operation  on  their  elected  channel  would  result  in  impermissible  interference  to  one  or  more  stations.  These 


 licensees  have  until  August  8,  2005  to  file  a  First  Round  Conflict  Decision  Form  383  indicating  how  they  will  resolve  the  interference  conflict. 
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