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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  05-  190  ________________________________________________________________________ 
 Before  the  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  Re  Application  of  )  ) 
 MEDIA  GENERAL  BROADCASTING  OF  )  File  No.  BRCT-  20041001AQF  SOUTH  CAROLINA  HOLDINGS,  INC.  )  Facility  ID  No.  66398 
 )  For  Renewal  of  License  for  ) 
 Station  WMBB(  TV),  Panama  City,  FL  ) 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  January  26,  2005  Released:  January  27,  2005 
 By  the  Chief,  Video  Division,  Media  Bureau: 
 1.  The  Chief,  Video  Division,  Media  Bureau,  acting  pursuant  to  delegated  authority,  hereby  considers  the  request  of  Media  General  Broadcasting  of  South  Carolina  Holdings, 
 Inc.  (“  Media  General”),  licensee  of  WMBB(  TV),  Panama  City,  Florida,  for  an  extension  of  time  to  file  an  opposition  to  a  “Petition  To  Dismiss  or  in  the  Alternative  to  Deny”  the  above-captioned 
 renewal  application  filed  by  the  NAACP  and  Free  Press  on  January  3,  2005.  Media  General’s  opposition  pleading  is  currently  due  to  be  filed  by  February  2,  2005.  The 
 request  is  unopposed. 
 2.  In  its  request,  Media  General  seeks  an  extension  of  time  until  February  16,  2005  to  file  its  opposition  pleading.  It  represents  that  the  requested  extension  is 
 necessary  to  accommodate  both  its  and  its  attorneys’  schedules.  In  this  regard,  it  reports  that  Media  General  and  its  parent  corporation  are  preparing  renewal  applications  due 
 February  1,  2005  for  two  of  its  other  stations.  In  addition,  the  licensee  is  fully  engaged  in  reviewing  and  preparing  its  26  television  stations’  compliance  with  the  new  DTV  rules 
 and  policies  recently  adopted  by  the  Commission.  Media  General  also  states  that  the  brief  extension  will  also  accommodate  its  attorneys  scheduling  for  these  and  other 
 matters  pending  before  the  Commission  and  the  courts  involving  Media  General  and  other  clients.  In  particular,  Media  General  states  that  a  petition  for  certiori  in  Prometheus 
 Radio  Project  v  FCC,  373  F.  3d  372  (3  rd  Cir.  2004),  is  due  on  January  31,  2005.  Finally,  Media  General  maintains  that  the  requested  brief  extension  will  not  unduly  delay  the 
 resolution  of  this  proceeding. 
 3.  We  believe  that  a  brief  extension  of  time  will  not  unduly  delay  the  resolution  of  this  proceeding  and  will  allow  for  the  submission  of  a  more  thorough  response  to  the 
 matters  raised.  In  addition,  we  do  not  expect  to  receive  any  further  requests  for  extension  from  the  applicant  in  this  proceeding. 
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 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  That  Media  General’s  request  for  an  extension  of  time  until  February  16,  2005  to  respond  to  the  “Petition  to  Dismiss  or  in  the 
 Alternative  to  Deny”  IS  GRANTED. 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Barbara  A.  Kreisman  Chief,  Video  Division 
 Media  Bureau 
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