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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 
 DA  05-  655  March  11,  2005 
 First  Round  DTV  Channel  Election  Issues  –  List  of  In-  Core  Channels  Elected  by  Out-  of-Core  Stations  Participating  in  Proposed  Negotiated  Channel  Arrangements;  List  of 
 Stations  That  Submitted  Schedule  B  Reflecting  Reduced  Operating  Facilities  in  Connection  with  Proposed  Negotiated  Channel  Arrangements 


 The  Media  Bureau  hereby  releases  a  list  of  the  DTV  channels  elected  by  stations  with  two  out-of-  core  channels  that  are  participating  in  proposed  negotiated  channel  arrangements  (NCAs),  as 
 indicated  on  FCC  Form  382,  Digital  Channel  Election  Form  First  Round  Election.  This  list  is  attached  hereto  as  Table  I.  Because  these  stations  have  two  out-  of-  core  channels,  they  were  not 
 required  or  permitted  to  file  a  channel  election  in  the  first  round  of  elections.  However,  the  FCC  Form  382  filings  indicate  that  these  stations  are  participating  in  a  proposed  NCA.  If  the  NCA  is 
 approved  by  the  Commission,  these  stations  will  receive  a  tentative  channel  designation  in  the  first  round  of  channel  elections  and  will  not  be  required  to  file  a  channel  election  form  in  the 
 second  round  of  elections  (FCC  Form  384,  Digital  Channel  Election  Form  Second  Round  Election).  To  ensure  that  all  interested  parties  have  an  opportunity  to  comment  on  the  proposed 
 NCAs  for  these  stations,  we  hereby  identify  the  channels  these  stations  propose  for  post-transition  DTV  operation  in  connection  with  the  NCA. 


 Parties  objecting  to  or  commenting  on  an  NCA  in  which  the  stations  identified  in  Table  I  are  participating  must  file  their  pleadings  with  the  Commission  no  later  than  March  21,  2005,  and 
 replies  must  be  filed  no  later  than  March  28,  2005.  For  these  NCAs,  these  filing  deadlines  supersede  those  announced  in  our  earlier  Public  Notice  (DA  05-  519,  released  March  1,  2005). 
 Pleadings  must  reference  both  the  NCA  application  file  number  and  docket  number  03-  15  (the  Media  Bureau  docket  number  of  the  Second  DTV  Periodic  Review  Proceeding)  and  must  be 
 filed  electronically  using  the  Commission’s  Electronic  Comment  Filing  System  (“  ECFS”).  A  copy  of  any  pleading  regarding  an  NCA  must  also  be  served  by  express  mail  on  all  stations 
 participating  in  the  NCA.  A  copy  of  each  pleading  must  also  be  delivered  to  Nazifa  Sawez,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  Room  2-  A726,  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
 20554. 
 The  Media  Bureau  also  hereby  releases  a  list  of  the  stations  that  have  filed  Schedule  B  in  connection  with  a  proposed  NCA  that  entails  a  reduction  in  station  operating  facilities.  This  list 
 is  attached  hereto  as  Table  II. 
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 We  remind  stations  that  all  NCAs  are  subject  to  Commission  approval  and  may  be  rejected  if  they  propose  the  acceptance  of  a  significant  level  of  interference  or  loss  of  service  or  are 
 otherwise  inconsistent  with  the  public  interest.  If,  after  review  of  the  record,  including  but  not  limited  to  oppositions  and  replies,  we  find  that  the  NCA  reasonably  could  be  construed  to  have 
 an  adverse  impact  on  the  interests  of  a  station  not  a  party  to  the  NCA,  or  is  otherwise  not  in  the  public  interest,  the  NCA  will  be  rejected. 


 For  additional  information,  contact  Nazifa  Sawez,  Video  Division,  Media  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  1600  or  nazifa.  sawez@  fcc.  gov  or  Kim  Matthews  of  the  Policy  Division,  Media  Bureau,  at  (202) 
 418-  2120.  TTY:  (202)  418-  7172. 
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