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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  05-  886 
 Before  the  FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  Re  Application  of  )  ) 
 MEDIA  GENERAL  BROADCASTING  OF  )  File  No.  BRCT-  20041201BZP  SOUTH  CAROLINA  HOLDINGS,  INC.  )  Facility  ID  No.  3359 
 )  For  Renewal  of  License  for  ) 
 Station  WRBL(  TV),  Columbus,  GA  ) 
 ORDER 
 Adopted:  March  28,  2005  Released:  March  30,  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  WRBL(  TV),  Columbus,  Georgia  for  an  extension  of  time  to  file  its  opposition  to  the  “Petition  To  Dismiss  or  in  the  Alternative  to  Deny”  the  above-  captioned  renewal 
 application  filed  by  Free  Press  on  March  1,  2005.  Media  General’s  opposition  pleading  is  currently  due  to  be  filed  by  April  1,  2005.  The  request  is  opposed  by  Free  Press.  For  the  reasons  stated 
 below,  we  grant  the  request. 
 2.  In  its  request,  Media  General  seeks  an  extension  of  time  until  June  1,  2005  to  file  its  opposition.  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  a  renewal  application  due  April  1,  2005  for  another  of  its  television 
 stations.  In  addition,  Media  General  states  that  its  counsel  is  deeply  involved  in  certiori  proceedings  in  Prometheus  Radio  Project  v  FCC,  373  F.  3d  372  (3  rd  Cir.  2004),  and  that  replies 
 to  oppositions  to  the  petition  for  certiori  are  due  April  12,  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. 
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 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  That  Media  General’s  request  for  an  extension  of  time  until  June  1,  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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