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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  06-  1082  Released:  May  23,  2006 
 Tentative  Digital  Channel  Designations  for  Stations  Participating  in  the  First  and  Second  Rounds  of  the  DTV  Channel  Election  Process 
 In  the  Second  DTV  Periodic  Review  Report  and  Order,  1  the  Commission  adopted  a  multi-  step  channel  election  process  for  full-  service  television  broadcast  licensees  and  permittees 
 (hereinafter  “licensees”)  to  select  their  ultimate  DTV  channel  inside  the  core  TV  spectrum  (i.  e.,  channels  2-  51).  In  the  Round  Two  Public  Notice,  we  stated  that  “[  w]  e  intend  to  release  a 
 consolidated  list  of  tentative  channel  designations  [TCDs]  in  the  near  future.”  2  Attachment  I  hereto  provides  a  comprehensive  list,  including  call  sign,  facility  ID  number,  and  tentative  DTV 
 channel  designation,  of  the  1,789  licensees  that  received  TCDs  in  the  First  and  Second  Rounds.  3 
 For  additional  information,  contact  Nazifa  Sawez  of  the  Video  Division,  Media  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  7059  or  nazifa.  sawez@  fcc.  gov.  TTY:  (202)  418-  7172. 


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 1  Second  Periodic  Review  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  and  Policies  Affecting  the  Conversion  to  Digital  Television,  19 
 FCC  Rcd  18,  279  (2004). 


 2  Public  Notice,  Tentative  Digital  Channel  Designations  for  Stations  Participating  in  the  Second  Round  of  DTV 
 Channel  Elections  and  Third  Round  Election  Filing  Deadline,  DA  06-  991,  at  4  n.  17  (rel.  May  5,  2006)  (“  Round  Two  Public  Notice”). 


 3  After  receiving  a  TCD  (channel  *27)  in  the  First  Round,  KLEP  (Newark,  Arkansas),  a  noncommercial  educational 
 station  licensed  to  the  Newark  Public  Schools,  requested  that  the  Commission  cancel  its  license.  The  Commission  granted  its  request.  Accordingly,  KLEP  does  not  appear  on  the  attached  list. 
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