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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  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-  1390 
 Released:  July  6,  2006 


 MEDIA  BUREAU  ACTION 
 FILING  WINDOW  FOR  NEW  DIGITAL  NONCOMMERCIAL  EDUCATIONAL  RESERVED  CHANNEL  TELEVISION  STATIONS  FOR  CHANNEL  *46  AT 
 KALISPELL,  MONTANA;  CHANNEL  *21  AT  GREAT  FALLS,  MONTANA;  AND  CHANNEL  *16  AT  BILLINGS,  MONTANA 


 The  Media  Bureau  announces  a  filing  window  for  the  following  new  digital  noncommercial  educational  reserved  channel  television  stations  located  at  Kalispell,  Montana,  Great  Falls, 
 Montana,  and  Billings,  Montana. 
 Kalispell,  Montana,  Channel  *46,  at  reference  coordinates  48-  00-  48  N.  and  114-  21-  55  W. 
 Great  Falls,  Montana,  Channel  *21,  at  reference  coordinates  47-  32-  08  N.  and  111-  17-  02  W. 
 Billings,  Montana,  Channel  *16,  at  reference  coordinates  45-  45-  35  N.  and  108-  27-  14  W. 
 An  application,  in  order  to  be  considered  with  any  other  application  filed  during  the  window  for  the  above  noted  allotments,  must  be  electronically  filed  on  FCC  Form  340,  and  must  be 
 substantially  complete  and  tendered  for  filing  with  the  Commission  in  accordance  with  Section  0.401  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  no  later  that  the  close  of  the  window  on  August  9,  2006. 


 Mutually  exclusive  applications  will  be  resolved  by  the  Commission’s  procedures  for  selecting  among  mutually  exclusive  noncommercial  educational  applicants.  See  Reexamination  of  the 
 Comparative  Standards  for  Noncommercial  Educational  Applicants,  Report  and  Order,  15  FCC  Rcd  7386  (2000),  clarified  on  reconsideration,  16  FCC  Rcd  5074  (2001),  reconsideration 
 denied,  17  FCC  Rcd  13132  (2002),  appeal  docketed,  American  Family  Association  v.  F.  C.  C.,  No.  00-  1310  (D.  C.  Cir.  July  14,  2000)  (subsequent  history  concerning  non-  reserved  spectrum 
 omitted). 
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