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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  06-  496 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of: 
 State  of  Wisconsin  –  Educational  Communications  Board 


 v. 
 DIRECTV,  Inc. 
 Request  for  Mandatory  Carriage  of  Television  Station  WPNE-  TV,  Green  Bay, 
 Wisconsin 


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 CSR  6175-  M 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  March  1,  2006  Released:  March  2,  2006 
 By  the  Deputy  Chief,  Policy  Division,  Media  Bureau: 
 1.  On  November  6,  2003,  the  State  of  Wisconsin  --  Educational  Communications  Board  (“  WECB”)  filed  an  Application  for  Review  of  the  Media  Bureau’s  decision  denying  a  carriage  complaint 
 against  DIRECTV,  Inc.  for  its  refusal  to  carry  noncommercial  educational  television  station  WPNE-  TV,  Green  Bay,  Wisconsin.  1  WECB  now  requests  that  its  Application  for  Review  be  dismissed  because  it  is 
 moot.  WECB  states  that  DIRECTV  began  carrying  WPNE-  TV  at  the  commencement  of  the  2006-  2008  carriage  election  cycle. 


 2.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  that  the  Application  for  Review  filed  by  the  State  of  Wisconsin  –  Educational  Communications  Board,  licensee  of  non-  commercial  television  station  WPNE-TV, 
 Green  Bay,  Wisconsin,  against  DIRECTV  IS  DISMISSED. 
 3.  This  action  is  taken  by  the  Deputy  Chief,  Policy  Division,  Media  Bureau,  pursuant  to  authority  delegated  by  Section  0.283  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  0.283. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSON 
 Steven  A.  Broeckaert  Deputy  Chief,  Policy  Division,  Media  Bureau 


 1  In  the  Matter  of  State  of  Wisconsin-  Educational  Communications  Board  v.  DIRECTV,  Inc.,  18  FCC  Rcd 
 20261  (MB  2003). 
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