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
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DA 07-2237
Released:  May 30, 2007
MEDIA BUREAU RECEIVES REQUEST BY ANALOG TELEVISION STATION
IN THE LOWER 700 MHZ BAND TO CEASE ANALOG BROADCASTING, 
SURRENDER NTSC LICENSE, AND OPERATE AS A SINGLE CHANNEL, 
DIGITAL-ONLY TELEVISION STATION
In its Report and Order in GN Docket No. 01-74, the Commission reallocated the 598-746 MHz 
Spectrum Band from use by television broadcasters to new uses on a flexible basis.1 The 
Commission also stated that it would consider requests by incumbent broadcasters on Channels 
52-58, which are located within that Band, to voluntarily vacate their NTSC channels prior to the 
end of the DTV transition on a case-by-case basis.2
The Media Bureau has received a request from Trinity Broadcasting of New York, Inc., the 
licensee of analog television station WTBY-TV, NTSC Channel 54, and digital television station 
WTBY-DT, DTV Channel 27, Poughkeepsie, New York,3 for Commission authority to: (i) cease 
analog broadcasting on NTSC Channel 54 and surrender its license for the channel prior to the 
end of the DTV transition; and (ii) thereafter operate WTBY-DT as a single channel, digital-only 
television station on DTV Channel 27. QUALCOMM Incorporated, which holds licenses for 
Channel 55 spectrum,4 supports this request, stating that approval would allow QUALCOMM's 
wholly-owned subsidiary, MediaFLO USA, Inc., to expand its “mediacast” service coverage in 
the New York market without having to protect WTBY-TV on adjacent channel 54.  This request 
is available for inspection at the Commission's Reference Center, 445 Twelfth Street, S.W., 
Room CY-A257, Washington, D.C. 20554, and may also be accessed on the FCC's website at 
www.fcc.gov/mb/video/tv.html. For further information, contact Joyce Bernstein of the Media 
Bureau, Video Division at (202) 418-1647 or joyce.bernstein@fcc.gov.
By: Chief, Media Bureau
  
1 See Reallocation and Service Rules for the 698-746 MHz Spectrum Band (Television Channels 52-59), GN Docket 
No. 01-74, Report and Order, 17 FCC Rcd 1022 (2002).
2 Id. at 1095-96.
3 Facility ID No. 67993.
4 See Lower 700 MHz Band Auction Closes, DA 03-1978, Public Notice (released June 18, 2003)