Federal Communications Commission DA 07-2390
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Amendment of Section 73.202(b),
Table of Allotments,
FM Broadcast Stations.
(Hemet, California)
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MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
(Proceeding Terminated)
Adopted: June 6, 2007  Released: June 8, 2007
By the Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau:
1. The Audio Division has before it two Petitions for Reconsideration separately filed by Southern 
California Public Radio (“Southern California”) and Maranatha Ministries of Hemet (“Maranatha 
Ministries”), directed to the staff letters dated March 18, 2004,1 returning their Petitions for Rule Making
that requested the reservation of vacant FM Channel 273A at Hemet, California for noncommercial 
educational (“NCE”) use. Southern California submitted a supplement to its Petition for Reconsideration in 
response to the Order.2  No additional comments were received in this proceeding. 
2. Background.  Pursuant to Section 1.113(a) of the Commission’s Rules,3 the Order set aside a 
staff decision that denied the Petitions for Reconsideration to reserve vacant Channel 273A at Hemet for 
NCE use,4 thereby reinstating the Petitions for Reconsideration.  The Order also requested that the 
Petitioners file an NCE reservation showing5 prepared in accordance with Section 73.313 of the 
Commission’s Rules (the “Rules”).  To this end, the Order stated that a NCE reservation proponent may use 
actual terrain to calculate the relevant NCE stations contours using the methodology set forth in Section 
73.313 of the Rules.6 Under this limited exception, a reservation proponent must demonstrate that it has 
reasonable assurance of site availability for the proposed NCE site; and must obtain FAA approval for a 
tower at this proposed site in compliance with our Woodstock and Broadway policy.7
3. Supplement. Southern California filed a supplement in compliance with Section 73.313 of the 
Rules, demonstrating that the reservation of Channel 273A at Hemet would provide a first and/or second 
NCE service to 40,880 persons (30.9 percent) of the total population (132,362 persons).  Moreover, 
Southern California demonstrated in its supplement that it has reasonable assurance of site availability for its
proposed transmitter site, as required by Woodstock and Broadway policy.  To this end, Southern California 
  
1 Hemet, California, Letter, (MB, rel. March 18, 2004).
2 Hemet, California, Order, 21 FCC Rcd 10037 (MB 2006) (“Order”).
3 47 C.F.R. § 1.113(a).
4 Hemet, California, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 21 FCC Rcd 8465 (MB 2006) (“MO&O”).
5 See 47 C.F.R. § 73.202(a)(1).
6 47 C.F.R. § 73.313.
7 Woodstock and Broadway, Virginia, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 3 FCC Rcd 6398 (1988) (“Woodstock and 
Broadway”).
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submitted a letter from Meridian Telecom, Inc.,8 stating that Verizon Wireless would be willing to enter into 
a lease agreement with Southern California with respect to its VWZ site9 on mutually acceptable terms and 
conditions generally applicable to broadcast tower leases.  Southern California also claims that FAA 
approval is not required in this instance because no increase in tower height would be necessary to construct 
the proposed NCE station at Hemet.     
4. Discussion.  We will grant the Petition for Reconsideration filed Southern California.  
Additionally, we are denying the Petition for Reconsideration filed Maranatha Ministries because no 
supplement was submitted, as requested.  In this regard, based on uniform terrain, our staff engineering 
analysis determined that a NCE reservation of vacant Channel 273A at Hemet would provide a first and/or 
second NCE service to only 2.5 percent of the total population within the 60 dBu contour of Maranatha 
Ministries’ proposed station.  We tentatively conclude that the public interest is best served by narrowly 
expanding the scope by which a NCE reservation proponent may use actual terrain in FM allotment 
proceedings to calculate first and second NCE service benefits in regards to NCE allotment reservation 
requests in accordance with Section 73.313 of the Commission’s Rules.  Based on the forgoing, we are 
simultaneously issuing a separate Notice of Proposed Rule Making, proposing the NCE reservation of 
vacant Channel 273A at Hemet, California. The Notice of Proposed Rule Making also seeks comment on 
the use of actual terrain to reserve commercial allotments for NCE use.
5. IT IS ORDERED, That the Petition for Reconsideration filed by Southern California Public 
Radio IS GRANTED.
6. IT IS ORDERED, That the Petition for Reconsideration filed by Maranatha Ministries of 
Hemet IS DISMISSED.
7. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.
8. For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Rolanda F. Smith, Media Bureau, 
(202) 418-2180.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Peter H. Doyle
Chief, Audio Division
Media Bureau
  
8 The supplement contained a letter signed by Tod Petty, Verizon, Wireless Collocation Manager of Meridian 
Telecom, Inc.
9 The VWZ site is located at 235 South Lyon Avenue, Hemet, California.