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 08-1854
Released:  August 14, 2008
MEDIA BUREAU RECEIVES REQUEST BY ANALOG TELEVISION STATION
IN THE UPPER 700 MHZ BAND TO CEASE ANALOG BROADCASTING, 
SURRENDER NTSC LICENSE, AND OPERATE AS
A SINGLE CHANNEL, DIGITAL-ONLY TELEVISION STATION
In the 700 MHz First Report and Order,1 the Commission adopted service rules for licensing 
the commercial use of the 746-764 MHz and 776-794 MHz bands, which had been 
reallocated by Congressional direction from their previous use solely for the broadcasting 
service. On reconsideration, the Commission clarified how it would review, on a case-by-
case basis, requests by incumbent broadcasters on channels 60-69 to voluntarily vacate their 
NTSC channels prior to the end of the DTV transition.2
The Media Bureau has received a request from Indianapolis Community Television, Inc., the 
licensee of analog television station WDTI-TV, NTSC Channel *69, and digital television 
station WDTI-DT, DTV Channel *44,3 for Commission authority to:  (i) cease analog 
broadcasting on NTSC Channel *69 and surrender its license for the channel prior to the end 
of the DTV transition; and (ii) thereafter operate WDTI-DT as a single channel, digital-only 
television station on DTV Channel *44.  
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.
To promote the public interest and consistent with the requirement adopted in the Third DTV 
Periodic Review Report and Order,4 in the event this request is granted, Indianapolis 
Community Television, Inc. will be required to comply with the following viewer 
notification requirements: The station must air viewer notifications on its analog and DTV 
  
1 Service Rules for the 746-764 and 776-794 MHz Bands, and Revisions to Part 27 of the Commission’s 
Rules, WT Docket No. 99-168, First Report and Order, 15 FCC Rcd 476 (2000).
2 Service Rules for the 746-764 and 776-794 MHz Bands, and Revisions to Part 27 of the Commission’s 
Rules, WT Docket No. 99-168 et al., Memorandum Opinion and Order and Further Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, 15 FCC Rcd 20845, 20868-72 (2000).
3 Facility ID 7908.
4 In the Matter of Third Periodic Review of the Commission’s Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion 
to Digital Television, 23 FCC Rcd 2994 (2007).
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facilities every day on-air at least four times a day including at least once in primetime for a 
60-day period prior to termination of broadcasting the analog signal.  These notifications 
must include: (1) the station’s call sign and community of license; (2) the fact that the 
station intends to terminate its analog operations before the transition date; (3) the expected 
date of analog termination; (4) what viewers can do to continue to receive the station, i.e., 
how and when the station’s digital signal can be received, and whether viewers will need to 
repeat the channel scan on their DTV receivers; (5) information about the availability of 
digital- to-analog converter boxes in their service area; and (6) the street address, email 
address (if available), and phone number of the station where viewers may register comments 
or request information.
For further information, contact Joyce Bernstein of the Media Bureau, Video Division at 
(202) 418-1647.
By:  Chief, Media Bureau
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