Federal Communications Commission DA 11-686
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Innovation in the Broadcast Television Bands: 
Allocations, Channel Sharing and Improvements to 
VHF
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ET Docket No. 10-235
ORDER
Extended Reply Comment Date: April 25, 2011
Adopted:  April 14, 2011 Released:  April 14, 2011
By the Chief, Media Bureau:
1. On February 11, 2011, the Federal Register published the Commission’s Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (“NPRM”) in the above-captioned proceeding.1  That NPRM established a comment deadline 
of March 18, 2011 and a reply comment deadline of April 18, 2011.  On April 13, 2011, LIN Television 
Corporation d/b/a LIN Media, Media General, Inc., the Named State Broadcasters Associations,2 Sinclair 
Broadcast Group, Inc., and Tribune Broadcasting Company, Debtor-In-Possession, requested that the 
reply deadline be extended by 7 days because the current reply comment filing deadline falls immediately 
after the 2011 National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas Nevada, which concludes 
today.  Many broadcasters, their counsel, and other interested parties, attended the NAB Show.  In 
addition, FCC staff and Commissioners also attended the NAB Show and made public presentations 
regarding incentive auctions, among other matters related to this proceeding.  The requestors assert that 
they need the opportunity to address in their reply comments matters that they learned from these 
presentations. 
  
1 Innovation in the Broadcast Television Bands: Allocations, Channel Sharing and Improvements to VHF, Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking, 25 FCC Rcd 16498 (2010).
2 The Named State Broadcasters Associations intending to participate in this proceeding include the Alabama 
Broadcasters Association, Alaska Broadcasters Association, Arkansas Broadcasters Association, California 
Broadcasters Association, Colorado Broadcasters Association, Connecticut Broadcasters Association, Florida 
Broadcasters Association, Georgia Broadcasters Association, Idaho State Broadcasters Association, Illinois 
Broadcasters Association, Indiana Broadcasters Association, Iowa Broadcasters Association, Kansas Association of 
Broadcasters, Kentucky Broadcasters Association, Louisiana Association of Broadcasters, Maine Association of 
Broadcasters, Massachusetts Broadcasters Association, Michigan Association of Broadcasters, Minnesota 
Broadcasters Association, Mississippi Association of Broadcasters, Missouri Broadcasters Association, Nebraska 
Broadcasters Association, Nevada Broadcasters Association, New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters, New 
Mexico Broadcasters Association, The New York State Broadcasters Association, Inc., North Dakota Broadcasters 
Association, Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters, Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Pennsylvania Association 
of Broadcasters, Rhode Island Broadcasters Association, South Carolina Broadcasters Association, South Dakota 
Broadcasters Association, Tennessee Association of Broadcasters, Texas Association of Broadcasters, Utah 
Broadcasters Association, Vermont Association of Broadcasters, Washington State Association of Broadcasters, 
West Virginia Association of Broadcasters, Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, and the Wyoming Association of 
Broadcasters. 
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2. As set forth in Section 1.46(a) of the Commission's Rules,3 the Commission's policy is that 
extensions of time shall not be routinely granted. Given the importance of the issues in this proceeding, 
however, we find that good cause exists to provide all parties an extension of the reply comment deadline 
to facilitate the development of a full and complete record.  
3. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 4(i), 4(j) and 5(c) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 154(i), 154(j), 155(c) and Sections 0.31, 0.241, 
and 1.46 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.31, 0.241, and 1.46, the deadline for filing reply 
comments in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in ET Docket No. 10-235 IS EXTENDED
to April 25, 2011.
4. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion for Extension of Time filed by LIN Television 
Corporation d/b/a LIN Media, Media General, Inc., the Named State Broadcasters Associations, Sinclair 
Broadcast Group, Inc., and Tribune Broadcasting Company, Debtor-In-Possession IS GRANTED.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Julius Knapp
Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology
  
3 47 C.F.R. § 1.46.