700 MHz TV Clearing, its Impact on TV Viewership,

and Options for Accelerating Public Safety Access

by

Motorola, Inc.
February 2, 2004

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 700 MHz TV Clearing, its Impact on TV Viewership, and
Options for Accelerating Public Safety Access

Table of Contents
Executive Summary............................................................................................................................. 3
1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 4
2 Incumbent TV Stations in 700 MHz Band .................................................................................. 7
3 Preclusion zones ........................................................................................................................ 11
4 Potential Impact on Channel 62-65/67-69 Viewers................................................................... 16
5 Multiple Viewer Options in Markets Served by Channel 62-65, 67-69 stations....................... 18
6 Options facilitating clearing of Channels 62-65 and 67-69....................................................... 19
6.1 Operate only in DTV Allotment ........................................................................................ 19
6.1.1 Waiver already approved by Commission................................................................. 20
6.2 Permit analog operations in DTV allotment...................................................................... 21
6.2.1 Waivers already filed at Commission........................................................................ 22
6.3 Delivery of service solely over Cable/Satellite Television................................................ 24
7 Commission Rules and Public Laws that Impede Clearing....................................................... 25
7.1 Waivers .............................................................................................................................. 25
7.2 Must Carry ......................................................................................................................... 26
8 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................. 29
Appendix A........................................................................................................................................ 31
Appendix B........................................................................................................................................ 33
Appendix C........................................................................................................................................ 35
Appendix D........................................................................................................................................ 44
Appendix E ........................................................................................................................................ 45
Appendix F ........................................................................................................................................ 64

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Executive Summary

Effective mobile and portable communications are essential to public safety operations. Police
officers, firefighters, emergency medical personnel and their departments use mobile and portable
communications to exchange information that can help protect public safety officials and the
citizens they serve. Traditionally, this information was mostly by voice. Increasingly, as public
safety entities strive to increase efficiency and effectiveness in today’s world, they also need the
capability to transmit and receive high performance data, still images and video reliably. Spectrum
is the road upon which such communications travel and increased communications requirements
lead to the need for more spectrum.

Based on a thorough justification of need, Congress and the Federal Communications Commission
dedicated 24 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band to public safety in 1997. However, six years
later, incumbent television stations operating on channels 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68 and 69 prevent
public safety access of this essential resource in most major urban areas where the demand for more
spectrum is the greatest. The recent focus on increased interoperability and H

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1 Introduction

Wireless communications is a critical tool for state, local and federal governments, as well as
critical infrastructure, transportation and private industries, especially in view of today’s heightened
security concerns. This is particularly true for our nation’s public safety first responders, where
having the right information immediately available at the point of decision, wherever needed, is
critical for protecting themselves and the citizens they serve. Simply put, public safety’s
uncompromising mission critical communication requirement is to have the right information, to the
right people, at the right point in time, whether that information is transferred via voice, data or
images. Public safety users best state this requirement as:
“The first priority must be to provide public safety with mission critical radio
communication systems that provide reliable agency-specific – police, fire, EMS –
communications. (Mission critical radio communications are those required when life or
property is at stake.)”1

Any discussion of wireless communications must begin with an explanation of radio spectrum.
Communications systems use electromagnetic waves to send voice and data information across the
airwaves. While the engineering and physics may be complicated, the most important point is that
wireless communications cannot take place without users having access to sufficient spectrum in
which to operate their communications systems. Spectrum designated for exclusive use by public
safety is the lifeline to their emergency response, detection and prevention capabilities. The bottom
line is that without access to adequate spectrum, wireless communications cannot take place,
effectively and ubiquitously.

Spectrum is a finite resource for which more and more users of ever-growing wireless technologies
are increasingly competing, especially in metropolitan and even suburban areas. Non-federal use is
regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission).2 As state and local
governments are also experiencing growth in number of users, agency jurisdictional coverage areas,
and introduction of new technologies, existing public safety radio channels are becoming extremely
crowded in these dense population centers.

Recognizing this urgent need for additional spectrum, the public safety community through the
Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee (PSWAC), issued a report on September 11, 1996 that
documented the need for 97.5 MHz of additional spectrum to meet their communications needs

1
“When They Can’t Talk, Lives Are Lost” brochure, February 2003, developed by The National Task Force on
Interoperability (NTFI), page 7. NTFI is comprised of members from 18 major national associations for local and State
elected and appointed officials and public safety officers.
2
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration regulates spectrum for federal government
users and in many cases works jointly to with the Commission to address spectrum related issues of interest to both
users.

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through 2010.3 The greatest amount of this spectrum is needed for emerging advanced wireless
wideband and broadband technologies, adapted for mission critical public safety applications.
These include high-speed data, intranet access, imaging and video transfers and on-scene multi-
media mobile command communications. The need for additional spectrum continues to exist and
is even more critical today given the nationwide public safety focus to improve Homeland Security.

Recognizing public safety’s need for spectrum, in 1997 Congress and the FCC reallocated 24 MHz
of spectrum from TV channels in the 746-806 MHz band (TV channels 60-69) to support mission
critical public safety communications. This band is generically called the 700 MHz band. Specific
band segments within 700 MHz allocated to public safety are 764-776 MHz (TV channels 63 and
64) paired with 794-806 MHz (TV channels 68 and 69). Television stations within channels 60-69
are expected to vacate this spectrum as part of the transition from analog to digital television.

Notably, access to the 700 MHz band essentially doubles the spectrum public safety has to support
wide area operation. The 700 MHz band is critical to public safety for two key reasons:

(1) Together, the new 700 MHz and current 800 MHz bands provide the best opportunity to
integrate interoperable communications. The 700 MHz band’s close proximity to the
800 MHz band allows public safety agencies to expand their current 800 MHz
narrowband voice and data systems for interoperability and regional coordination on an
“intra” as well as “inter” agency basis. New portable and mobile radios, as well as
infrastructure equipment, capable of operating in both the 700 and 800 MHz frequency
bands in one radio are commercially available today. The Commission adopted Project
25 Phase 1 as the interoperability standard for narrowband voice and data
communications in the 700 MHz band.4 Further, the Commission last year granted each
state a license to operate such narrowband communications in the 700 MHz band. At
the local level, public safety users are completing regional plans required by the
Commission to start implementing local and regional systems.

(2) 700 MHz is the only dedicated spectrum allocation where public safety can implement
advanced mobile wide area systems that bring high-speed access to databases, the
internet/intranet, imaging and video to first responders in the field.

The wideband technology to deliver high-speed data in the 700 MHz band offers a whole new level
of mobile communications capabilities, which is far beyond today’s voice and low speed data
applications. For example:

a. An officer or agent could transmit video of a potential bomb, or biological weapon and
get real time counsel from an expert in another location.

3
Final Report of the Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee to the Federal Communications Commission
and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, September 11, 1996, p3.
4
FCC Fourth Report and Order and Fifth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “The Development of Operational,
Technical and Spectrum Requirements for Meeting Federal, State and Local Public Safety Communications
Requirements Through the Year 2010”, WT Docket No. 96-86, released January 17, 2001.

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 b. Local or state police could instantly send or receive a photograph of a missing or
abducted child.
c. Crime scene investigators can transmit live video of footprints, fingerprints and evidence
to speed analysis and apprehension of perpetrators.
d. Firefighters can access building blueprints, hydrant locations hazardous material data
and other critical information.
e. Paramedics can transmit live video of the patient to doctors at the hospital that could
help save lives.

Motorola and Pinellas County, Florida, conducted a successful trial of technology that can provide
all of the above capabilities as part of what we refer to as the Greenhouse Project. A subsequent
Greenhouse Project is being finalized with another major metropolitan public safety department.
The capabilities demonstrated are the emerging powerful multi-media applications that will bring
public safety communications into the Twenty-First Century. Public safety users have completed
the wideband interoperability standard through the Telecommunications Industry Association
(TIA). In turn, TIA recommended this standard, identified as TIA-902, to the Public Safety
National Coordination Committee (NCC), the Advisory Committee created by the Commission to
provide recommendations on the use of the 700 MHz. As it did with the Project 25 narrowband
standard, the NCC recommended the TIA-902 standard to the Commission for subsequent
endorsement as the wideband interoperability standard in the 700 MHz band.5

Unfortunately, because of incumbent broadcast television use, most of this nation’s largest
metropolitan area public safety agencies cannot use this spectrum today, nor can they predict with
any certainty when they might have access to these frequencies. Therefore, they cannot deploy, nor
plan for the deployment of, the interoperability and advanced technology that will improve their
effectiveness and safety. Under current law, while TV incumbents are required to vacate this
spectrum at the end of 2006, they can receive an unlimited extension of this deadline based on the
state of the transition in their particular market. Specifically, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 set
the guidelines for determining the end of the transition to digital television in a given market. The
law set a conditional deadline of December 31, 2006 for broadcasters to complete the transition to
digital broadcasting, stating that the Commission may not renew a television broadcast license that
authorizes analog television service for a period that extends beyond that date. However, an analog
broadcaster may request an extension of the deadline if it can demonstrate any one or more of the
following are not met in that market area:6

1. Fewer than 85% of the households in the broadcaster’s market are capable of receiving
digital broadcasts. To be counted as broadcasts, households must be able to receive any
one digital broadcast over-the-air using a digital TV set or analog set equipped with a
digital-to-analog set-top converter box or be able to receive at least one digital
programming channel of each broadcaster in the market from a multi-channel video
programming distributor (MVPD) such as a cable system.

5
NCC Final Report to FCC Chairman, Michael Powell, by NCC Chair, Kathleen M.H. Wallman, July 25, 2003,
filed as ExParte under WT Docket No. 96086.
6
Congressional Budget Office Paper, “Completing the Transition to Digital Television”, September 1999.

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 2. One or more of the four largest networks has an affiliate in the broadcaster’s market that,
despite the “due diligence” required by the law, is not broadcasting a digital signal.
3. Digital to analog converter technology is not readily available in the broadcaster’s
market.

The law leaves most of the details of the market penetration test to the Commission’s discretion.7

Many experts seem to accept that the 2006 date is not likely to be met in any television market. As
a result, there is no “hard date” by which TV stations must vacate this spectrum to allow for public
safety access, a situation that leaves the public safety community and those who support its efforts
and needs unsure of the future.

In order for any public safety agency to use the spectrum it has been assigned in the 700 MHz band,
any TV stations operating on those public safety transmit and receive frequencies (referred to as the
co-TV channels) must have ceased operations. In addition, any TV stations in that market that are
operating one TV channel up or down from the co-TV channel (referred to as the adjacent TV
channels) also must have ceased operations. In effect, as many as seven TV channels (62-65 and
67-69) must be cleared before first responders in that market will be able to access the 24 MHz of
new spectrum and deploy the equipment that uses this spectrum.

The purpose of this paper is to share Motorola’s market and engineering analysis into this TV
clearing issue. Motorola provides the results to date of this effort.

2 Incumbent TV Stations in 700 MHz Band

Before addressing the impact on TV viewers, it is necessary to understand why TV must be cleared
to provide public safety access to its 700 MHz band spectrum. Sections 2 and 3 of this paper offer
information to help provide that understanding.

Motorola has developed maps that identify the areas of blockage caused by TV broadcasters that are
operating today on the public safety co-channels and adjacent channels throughout the country.8
As shown in the following Figure 1, public safety systems operate in a pairing of transmit and
receive channels, in previous TV channels 63 and 68, and 64 and 69.9 In addition, adjacent
channels would impact their operations. For the TV channels pairing of 63 and 68, the adjacent TV
channels are 62, 64, 67 and 69. For the TV channels pairing of 64 and 69, the adjacent TV channels
are 63, 65 and 69. The spectrum above TV channel 69 is already allocated to and used by land
mobile radios (starting at 806 MHz), so there is no upper adjacent TV channel above channel 69.

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ID.
8
Based on FCC current TV license data. These maps do not include Canadian and Mexican stations that border
the U.S. Access to the 700 MHz public safety spectrum in the border areas is also dependent on negotiations with
Canada and Mexico to facilitate clearing of any TV operations they have on channels 62-65 and 67-69. Canadian and
Mexican regulatory agencies are also evaluating the benefits of making 700 MHz band spectrum available to public
safety.
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Figure 1 legend: PS = public safety, CMRS = Commercial Mobile Radio Service

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 746
1 MHz Guard Band
752 758 764 770 776 782 788 794 800 806 MHz

1 MHz Guard Band

2 MHz Guard Band

2 MHz Guard Band

5 10 12 5 10 12
MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz
TV
60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 channel
Public Safety Public Safety
Base Transmit Mobile Transmit
Figure 1: Current 746-806 MHz Band Plan

The following Map 1 and Map 2 show the implications of existing operations on each of the two
pairings. The shaded circles indicate those areas where public safety agencies are currently blocked
from using this spectrum by TV incumbents operating on the co-channels and/or the adjacent
channels. The "blockage" areas, referred to as preclusion zones, are approximately 100 mile radius
around TV stations operating on a co-channel basis and approximately 80 mile radius for TV
stations operating on an adjacent channel. See the following Section 3 for a detailed explanation of
preclusion zones.

Public Safety Channels 63/68

TV/DTV Blockage
Co-Channel 63 or 68
TV/DTV Grade B + 45 miles Public Safety System
Parameters:
Adj-Channel 62, 64, 67, or 69 Base ERP = < 250 watts
TV/DTV Grade B + 25 miles Base HAAT < 250 feet
Top 84 Cities (pop > 200,000) Service Area < 20 mile radius

Map 1: Areas where public safety is prevented from accessing Channel pair 63/68 due to existing
TV stations.

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 Public Safety Channels 64/69

TV/DTV Blockage
Co-Channel 64 or 69
TV/DTV Grade B + 45 miles Public Safety System
Parameters:
Adj-Channel 63, 65, or 68 Base ERP = < 250 watts
TV/DTV Grade B + 25 miles Base HAAT < 250 feet
Top 84 Cities (pop > 200,000) Service Area < 20 mile radius

Map 2: Areas where public safety is prevented from accessing Channel pair 64/69 due to existing
TV stations.

Combining the preclusion zones shown in the above Maps 1 and 2 provides a total view of the
impact TV broadcasters have today on public safety access to the spectrum that was allocated to
them six years ago. We have created a combined view, Map 3, which shows this impact on public
safety access. Out of approximately 1500 TV stations operating in this country today, there are
currently a total of 75 analog and digital TV stations operating on channels 62-65 and 67-69 in the
50 States and Puerto Rico that are causing this blockage.10

Map 3 shows those areas where existing TV stations block access to public safety communications
in the 700 MHz spectrum allocated to public safety. In most of these areas, TV stations totally
block access to public safety. These are the red areas on the map. This is where TV stations block
both of the public safety channel pairs - all 24 MHz. That is, neither TV pairings of 63 and 68 nor
64 and 69, along with their respective adjacent channels, are available for access by public safety.
An estimated 54% of the country’s population lives in these areas where public safety has no access
to 700 MHz spectrum.

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See Appendix A for listing of TV stations, based on FCC TV Engineering Database – August 2003.

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In a few metropolitan areas, TV stations block access to one half of the public safety spectrum.11
These are the orange areas on Map 3. This is where TV stations block one of the public safety
channel pairs - 12 MHz. An additional 16% of the country’s population lives in these areas where
public safety has only access to one half of their 700 MHz spectrum.

In total, 70% of the country’s population lives in these totally blocked and half blocked areas.12 It is
no surprise that these blocked areas are in our nation’s densest population centers, where public
safety urgently needs access to the spectrum. Comparison of orange areas to the red areas also
shows that clearing only half the 700 MHz Public safety spectrum allocation would yield little
incremental access area (orange), while the difficulty is almost as great as that needed to clear the
entire public safety 700 MHz band allocation (red and orange). See Appendix B for detailed
spectrum availability to public safety in each of the top 84 cities.13

TV/DTV Blocking Public Safety Spectrum

Map 3: Areas where co-channel or adjacent channel TV stations block access either to all (24 MHz)
or to one half (12 MHz) of public safety spectrum.

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Some of the red areas show a larger orange area around the red areas. In these cases, the red is caused by TV
on adjacent channels (smaller preclusion zone), while the orange is caused by TV on co-channels (larger preclusion
zone).
12
Population data was analyzed for every county within each of the preclusion zones (the red and orange areas
within which public safety access to spectrum is impacted ) on Map 3, then compared to the total U.S. population.
13
Top 84 cities represent those cities having populations over 200,000. City population based on 1994 Census
data.

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A review of all of these maps and the underlying information used to create them yields the
following main conclusions:

1. Only 5 percent of TV stations operating in the U.S. today prevent over half the U.S.
citizens from receiving any benefits of improved public safety communications in this new
700 MHz public safety band.

2. Clearing both co-channel and adjacent channel TV stations from this band is critical to
provide public safety access to its spectrum allocation.

3. The clearing initiative should ensure that the entire 24 MHz of spectrum is made
available nationwide.

3 Preclusion zones

The presence of a television transmitter on channels 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68 or 69 will preclude public
safety use of the 700 MHz band spectrum within an area that is approximately 2 to 3 times the
coverage area of the TV station. Therefore, it is possible for a television station to preclude public
safety use in both its own market and in adjacent markets.

The FCC Rules (47 CFR §§ 90.309 & 90.545) that define the spacing between new, primary public
safety land mobile services and incumbent TV broadcast services are designed to minimize the
interference to television reception throughout the television station’s Grade B viewing area. The
Grade B contour predicts a television station’s coverage based on the station’s power, antenna
height and the height of surrounding terrain and the Commission’s historical experience and models
for predicting coverage. While each station’s actual coverage varies, a typical predicted Grade B
Service Area contour covers an average radius of about 55 miles.

Similarly, the FCC relies primarily on predicted coverage of public safety systems. A typical public
safety Land Mobile Radio (LMR) service area contour is about 20 to 25 miles in radius. That is,
mobile radios will communicate 20-25 miles to and from their associated base station(s). The
following typical suburban land mobile base station parameters were used in our analysis of the
areas blocked by incumbent TV stations: 250 watts effective radiated power (ERP) with 250 feet
height above average terrain (HAAT).

An additional 20 to 25 mile spacing is required between the outer edges of the television and public
safety coverage contours to minimize interference to fringe area TV receivers. As shown in Figure
2, this brings the total separation between a TV transmitter site and a co-channel land mobile base
station site to about 100 miles (55 miles for TV Grade B coverage, plus 20 miles for LMR

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coverage, plus 25 miles interference protection). Therefore, the typical television station precludes
co-channel public safety base stations over an area of about almost 7900 square miles, over three
times the area of the TV station’s predicted coverage. It precludes mobile use associated with those
base stations over an area of approximately 5000 square miles, over twice that of its own predicted
Grade B coverage area. For channels that support mobile operation, the preclusion area is further
expanded when control stations are also used on those channels.14

LMR services operating on an adjacent TV channel can be spaced somewhat closer because the
interference is attenuated by the TV receiver’s selectivity. The FCC Rules basically allow the
mobiles to operate within 5 miles of the TV Grade B contour. As shown in Figure 3, this brings the
total separation between a TV transmitter site and an adjacent channel land mobile base station site
to about 80 miles (55 miles for TV Grade B coverage, plus 20 miles for LMR coverage, plus 5
miles interference protection).

~100 mile
Preclusion
Zone

Land Mobile
TV LMR 40 dBu
Station ~ 55 miles 20-25 20-25 Service Area
miles miles
Contour

Note: operational area

TV Grade B of LMR mobile radios
64 dBu Contour Extends into the
preclusion zone

Figure 2: 100 mile Co-Channel Preclusion Zone

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Control stations are routinely used in the operation of public safety systems.

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 ~80 mile
Preclusion
Zone

20-25
Land Mobile
miles
TV LMR 40 dBu
Station ~ 55 miles Service Area
Contour
5
miles

Note: operational area

TV Grade B of LMR mobile radios
64 dBu Contour Extends into the
preclusion zone

Figure 3: 80 mile Adjacent-Channel Preclusion Zone

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Pending television clearing, it may be possible, on a case-by-case basis, to space some new public
safety land mobile systems closer to incumbent TV broadcast services than the tables in the FCC
rules (47 CFR § 90.309) normally allow. While potentially useful for some specific public safety
users, this provides only marginal improvement for potential public safety access on a nationwide
basis to the 700 MHz spectrum prior to television clearing, as discussed below.

The FCC rules (47 CFR § 90.545) allow terrain based engineering analysis to be conducted using
the actual parameters of TV and land mobile stations. Actual parameters (terrain barriers, antenna
patterns, lower radiated power) may be used to show that the land mobile base station could be
located closer to the theoretical TV Grade B contour without causing interference. These actual
parameters may mean that the TV station’s Grade B contour does not extend out to the theoretical
55 miles. In addition, mobile radios for a specific public safety agency normally don’t operate very
far outside of their jurisdictional boundaries. To maximize frequency re-use and spectrum
efficiency, public safety systems usually restrict the coverage of their land mobile system to the
jurisdictional boundary or the boundary plus some small additional distance (typically 3 to 5 miles).
Therefore, as shown in Figure 4, the radius of coverage of a public safety system site may be less
than the 20-25 miles assumed by the tables in the FCC rules (47 CFR § 90.309). However, where
multiple jurisdictions throughout an area need 700 MHz for interoperability, the reduced coverage
area of any single jurisdiction may have little impact on the ability of public safety to use the
spectrum.

Less than Land Mobile

20 miles 40 dBu
TV
Station ~ 55 miles
Service Area
Contour

Public Safety Jurisdiction

w/ Coverage customized
TV Grade B
To just cover jurisdiction
64 dBu Contour

Figure 4: Customized coverage of specific public safety system may allow it to be spaced closer to
TV Grade B contour

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 The 700 MHz public safety spectrum is divided into 2 types of services; narrowband (mainly for
voice) and wideband (data and multi-media). Each 6 MHz block of spectrum (one TV channel)
is split into a 3 MHz block of narrowband spectrum and a 3 MHz block of wideband spectrum.
As shown in Figure 5, if a public safety agency is designing a system using narrowband on the
channel adjacent to a TV station, and the narrowband spectrum block is located 3 to 6 MHz
away from the edge of the TV channel, then it may be possible to place base stations closer to
the TV Grade B contour or at limited locations inside the Grade B contour. Previous FCC
Reports have shown that typical NTSC TV receivers have 20 to 40 dB additional protection
(selectivity) in the range from 3 to 6 MHz from the channel edge, than in the range 0 to 3 MHz
from the channel edge.15 This additional 20 to 40 dB of protection may allow mobiles to
operate up to the TV Grade B contour or at limited locations inside the Grade B contour. Public
safety systems must generally be located outside the adjacent channel’s TV Grade B contour or
in strong TV signal areas to avoid base stations and/or mobiles from interfering with TV
reception in fringe or weak TV signal areas. However, there may be interference to land mobile
base station and mobile receivers if public safety systems are located in very strong TV signal
areas near the TV transmitter site. Terrain based engineering and interference analysis must be
conducted using the actual parameters of TV and land mobile stations to determine the limited
locations inside the adjacent channel’s Grade B contour where public safety systems could be
placed without causing or receiving interference.

3 MHz Block 3 MHz Block

of of
6 MHz wide TV Channel Wideband Narrowband
Public Safety Public Safety
Spectrum Spectrum

Operation on spectrum block 3 to 6 MHz from edge of TV channel

causes 20 to 40 dB less interference than to typical TV receiver
operation on spectrum block 0 to 3 MHz block from edge of TV channel

Figure 5

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FCC/OET TM87-1 (April 1986) Receiver Susceptibility Measurements Relating to Interference Between UHF
Television and Land Mobile Radio Services (Project No. EEB-84-4) by Daniel J. Stanks

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Therefore, we conclude the following:

1. Case-by-case engineering considering actual TV or land mobile parameters and/or use of

partial TV channels may provide some marginal relief in markets near those which
contain co-channel or adjacent channel TV stations; but

2. Such steps provide almost no relief for the same market in which a co-channel or adjacent
channel TV station is located.

4 Potential Impact on Channel 62-65/67-69 Viewers

As shown in the previous sections, incumbent television use of the 700 MHz band precludes use of
the spectrum by public safety in the majority of densely populated areas, precluding deployment of
vitally needed new wideband technology, as well as precluding the ability to expand capacity with
700 MHz systems that can interoperate with their existing 800 MHz systems. Providing a date
certain by which broadcasters must vacate this spectrum is the best way to ensure its availability for
public safety and to provide public safety with the certainty necessary to effectively plan for
deployment of new systems. Given the current state of the transition to digital television, the
original December 31, 2006 target date for completion of the transition appears unrealistic.
However, providing a date certain for clearing channels 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68 and 69 to make this
spectrum fully available for use by public safety could be reasonable when one looks at that the
actual limited impact to viewers given available options.

Key elements for public safety to begin using this spectrum are in place, if the incumbent
broadcasters were moved. The spectrum is allocated, states have already received licenses to use
the 700 MHz band and local jurisdictions are engaged in regional planning needed to get a license.
The FCC has adopted a 700 MHz narrowband interoperability standard and 700 MHz narrowband
portable, mobile and base station equipment which meets that standard is available today.
Available 700 MHz mobiles and portables also cover the 800 MHz band, supporting improved
interoperability across multiple departments or jurisdictions. A 700 MHz wideband interoperability
standard has been published by TIA. The public safety community has already recommended that
standard to the FCC. Wideband technology consistent with this standard has been trialed in the
public safety environment.

To better understand the potential impact on TV viewers currently tuning into these channels, we
reviewed independent industry viewership data available for all of the 75 analog and digital TV
stations currently operating in channels 62-65 and 67-69 in the 50 States and Puerto Rico. These
are the stations that impact public safety use of the 700 MHz band. Appendix C shows the results
of our analysis for all TV stations reporting viewership.16 It shows the total number of TV
households within a TV station’s viewing area, identified as the Grade B contour, for that station’s
Designated Market Area (DMA) and adjacent DMA’s that fall within that viewing area. We then

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Based on Warren Communications Television and Cable Factbook - Online. About 35% of the TV stations did
not report viewership data. Generally these are public broadcasting and other non-commercial stations, which are not
required to do so. No data is reported for the 5 stations in Puerto Rico.

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compared that to the average number of TV households who actually watch that particular TV
station on channels 62-65 or 67-69, at least once during the week. The number of TV households
actually watching a channel 62-65 or 67-69 station is further separated into those who watch via
cable versus non-cable (over-the-air or satellite).17

Results of our analysis show the following:

1. On average, only 14% of the TV households within these stations’ viewing areas actually
watch at least once during the week.18 That is, of the households who have the option to
watch the TV stations on channels 62-65 and 67-69, on average fewer than 1 out of 7
actually do so at least once a week.

2. 82% of the households, over 4 out of 5, who actually watch channels 62-65 or 67-69 do so
over cable. The remainder of the households watch either over-the-air or via satellite.

3. Of the total TV households within a channel 62-65 or 67-69 station’s coverage area, the
median number of households watching that station over the air (or via satellite receiver) is
only 3%.19 That is, on average, fewer than 1 out of 30 households in the viewing areas
actually watch these stations over-the-air at least once per week.

The analysis points to two important conclusions: (1) there is an overall low percent of TV
households who view the TV channel 62 through 69 stations, except for a few mainly major
network stations (2) Of those viewers who do watch channels 62 through 69, a very high percent
watch over cable. As a result, if TV channel 62 through 69 stations were required to turn off all
over-the-air broadcasts today, an average of only 3 % of the TV viewing households in each
station’s viewing area would be adversely affected.

To show the minimal impact on TV viewing households compared to the realizable benefits of
improved 700 MHz public safety communications for the entire population in a major metropolitan
area, we further analyzed four metropolitan areas. See Appendix D. Highlights of metro analysis
show the following:

1. BOSTON – Out of 22 TV stations serving the market, 2 stations (plus another 2 stations
that don’t serve the Boston market) prevent improved public safety communications for
about 7.4 million people. Only an average 3% of the TV households would be impacted
if these stations no longer transmitted over-the-air.

2. CHICAGO - Out of 16 TV stations serving the Chicago Market, 1 station (plus 1 other
station that doesn’t serve the Chicago market) prevent improved public safety

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Data to further separate over the air and satellite use was not provided. The assumption can be made that the
over the air viewership is somewhat less than the non-cable totals.
18
This statistic is the median, meaning that one half of the stations have greater than 14% and half have lower
than 14% viewership.
19
Only 4 stations exceeded 10%, none exceeded 20%.

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 communications for about 9.3 million people. The Chicago market station is reported to
have 100% cable viewership. Data was not reported for the other station, in Fond du
Lac, Wisconsin.

3. DALLAS/FT. WORTH - Out of 18 TV stations serving the market, 1 station (plus 1

other station that doesn’t serve the Dallas market) prevent improved public safety
communications for about 6.2 million people. An average 6% of the TV households
would be impacted if these stations no longer transmitted over-the-air.

4. DETROIT - Out of 10 TV stations serving the market, 1 station (plus 2 that don’t serve
the Detroit market) prevent improved public safety communications for about 7.4
million people. An average 15% of the TV households would be impacted if these
stations no longer transmitted over-the-air. This statistic is high relative to most cities,
because the Detroit station on channel 62 is CBS, which 15% of TV households watch
over-the-air.

Conclusions:
1. The major pieces are in place to allow public safety to begin using the 700 MHz band.
Essentially all that remains is for Congress and the FCC to clear TV incumbents out of
the band. Doing so no later than December 31, 2006 would provide public safety with
timely access on a nationwide basis.
2. Independent television industry data shows that clearing TV from the 700 MHz band will
impact only a small percentage of the viewing public.

5 Multiple Viewer Options in Markets Served by Channel 62-65, 67-69 stations

The above analysis shows that clearing channels 62-69 could be achieved with impact to only a
minimal percentage of the TV households. The remainder of this paper examines various
alternatives for clearing the TV stations from channels 62-65 and 67-69. If, after the following
options or various combinations of these options have been implemented, there are any TV viewers
remaining who still cannot receive a specific channel 62-65/67-69 broadcast, even these impacted
households would not be left without similar over-the-air programming options. Appendix E
identifies all TV stations operating over-the-air in DMA’s that currently have one or more TV
channel 62-65 or 67-69 stations operating in that DMA.20 It further identifies the programming
format of each station to show whether impacted TV households (who watch channel 62-65 or 67-
69 stations over-the-air) have other TV channel choices that feature similar programming. While
programming alternatives are somewhat subjective, based on individual viewer preferences, this

20
Data is derived from the following sources:
(A) 100K Watts US Radio and TV Directory,
(B) Warren Communications Television & Cable Factbook: Online
(C) MediaPost.com

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analysis does show that in many DMA’s viewers have similar programming alternatives to the
channel 62-65 or 67-69 stations.

6 Options facilitating clearing of Channels 62-65 and 67-69

While the most desirable mechanism for making the 700 MHz spectrum fully available to public
safety is to complete the full conversion to digital television by December 31, 2006, it is widely
recognized that unless Congress enacts date certain legislation requiring these stations on channels
62-65 and 67-69 to cease operating by December 31, 2006 without exception, this transition will
extend well beyond that date. To facilitate more timely access to this spectrum by public safety
entities, various options are suggested below to vacate current TV operations in channels 62-65 and
67-69 prior to the full transition to digital television. Options include (1) requiring broadcasters
impacting public safety use to operate only on their digital allotment as of a date certain, (2)
providing flexibility for broadcasters to temporarily operate in analog mode in the channel it is
assigned for digital operations, and (3) delivery of service solely over cable/satellite television.
These options will require action by the FCC and/or Congress as noted below and in the following
Section 7. Also, while these options may provide some quicker access to the spectrum allocated to
public safety on a case-by-case basis, they do not preclude the need for Congressional passage of
December 31, 2006 date certain legislation.

6.1 Operate only in DTV Allotment

All broadcasters currently have two television channel allotments, one for analog TV operation and
one for digital TV operation. Many of the analog stations currently have some form of digital
operations in the digital allotment. As detailed in Appendix A, of the 75 TV stations operating on
channels 62-65 and 67-69, 65 are currently analog stations and 10 are digital. As of September 1,
2003, the Commission database21 and NAB22 indicates that 32 of these 65 analog stations are
currently also on the air in their digital allotment. The FCC rules mandate a schedule whereby all
stations have to begin digital operation and should enforce this schedule.

In this option, analog TV stations operating in channels 62-65 / 67-69 will be required to cease such
analog operations and be permitted to operate only in digital on their digital TV channel after a date
certain. 23 The mandated date certain should be December 31, 2006, as specified in BBA-97,
without the current allowance for market-by-market exceptions. This would be applied to the 65

21
FCC status of TV licenses can be obtained via the Media Bureau Consolidated Data Base Search Page at
http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/cdbs_pa.htm.
22
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) indicates that as of September 9, 2003 that 1004 stations are
operating in digital mode, details can be found at http://www.nab.org/Newsroom/issues/digitaltv/DTVStations.asp
23
Three of the analog stations also have their digital operations in channels 62-65 or 67-69: KFTL channel 64
and 62 (DTV) in Stockton CA, KRCA channel 62 and 68 (DTV) in Riverside CA, and WECN channel 64 and 65
(DTV) in Naranjito PR.

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analog stations currently operating in these channels. Stations would operate only on their digital
allotment on channels that do not impact public safety use of the spectrum, i.e., other than channels
62-65 / 67-69.

This transition alone will not completely clear the TV channels 62-65/67-69 since 10 stations
currently have digital allotments in those channels. The FCC should reassign new digital channels
below channel 52 to these 10 digital stations, in order to also clear these stations out of the band.24
In addition, until these stations are able to operate in digital on their new assignments, the FCC
could authorize them to operate only on their current analog allotment below channel 52.25

To minimize the impact on TV households currently watching channel 62-65/67-69 over-the-air,

viewers could be provided access to digital-to-analog converters. This allows TV households who
do not have digital TV sets to convert the digital signal back to analog for viewing the broadcast on
an analog TV set. The cost of such converters depends on the market demand by all TV consumers.

Another way to limit the impact of this approach is to make the clearing of a TV station contingent
on the LMR system implementation plans of the public safety entities within that TV station’s
preclusion zone. Under this proposal, a public safety entity will be required to provide notice to the
FCC at least one year in advance of its intention to implement an LMR system. Any TV stations
impacting the notifying public safety entity’s use would be required to vacate their channel several
months prior to the implementation date, so that the public safety public safety entity has assurance
that the spectrum available for systems testing and implementation for system testing and
implementation.

6.1.1 W aiver already approved by Com mission

The FCC recently approved digital only operations to facilitate vacating the commercial lower 700
MHz spectrum (TV channels 52-59). Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation (CPBC),
the licensee of analog noncommercial educational television station WNVT-TV, channel 53, and
permittee of digital television station WNVT-DT, channel 30, Goldvein Virginia, petitioned the
FCC, requesting authority to (1) cease analog broadcasting on channel 53 and surrender its license
for the channel prior to the end of the DTV transition period, and (2) thereafter operate only in
channel 30 as a digital-only station. The FCC granted the petition on September 3, 2003. While
3.3% of the population, or almost 150,000 persons, would no longer have access to the station’s
analog service after WNVT converts to digital, CPBC pointed out that only 3,000 television
households within its viewing area (Grade B contour) reported viewing its over-the-air signal in
November 2002. CPBC further reported that it has been off-the-air pending completion of digital
conversion work at the transmitter site since May 2003, and “has received virtually no viewer
complaints about the absence of an off-air signal” during this time. 26

24
The FCC established channels 2-52 as the DTV core band for continued TV operation after the transition.
25
This waiver approach does not work for the three broadcasters that operate both analog and digital stations in
channels 62-65 / 67-69. The FCC should reassign them new digital channels below channel 52, and then allow them
one of the 3 options named herein.
26
FCC order, DA 03-2845, see http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-03-2845A1.doc

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 6.2 Permit analog operations in DTV allotment
Another possible way to help clear TV channels 62-65 and 67-69 as soon as possible is to allow
broadcasters with an analog assignment on these channels to temporarily move their analog
operations to their digital allotment on channels that do not impact public safety use of the
spectrum, i.e., other than channels 62-65 / 67-69. The FCC recently reaffirmed its authority to
permit such operations in light of the Auction Reform Act of 2002.27 This option may not be
feasible in all cases because of potential interference to other TV broadcasters. In order to assess
such a relocation option, detailed engineering analysis must be performed to evaluate the potential
for interference. To make spectrum available for public safety use, the FCC should provide greater
technical and operational flexibility, as detailed below, on a temporary basis to TV stations that
want to implement this approach. The station would ultimately be required to transition to digital
operation in order to comply with FCC DTV implementation requirements.

The FCC rules define the TV spacing requirements, for various combinations of analog and digital
TV operations.28 These spacing requirements are based on typical parameters of the TV stations,
and were developed to minimize interference signals between TV channels. Because analog-to-
analog spacing requirements have become institutionalized over about the last half-century, these
requirements have not evolved with potential receiver performance capabilities. Digital spacing
rules are based on new, improved digital receiver performance specifications. As a result, the
analog-to-digital spacing requirements are generally shorter than the analog-to-analog spacing
requirements. TV spacing requirements are based on typical operating parameters of analog and
digital TV stations, such as power, antenna height and direction, carrier frequency and terrain.
Pending the results of detailed analysis, the FCC may waive these requirements. “Short-spacing” is
the term used to refer to TV stations operating at spacing distances less than the minimum required
by the FCC rules.29

To assess if short-spacing is possible, a detailed engineering analysis should be conducted, using

actual TV station parameters and terrain based coverage analysis tools. Technical parameters that
require detailed evaluation (e.g., lower power operation, directional antennas, shift in carrier
frequency, terrain blockage) could allow these stations to be short-spaced and still provide adequate
protection of all TV operations. This engineering analysis relies on proposed operating
characteristics along with detailed information on the terrain surrounding the affected area to assess
the interference potential to the viewership of other TV stations.30

27
FCC Second Order on Reconsideration of the Third Report and Order in WT Docket No. 99-168, FCC 03-236,
November 3, 2003. See http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-03-236A1.pdf
28
FCC rules 47 CFR 73.610 – minimum distance separations between (NTSC) stations, 47 CFR 73.698 Tables –
Table II (NTSC “taboo” channel spacings), and 47 CFR 73.623 – DTV applications and changes to DTV allocations.
29
Short-spacing is the case in which two stations are separated by less than the distance called for in FCC rule 47
CFR 73.610. In many cases, other terrain obstructions result in signal loss and will result in no additional interference
to any TV operations, even though the standard spacing requirements are not met.
30
The analysis uses location specific information to provide the most accurate prediction of interference levels
using techniques for propagation such as those found in OET-69 (Longley-Rice Methodology for Evaluating TV
Coverage and Interference). See
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Documents/bulletins/oet69/oet69.pdf

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In many instances, modifying a station’s radiated power may allow it to be short-spaced against
another TV station. This normally results in the station having to modify its TV viewing (coverage)
area for the TV viewers actually watching the station over-the-air. It can reduce the coverage area in
one particular location while increasing coverage in another. However, a reduction in coverage area
does not necessarily translate to an equivalent percentage reduction in the TV households covered.
Often, the TV station covers a population center (principal city center), while the population density
near the coverage fringe, that is the outer edges of the Grade B contour, is significantly lower than
the population near the center of the coverage area. In any case, cable coverage area could be
maintained as is even if the over-the-air coverage were modified.

6.2.1 W aivers already filed at Com mission

In response to an FCC decision in which the FCC adopted mechanisms intended to facilitate
voluntary clearing of the 700 MHz band, several TV broadcasters operating in Channel 60-69 have
petitioned the FCC to implement this approach. As shown in the following Table 1, the FCC has
currently received 15 filings for TV broadcasters operating in channels 60-69 requested FCC
permission to move their current analog operations and temporarily operate in analog mode on their
digital allotment.31 Eight of these analog TV stations are currently operating in channels 62-65 / 67-
69.32 However, the Auction Reform Act of 2002 limits the FCC’s ability to short-space TV
stations, even in instances where no interference or loss of TV viewership would occur. As a result,
a number of these applications are in jeopardy of being denied.33

Table 1: Applications to operate in analog mode in digital allotment.

Station Analog Digital Application Status
Channel Channel
KOPX – Oklahoma City, OK 62 50 Approved – 3/26/2002
WPXQ – Block Island, RI 69 17 Pending
KPXD – Arlington, TX 68 42 Pending
WBPX – Boston, MA 68 32 Pending
WPXW – Manassas, VA 66 43 Pending
WXPX – Bradenton, FL 66 42 Pending
WLJC – Beattyville, KY 65 7 Pending
WQPX – Scranton, PA 64 32 Pending
WHSG – Monroe, GA 63 44 Pending
WPPX – Wilmington, DE 61 31 Pending
WNEU – Merrimack, NH 60 34 Pending

31
FCC Third Report and Order in WT Docket No. 99-168, FCC 01-25, January 18, 2001. See
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-01-25A1.pdf
32
See Appendix F for detailed applications.
33
Report to Congress on Auction Reform Act of 2002 at 79, FCC 03-138, 19 June 2003. See
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-03-138A1.pdf. To date, the FCC has denied three applications,
dismissed one, and approved one.

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 Station Analog Digital Application Status
Channel Channel
WRJM – Troy, AL 67 48 Denied – 6/13/2003
KPXO – Kaneohe, HI 66 41 Denied – 7/14/2003
WTJP – Gadsden, AL 60 26 Denied – 7/9/2003
WWPX – Martinsburg, WV 60 12 Dismissed – 7/14/2003

To support permitting analog operations on their digital allotments, the petitioners have proposed to
adjust the station’s technical parameters to avoid causing interference. In doing so, some issues
associated with the requested operations still remain and require specific temporary waivers of the
Commissions rules: 34
• Short-spacing requirements – The Commission’s policies generally allow short-spacing
between television stations in cases where there is no interference or where the interference
is determined to be de minimus (below a level deemed negligible). In such cases, an
engineering analysis based on actual systems parameters is used to determine the level of
interference and the station’s coverage area. In conjunction with these short-spacing issues,
some petitioners have requested relocation of analog operations with the following
additional waivers:
o Interference above de minimis from analog stations– Under current FCC policy, the
interference level consider to be de minimus for DTV transmissions is a 2% loss of
population while the interference level considered de minimus for analog transmissions
is 0.5%. For transitions impacting the public safety channels the Commission should
consider aligning the interference level that is considered de minimus from analog with
the DTV definition. That is, operations for which interference causes 2% or below loss
of viewer population should be considered as de minimus in these limited number of
cases.
o Agreements to exceed de minimis – In cases where the transition would result in
exceeding the 2% de minimis policy, the Commission should consider any agreements
that can be obtained by the broadcaster wishing to relocate with the affected party.
o Creation of gray areas35 – In trying to modify the operating parameters of the stations,
areas may be created in which only one station can provide adequate coverage. While
this may be undesirable for large populations, the Commission should consider
permitting the creation of such gray areas where impact to the public is minimal. For
example, alternate means of delivery such as cable could be considered.

34
Most petitions show compatible operations based on de minimis interference to nearby stations operating in the
same frequency bands. For interference from an analog station the de minimis requirement is no more than 0.5% as
found in the FCC Order on reconsideration of the third report and order at ¶15 (FCC 01-258,
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-01-258A1.pdf, September 7, 2001). For interference from a
digital station the de minimis requirement in FCC rule 47 CFR 73.623(c)(2) is that no more than an additional 2% of the
population served by another station being subject to interference; provided, however, that no new interference may be
caused to any station that already experiences to 10% or more of its population.
35
Gray areas are where only one station provides adequate coverage to any particular population base.

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 o City grade coverage36 – in some instances modifications to avoid interference have
resulted in the Commission’s requirements for city grade coverage not being met.
However, the impact is minimal because multiple stations still provide service to these
areas and cable rather than over-the-air is the dominant means of delivery to the
viewers.
o Loss of over-the-air reception – The proposed modifications to avoid interference may
cause loss of over-the-air reception. However, in most instances those areas where
over-air-reception from a single station is lost, viewers still receive adequate signal
from multiple stations and other means, such as cable.
• Must carry implications – Due to loss of over-the-air coverage associated with minimizing
interference, a broadcast station should retain the must carry rights and requirements
associated with its original coverage area. This will minimize the impact to the viewing
public since the overwhelming majority of viewers get their content via cable delivery (see
Section 6).
It should be noted that all of the above waiver requests are temporary, i.e., once the stations
transition to DTV operations these stations must meet the obligations under the current rules.

6.3 Delivery of service solely over Cable/Satellite Television

One option for stations that, for technical reasons, cannot operate on their digital allotments in
analog mode or use the digital only operations option is to permit that station to temporarily stop
over-the-air broadcast operations. In this situation viewers would be provided content via other
distribution methods such as Cable and/or Broadcast Satellite or even by an agreement with other
stations that serve the market.

As illustrated in Section 4, the great majority of viewers in many markets receive content via means
other than over-the-air broadcast. Many cases exist where viewers receive content over cable
systems in which the signals delivered to the customer are digitally transmitted through the cable
system. Depending on the technology choice of the cable provider, the conversion to analog is
performed at the cable headend or at the home. Many operators are upgrading cable systems to
deliver digital content directly to the home to take advantage of the opportunity to provide other
value-added services. In this case, conversion is performed in the home where a cable set top box
will convert the signal to analog for viewing on analog TV sets.

While this will impact the relatively small percentage of viewers that receive the station over-the-
air, in most cases viewers that are losing access to a single station will have coverage from multiple
other stations, some of which provide similar programming, as detailed in Section 5.

36
City grade coverage is the minimum signal level required to cover the city of license for the broadcast TV
station. One of the principals used by the Commission to set this value is that a higher level will limit the extent to
which stations could migrate away from their community of license (Presentation from Alan Stillwell of the FCC to
ATSC forum, October 2001, http://www.atscforum.org/presentations/FCC-Stillwell-eng.ppt)

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Conclusions:
1. The Commission has multiple options open to it can implement to facilitate the early
clearing of the television stations blocking access to public safety 700 MHz spectrum.
2. These options provide case-by-case relief and do not necessarily solve the clearing
problem on a nationwide basis.

7 Commission Rules and Public Laws that Impede Clearing

The current regulatory / legal environment will continue to hold back the clearing of the 700 MHz
band unless changes are made to the current laws and the Commission takes appropriate action.
The legal environment includes provisions in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and the Auction
Reform Act of 2002 that negatively impact the timely access by public safety to this important
spectrum.

7.1 Waivers

The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 set the guidelines for determining the end of the transition to
digital television in a given market. First, the law set a conditional deadline of December 31, 2006
for broadcasters to complete the transition to digital broadcasting, stating that the Commission may
not renew a television broadcast license that authorizes analog television service for a period that
extends beyond that date. However, as detailed in Section 1 of this paper, an analog broadcaster
may request an extension of the deadline under conditions likely to be present in most markets.
Congress did not provide the Commission sufficient leeway to deny an extension, even though such
a denial may be beneficial to public safety and the public they serve.

In addition, the Auction Reform Act of 2002, at Section 6 (“The Act”) appears to prevent the
Commission from granting pending and future television short-spacing waiver applications, even
though the waivers are necessary to make the 700 MHz spectrum available for public safety .37

37
Auction Reform Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-195, 116 Stat. 715 (“Auction Reform Act”); 47 U.S.C. §
309(j)(15)(C)(iv). SEC. 6. INTERFERENCE PROTECTION.
(a) INTERFERENCE WAIVERS - In granting a request by a television broadcast station licensee assigned to any of
channels 52-69 to utilize any channel of channels 2-51 that is assigned for digital broadcasting in order to continue
analog broadcasting during the transition to digital broadcasting, the Federal Communications Commission may not,
either at the time of the grant or thereafter, waive or otherwise reduce--
(1) the spacing requirements provided for analog broadcasting licensees within channels 2-51 as required by section
73.610 of the Commission's rules (and the table contained therein) (47 CFR 73.610), or
(2) the interference standards provided for digital broadcasting licensees within channels 2-51 as required by sections
73.622 and 73.623 of such rules (47 CFR 73.622, 73.623), if such waiver or reduction will result in any degradation in
or loss of service, or an increased level of interference, to any television household except as the Commission's rules
would otherwise expressly permit, exclusive of any waivers previously granted.

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While the Act allows the Commission to grant short-spacing waivers for TV stations seeking to
vacate channels 63, 64, 68,and 69 (stations that are co-channel to the 700 MHz band public safety
allocation), no such exception was included for stations who wish to vacate adjacent channels which
also impact public safety access to 700 MHz band spectrum. As described in Sections 2 and 3 of
this paper, television stations on adjacent channels 62, 65 and 67 also significantly impact the
availability of public safety spectrum in major markets and therefore also need to be cleared. The
result of this apparent oversight is that the FCC does not have the flexibility it needs to
accommodate those TV stations that wish to clear the adjacent channels by obtaining necessary
waivers to relocate analog operations to their digital allotments.

Some of the measures described above in which a specific station broadcasts solely on its DTV
channel (see section 6.1), moves its analog operations to it’s DTV channel (see section 6.2), or
delivers service only over cable/satellite TV (see section 6.3) require that the Commission grant
waivers of its rules. For those stations in channels 62-65 or 67-69, the Commission should expedite
processing and approval of such waivers.

7.2 Must Carry

In granting the above waivers, the Commission should retain the “must carry” rights of stations
wishing to vacate channel 62-65 or 67-69. “Must carry” refers to the Congressional and FCC
requirements cable systems have to ensure the availability to the public of television broadcast
service. Must-carry requirements are best summarized in the Commission’s First Report and Order
on Carriage of Digital Television Broadcast Signals:38

Pursuant to Section 614 of the Act, and the implementing rules adopted by the Commission
in Implementation of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of
1992, Broadcast Signal Carriage Issues Report and Order (“Must Carry Order”),39 a
commercial television broadcast station is entitled to request carriage on cable systems
located within the station’s market. A station’s market for this purpose is its “designated
market area,” or DMA, as defined by Nielsen Media Research.40 The Act states that systems

(b) EXCEPTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY CHANNEL CLEARING - The restrictions in subsection (a) shall not apply to a
station licensee that is seeking authority (either by waiver or otherwise) to vacate the frequencies that constitute
television channel 63, 64, 68, or 69 in order to make such frequencies available for public safety purposes pursuant to
the provisions of section 337 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 337).
38
See Carriage of the Transmissions of Digital Television Broadcast Signals, First Report and Order and Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 16 FCC Rcd 2598 (2001).

39
Broadcast Signal Carriage Issues, 8 FCC Rcd 2965 (1993) ("Must Carry Order"); See also, Broadcast Signal
Carriage Issues, MM Docket 92-259, 9 FCC Rcd 6723 (1994) ("Must Carry Reconsideration").
40
A DMA is a geographic market designation that defines each television market exclusive of others, based on
measured viewing patterns.

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 with more than 12 usable activated channels must carry local commercial television stations,
“up to one-third of the aggregate number of usable activated channels of such system[s].”41
Beyond this requirement, the carriage of additional television stations is at the discretion of
the cable operator. In addition, cable systems are obliged to carry local noncommercial
educational television stations (“NCE stations”) according to a different formula and based
upon a cable system’s number of usable activated channels.42 Low power television
stations, including Class A stations, may request carriage if they meet six statutory criteria.43
A cable operator, however, cannot carry a low power television station in lieu of a full
power television station.44

As noted above, all analog stations are entitled to must-carry rights. With respect to digital signals,
however, in January 2001, the Commission tentatively concluded that cable systems are not
required to carry both the analog and digital signals of broadcasters during the transition, finding
that such a “dual carriage” requirement appears to be unconstitutional. The Commission has yet to
reach a final determination on this matter. However, the Commission has determined that (1) new
digital-only stations, and (2) stations that obtain the Commission’s authority to return their analog
spectrum and commence broadcasting as digital-only stations are entitled to must-carry rights (akin
to analog stations). Further, cable system operators could voluntarily carry both the analog and
digital signals of any TV station vacating the 700 MHz spectrum to provide access to public safety.
This would demonstrate that cable operators are good corporate citizens who consider the public
safety needs of the communities that they serve.

The Commission has already addressed the option described in section 6.1, in which a station would
cease operation of its analog signal and only broadcast a digital signal. As described in section
6.1.1, the Commission granted WNVT-TV permission to cease analog broadcasting even though the
loss of the analog channel would potentially result in loss of over-the-air analog service to 3,000
television households in the Grade B contour. In order to provide adequate signals for cable
carriage, however, the FCC did require WNVT-DT to supply all cable systems carrying its signal
with equipment necessary for conversion of the digital signal to an analog signal.

41
47 U.S.C. §534(b)(1)(B); 47 C.F.R. §76.56(b)(2). A cable operator of a cable system with 12 or fewer usable
activated channels shall carry the signals of at least three local commercial television stations, except that if such a
system has 300 or fewer subscribers, it shall not be subject to any requirements under this section so long as such
system does not delete from carriage by that system any signal of a broadcast television station. 47 U.S.C.
§534(b)(1)(A); 47 C.F.R. §76.56(b)(1).
42
Noncommercial television stations are considered qualified, and may request carriage if they: (1) are licensed
to a community within fifty miles of the principal headend of the cable system; or (2) place a Grade B contour over the
cable operator's principal headend. Cable systems with: (1) 12 or fewer usable activated channels are required to carry
the signal of one qualified local noncommercial educational station; (2) 13-36 usable activated channels are required to
carry no more than three qualified local noncommercial educational stations; and (3) more than 36 usable activated
channels shall carry at least three qualified local noncommercial educational stations. See 47 U.S.C. §535(b) and (e); 47
C.F.R. §76.56(a).
43
See 47 U.S.C. §534(h)(2); 47 C.F.R. §76.55(d).
44
47 U.S.C. §§534(b)(1)(A) and (h)(2); 47 C.F.R. §76.56(b)(1) and (b)(4)(i).

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The option discussed in Section 6.2 relocates analog operations to the station’s DTV allotment. In
many regions, however, this relocation, combined with adjustments needed to reduce interference,
would result in a modification of the station’s signal coverage area. Under the FCC’s current must-
carry regime, this could impact the station’s must-carry rights, as the signal delivered to the DMA
may or may not meet the requirements summarized above. In this case we recommend that the
must-carry rights of the analog station prior to relocation be continued during analog operations on
the DTV allotment. The relocated station, however, would still be required to meet the FCC’s
requirements for the delivery of its signal to the principal cable headend as prescribed by the rules.
In addition, these must-carry rights would only be in force until the station makes its transition to
digital broadcasting. At that time, the must carry rights pertinent to the station’s digital operation
could supercede any temporary rights granted to allow clearing of the public safety 700 MHz band
spectrum.

The option described in section 6.3 in which a station temporarily would cease all over-the-air
broadcasting and only provide content to cable and/or satellite systems also could be accommodated
by modifications to the existing must-carry requirements. Under this scenario, cable systems which
currently carry an analog broadcast station signal in channels 62-65 or 67-69 would continue to
carry the signal while the station temporarily ceases over-the-air operation. The station would be
required to provide its signal to the principal cable headend by other means and would be required
to return to over-the-air broadcasting using its digital allotment by a specific date established by the
Commission.

The Commission should consider issuing a declaratory ruling or statement clarifying that that the
above must-carry policies are acceptable and that requests for such rights will be favorably viewed
where appropriate for stations currently operating in channels 62-65 and 67-69.

Conclusions:
1. Changes to Public Laws:
• Remove the exemptions from the BBA-97 act so that December 31, 2006 is a firm date
by which all television operations cease on channels 62-65 and 67-69.
• Expand the Auction Reform Act of 2002 to include Channels 62, 65 and 67 in the list
of channels in which the FCC may approve interference waivers.
2. Changes to Commission Rules:
• The Commission should issue a declaratory ruling in which it indicates that broadcast
stations on channels 62-65 and 67-69 that modify their operations or discontinue over-
the-air transmission in order to clear spectrum for public safety will retain their
current must-carry rights while they complete the transition to their digital allotments.
The rights will be time-limited and contingent upon the broadcast station providing an
adequate signal and any necessary conversion equipment to the principal cable
headend.

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 • The Commission should expeditiously grant temporary waivers that will facilitate
relocation from public safety channels. Waivers of the rules include:

• Short-Spacing Requirements • Interference above de minimis

• Exemptions where • Loss of over-the-air reception to
agreements with affected some portions of the general
stations exists public
• City grade coverage • Creation of gray areas
• Permission to cease analog
operations

8 Conclusion

Congress and the FCC have the opportunity to bring to fruition the beneficial policy they began
back in 1997 when they allocated 24 MHz of additional spectrum to public safety in the 700 MHz
band. Public safety access to this spectrum in major metro areas where spectrum need is the
greatest requires that television operations on channels 62-65 and 67-69 be cleared. Current laws
and regulations target December 31, 2006 for such clearing, but include significant exceptions that
make yearend 2006 clearing unlikely. Congress must change the law and the FCC must change
related policies and take additional steps as necessary to support nationwide public safety access to
this spectrum. A number of options are additionally available to the FCC to accelerate TV clearing.

Analysis of independent television market data summarized in this paper shows that enacting a
yearend 2006 or sooner date certain for television clearing would result in minimal impact on the
TV viewing public, especially compared to the significant benefits of making this spectrum
available for public safety.

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Principal Author:
Al Ittner
Senior Manager, Spectrum & Regulatory Strategy
Commercial, Government & Industrial Solutions Sector

Conributors:
David Eierman, Senior Engineer, CGISS
Dr. Robert Kubik, Manager, Spectrum & Standards Policy, Government Relations Office
Stu Overby, Director, Global Spectrum, Standards & Technology Asset Strategy, CGISS
Steve Sharkey, Director Spectrum & Standards Strategy, GRO
Gail Thalhammer, Marketing Research Analyst, CGISS

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Appendix A
Listing of TV Stations on Channels 62-65 and 67-69
FCC TV Engineering Database - 29 August, 2003
analog_
channel state city callsign service channel party_name
62 CA RIVERSIDE KRCA TV KRCA LICENSE CORP.
62 CA STOCKTON KFTL DT 64 FAMILY STATIONS, INC.
62 FL VENICE WVEA-TV TV ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC
62 IN HAMMOND WJYS TV JOVON BROADCASTING CORPORATION
62 MA LAWRENCE WMFP TV WSAH LICENSE, INC.
62 MD FREDERICK WFPT TV MARYLAND PUBLIC BROADCASTING COMMISSION
62 MI DETROIT WWJ-TV TV CBS BROADCASTING INC.
62 MO KANSAS CITY KSMO-TV TV KSMO LICENSEE, INC.
62 NC ASHEVILLE WASV-TV TV MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.
62 NC FAYETTEVILLE WFPX TV PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC
62 NJ ATLANTIC CITY WWSI TV HISPANIC BROADCASTERS OF PHILADELPHIA, L.L.C.
62 NY KINGSTON WRNN-TV TV WRNN-TV ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
62 OK OKLAHOMA CITY KOPX TV PAXSON OKLAHOMA CITY LICENSE, INC.
62 PA ALLENTOWN WLVT-TV DT 39 LEHIGH VALLEY PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.
62 TX KILLEEN KAKW TV KAKW LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

63 CA CONCORD KTNC-TV DT 42 KTNC LICENSE, LLC

63 CA OXNARD KADY-TV TV BILTMORE BROADCASTING, L.L.C.
63 FL BOCA RATON WPPB-TV TV THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
63 GA MONROE WHSG TV TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK
63 IN ANGOLA WINM TV TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC.
63 IN BLOOMINGTON WIPX TV PAXSON INDIANAPOLIS LICENSE, INC.
63 NJ NEWTON WMBC-TV TV MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
63 SC SUMTER WBHQ TV COLUMBIA BROADCASTING, INC.

64 CA BARSTOW KHIZ TV SUNBELT TELEVISION, INC.

64 CA STOCKTON KFTL TV FAMILY STATIONS, INC.
64 DE SEAFORD WDPB TV WHYY, INC.
64 GA MACON WGNM TV GOOD NEWS TELEVISION
64 MI KALAMAZOO WLLA TV CHRISTIAN FAITH BROADCAST, INC.
64 NC KANNAPOLIS WAXN TV WSOC-TV HOLDINGS, INC.
64 OH CINCINNATI WSTR-TV TV WSTR LICENSEE, INC.
64 PA PHILADELPHIA WPVI-TV DT 6 ABC, INC.
64 PA SCRANTON WQPX TV PAXSON SCRANTON LICENSE, INC.
64 RI PROVIDENCE WNAC-TV TV WNAC, LLC

65 CA LOS ANGELES KTTV DT 11 FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.

65 CA SAN JOSE KKPX TV PAXSON SAN JOSE LICENSE, INC.
65 CT NEW HAVEN WEDY TV CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.
65 FL ORLANDO WRBW TV FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.
65 KY BEATTYVILLE WLJC-TV TV HOUR OF HARVEST, INC.
65 NJ VINELAND WUVP TV UNIVISION PHILADELPHIA LLC
65 TX EL PASO KTFN TV ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC
65 VA ASHLAND WUPV TV BELL BROADCASTING, L.L.C.

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FCC TV Engineering Database - 29 August, 2003
analog_
channel state city callsign service channel party_name
67 FL LAKE WORTH WPXP TV PAXSON WEST PALM BEACH LICENSE, INC.
67 KY MOREHEAD WUPX-TV TV PAXSON LEXINGTON LICENSE, INC.
67 MD BALTIMORE WMPB TV MARYLAND PUBLIC BROADCASTING COMMISSION
67 NY SMITHTOWN WFTY TV UNIVISION NEW YORK LLC
67 NY SPRINGVILLE WNGS TV CAROLINE K. POWLEY D/B/A UNICORN/SPRINGVILLE
67 OH CANTON WOAC TV WRAY, INC.
67 PA PHILADELPHIA WCAU DT 10 NBC SUBSIDIARY (WCAU-TV), L.P.
67 TX ALVIN KFTH TV TELEFUTURA HOUSTON LLC

68 AL BIRMINGHAM WABM TV BIRMINGHAM (WABM-TV) LICENSEE, INC.

68 CA NOVATO KTLN-TV TV CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATIONS CHICAGOLAND
68 CA RIVERSIDE KRCA DS 62 KRCA LICENSE CORP.
68 FL COCOA WBCC TV BREVARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
68 KY LOUISVILLE WKMJ-TV TV KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV
68 MA BOSTON WBPX TV PAXSON BOSTON-68 LICENSE, INC.
68 MD HAGERSTOWN WJAL TV ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC
68 NJ NEWARK WFUT TV UNIVISION NEW YORK LLC
68 NY SYRACUSE WSYT TV WSYT LICENSEE L.P.
68 OH MANSFIELD WMFD-TV TV MID-STATE TELEVISION,INC.
68 TX ARLINGTON KPXD TV PAXSON DALLAS LICENSE, INC.
68 VA GRUNDY WLFG TV LIVING FAITH MINISTRIES, INC.
68 WI FOND DU LAC WMMF-TV TV PAPPAS TELECASTING OF WISCONSIN, A CALIFORNIA LTD PARTNRSHP

69 CA SAN DIEGO KSWB-TV TV KSWB INC.

69 FL HOLLYWOOD WAMI-TV TV TELEFUTURA MIAMI LLC
69 GA ATLANTA WUPA TV VIACOM STATIONS GROUP OF ATLANTA INC.
69 IN INDIANAPOLIS WTBU-TV TV BUTLER UNIVERSITY
69 PA ALLENTOWN WFMZ-TV TV MARANATHA BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.
69 RI BLOCK ISLAND WPXQ TV OCEAN STATE TELEVISION, L.L.C.

62 PR AGUADA WQHA DT 50 CONCILIO MISION CRISTIANA FUENTE DE AGUA VIVA, INC.

64 PR NARANJITO WECN TV ENCUENTRO CHRISTIAN NETWORK
65 PR NARANJITO WECN DT 64 ENCUENTRO CHRISTIAN NETWORK
68 PR HUMACAO WVSN TV LA CADENA DEL MILAGRO, INC.
69 PR AQUADILLA WOLE-TV DT WESTERN BROADCASTING CORP. OF PUERTO RICO

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Appendix B
Public Safety Spectrum Availability for Top 84 Cities
CITY45 STATE AVAILABILITY CH.63/6846 CH.64/6946
New York NY BLOCKED 4 4
Los Angeles CA BLOCKED 4 4
Chicago IL 50% BLOCKED 1 0
Houston TX 50% BLOCKED 1 0
Philadelphia PA BLOCKED 7 3
San Diego CA BLOCKED 2 5
Phoenix AZ OPEN 0 0
San Antonio TX OPEN 0 0
Dallas TX BLOCKED 1 1
Detroit MI BLOCKED 5 5
San Jose CA BLOCKED 5 4
San Francisco CA BLOCKED 4 4
Indianapolis IN BLOCKED 2 3
Jacksonville FL OPEN 0 0
Columbus OH BLOCKED 1 2
Baltimore MD BLOCKED 3 1
El Paso TX 50% BLOCKED 0 1
Memphis TN OPEN 0 0
Austin TX 50% BLOCKED 1 0
Milwaukee WI BLOCKED 1 1
Boston MA BLOCKED 4 3
Seattle WA OPEN 0 0
Charlotte NC BLOCKED 2 2
Washington DC 50% BLOCKED 3 0
Nashville TN OPEN 0 0
Portland OR OPEN 0 0
Fort Worth TX BLOCKED 1 1
Cleveland OH BLOCKED 2 3
Denver CO OPEN 0 0
Oklahoma City OK 50% BLOCKED 1 0
Tucson AZ OPEN 0 0
New Orleans LA OPEN 0 0
Kansas City MO 50% BLOCKED 1 0
Long Beach CA BLOCKED 3 5
Virginia Beach VA OPEN 0 0
Albuquerque NM OPEN 0 0
Las Vegas NV OPEN 0 0
Sacramento CA BLOCKED 4 2
Fresno CA OPEN 0 0
Atlanta GA BLOCKED 2 3

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Cities listed by population size
46
Number of TV stations blocking Public Safety Access

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 CITY45 STATE AVAILABILITY CH.63/6846 CH.64/6946
Honolulu HI OPEN 0 0
Omaha NE OPEN 0 0
Tulsa OK OPEN 0 0
Miami FL BLOCKED 2 2
Mesa AZ OPEN 0 0
Oakland CA BLOCKED 5 4
Minneapolis MN OPEN 0 0
Colorado Springs CO OPEN 0 0
Pittsburgh PA OPEN 0 0
Wichita KS OPEN 0 0
St. Louis MO OPEN 0 0
Cincinnati OH BLOCKED 2 1
Arlington TX BLOCKED 1 1
Santa Ana CA BLOCKED 4 5
Toledo OH BLOCKED 4 2
Anaheim CA BLOCKED 4 5
Buffalo NY BLOCKED 2 2
Tampa FL 50% BLOCKED 1 0
Corpus Christi TX OPEN 0 0
Riverside CA BLOCKED 4 4
Newark NJ BLOCKED 7 5
Raleigh NC OPEN 0 0
Anchorage AK OPEN 0 0
St. Paul MN OPEN 0 0
Louisville KY BLOCKED 2 2
Aurora CO OPEN 0 0
Birmingham AL BLOCKED 1 1
Stockton CA BLOCKED 4 4
Lexington KY BLOCKED 3 2
St. Petersburg FL 50% BLOCKED 1 0
Plano TX BLOCKED 1 1
Jersey City NJ BLOCKED 6 5
Norfolk VA OPEN 0 0
Bakersfield CA BLOCKED 1 2
Lincoln NE OPEN 0 0
Rochester NY BLOCKED 2 2
Hialeah FL BLOCKED 3 2
Akron OH BLOCKED 2 1
Madison WI BLOCKED 1 1
Baton Rouge LA OPEN 0 0
Fremont CA BLOCKED 5 4
Chesapeake VA OPEN 0 0
Glendale AZ OPEN 0 0
Mobile AL OPEN 0 0
Number of Cities Percent of top 84 Cities
OPEN 34 40%
50% Blocked 9 11%
100% Blocked 41 49%

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 Appendix C
Analysis of TV Channels 62-69 Household Viewership47
City Station's Neilsen Designated Market Area's (DMA) Total TV Households within Cable TV Households within Non-Cable TV Households Percentage

TV vs. DTV
State
Channel

Grade B contour Grade B contour within Grade B Contour of Total

Households
Total Within Other Total Within Other Total Within Other Watching
Station's DMA Station's DMA Station's DMA Station over
DMA DMA DMA Non-cable
62 Allentown PA DT Primary Philadelphia Total TV Households (HHs)
62 Asheville NC TV Primary Greenvle-Ashvl Total TV Households (HHs) 741,990 695,380 46,610 452,620 452,620 0 289,370 242,760 46,610
Secondary Charlotte HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 165,228 161,935 3,393 109,312 109,312 0 55,916 52,523 3,393
Other Atlanta % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
22.27% 23.29% 7.28% 66.16% 67.50% 33.84% 32.43% 100.00% 7.54%
62 Atlantic City NJ TV Primary Philadelphia Total TV Households (HHs)
62 Detroit MI TV Primary Detroit Total TV Households (HHs) 1,907,040 1,878,670 28,370 1,419,260 1,878,670 6,230 487,780 465,640 22,140
Secondary Flint HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 1,100,172 1,097,545 2,627 809,833 808,948 885 290,339 288,597 1,742
Other Toledo % HHs watching % Watching Station % Watching Station
DMA station via Cable via Non-cable
57.69% 58.42% 9.26% 73.61% 73.71% 33.69% 26.39% 26.29% 66.31% 15.22%
62 Fayetteville NC TV Primary Raleigh-Durham Total TV Households (HHs) 215,840 156330 59510 166,360 131,850 34,510 49,480 24,480 25,000
Secondary Greensboro HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 37,343 26,475 10,868 30,198 23,359 6,839 7,145 3,116 4,029
Other Greenvl-New % HHs watching % Watching Station % Watching Station
DMA Bern station via Cable via Non-cable
17.30% 16.94% 18.26% 80.87% 88.23% 62.93% 19.13% 11.77% 37.07% 3.31%
62 Frederick MD TV Primary Washington, DC Total TV Households (HHs)
62 Hammond IN TV Primary Chicago Total TV Households (HHs) 19,960 19,960 0 19,960 19,960 0 0 0 0
Secondary HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 1,178 1,178 0 1,178 1,178 0 0 0 0
Other % HHs watching % Watching Station % Watching Station
DMA station via Cable via Non-cable
5.90% 5.90% 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

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Based on Warren Communications Television and Cable Factbook - Online. About 35% of the TV stations did not report viewership data. Generally
these are public broadcasting and other non-commercial stations, which are not required to do so. No data is reported for the 5 stations in Puerto Rico.

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 City Station's Neilsen Designated Market Area's (DMA) Total TV Households within Cable TV Households within Non-Cable TV Households Percentage

TV vs. DTV
State
Channel

Grade B contour Grade B contour within Grade B Contour of Total

Households
Total Within Other Total Within Other Total Within Other Watching
Station's DMA Station's DMA Station's DMA Station over
DMA DMA DMA Non-cable
62 Kansas City MO TV Primary Kansas City Total TV Households (HHs) 837,510 792,080 45,430 570,200 546,760 23,440 267,310 245,320 21,990
Secondary St Joseph, MO HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 256,689 250,119 6,570 173,538 169,300 4,238 83,151 80,819 2,332
Other Topeka, KS % HHs watching % Watching Station % Watching Station
DMA station via Cable via Non-cable
30.65% 31.58% 14.46% 67.61% 67.69% 64.51% 32.39% 32.31% 35.49% 9.93%
62 Killeen TX TV Primary Waco Total TV Households (HHs) 265,640 255,390 10,250 187,800 187,800 0 77,840 67,590 10,250
Secondary Austin HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 64,623 64,100 523 50,004 50,004 0 14,619 14,096 523
Other Dallas % HHs watching % Watching Station % Watching Station
DMA station via Cable via Non-cable
24.33% 25.10% 5.10% 77.38% 78.01% 22.62% 21.99% 100.00% 5.50%
62 Kingston NY TV Primary New York City Total TV Households (HHs)
62 Lawrence MA TV Primary Boston Total TV Households (HHs)
62 Oklahoma OK TV Primary Oklahoma City Total TV Households (HHs) 534,390 533,250 1,140 364,250 364,250 0 170,140 169,000 1,140
City
Secondary Tulsa HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 78,783 78,716 67 47,126 47,126 0 31,657 31,590 67
Other % HHs watching % Watching Station % Watching Station
DMA station via Cable via Non-cable
14.74% 14.76% 5.88% 59.82% 59.87% 40.18% 40.13% 100.00% 5.92%
62 Riverside CA TV Primary Los Angeles Total TV Households (HHs) 307,710 307,710 0 0 307,710 307,710
Secondary HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 15,693 15,693 0 0 15,693 15,693
Other % HHs watching % Watching Station % Watching Station
DMA station via Cable via Non-cable
5.10% 5.10% 0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 100.00% 5.10%
62 Stockton CA DT Primary Sacramento Total TV Households (HHs)
62 Venice FL TV Primary Tampa Total TV Households (HHs) 301,090 301,090 301,090 301,090 0 0
Secondary HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 17,570 17,570 17,570 17,570 0 0
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
5.84% 5.84% 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

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 City Station's Neilsen Designated Market Area's (DMA) Total TV Households within Cable TV Households within Non-Cable TV Households Percentage

TV vs. DTV
State
Channel

Grade B contour Grade B contour within Grade B Contour of Total

Households
Total Within Other Total Within Other Total Within Other Watching
Station's DMA Station's DMA Station's DMA Station over
DMA DMA DMA Non-cable
63 Angola IN TV Primary Ft Wayne Total TV Households (HHs) 18,590 18,590 12,280 12,280 6,310 6,310
Secondary Toledo HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 1,111 1,111 783 783 328 328
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
5.98% 5.98% 70.48% 70.48% 29.52% 29.52% 1.76%
63 Bloomington IN TV Primary Indianapolis Total TV Households (HHs) 814,840 808,540 6,300 602,090 602,090 0 212,750 206,450 6,300
Secondary Terre Haute HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 105,335 103,955 1,380 80,212 80,212 0 25,123 23,743 1,380
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
12.93% 12.86% 21.90% 76.15% 77.16% 23.85% 22.84% 100.00% 3.08%
63 Boca raton FL TV Primary Miami Total TV Households (HHs)
63 Concord CA DT Primary San Francisco Total TV Households (HHs) 31,070 31,070 0 31,070 31,070 0 0 0 0
Secondary Sacramento HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 2,113 2,113 0 2,113 2,113 0 0 0 0
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
6.80% 6.80% 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
63 Monroe GA TV Primary Atlanta Total TV Households (HHs) 443,410 438,950 4,460 321,180 321,180 0 122,230 117,770 4,460
Secondary Greenville- HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 30,755 30,340 415 22,193 22,193 0 8,562 8,147 415
Spartnbrg
Other Macon % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
6.94% 6.91% 9.30% 72.16% 73.15% 27.84% 26.85% 100.00% 1.93%
63 Newton NJ TV Primary New York City Total TV Households (HHs)
63 Oxnard CA TV Primary Los Angeles Total TV Households (HHs) 324,880 123,620 201,260 324,880 123,620 201,260 0 0 0
Secondary Santa Barbara HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 40,004 17,060 22,944 40,004 17,060 22,944 0 0 0
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
12.31% 13.80% 11.40% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
%
63 Sumter SC TV Primary Columbia, SC Total TV Households (HHs) 264,890 264,890 188,170 188,170 76,720 76,720
Secondary Charlotte, NC HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 51,113 51,113 46,263 46,263 4,850 4,850
Other Florence, SC % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
19.30% 19.30% 90.51% 90.51% 9.49% 9.49% 1.83%

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 City Station's Neilsen Designated Market Area's (DMA) Total TV Households within Cable TV Households within Non-Cable TV Households Percentage

TV vs. DTV
State
Channel

Grade B contour Grade B contour within Grade B Contour of Total

Households
Total Within Other Total Within Other Total Within Other Watching
Station's DMA Station's DMA Station's DMA Station over
DMA DMA DMA Non-cable
64 Barstow CA TV Primary Los Angeles Total TV Households (HHs)
64 Cincinnati OH TV Primary Cincinnati Total TV Households (HHs) 840,710 806,520 34,190 537,410 537,410 0 303,300 269,110 34,190
Secondary Dayton HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 313,084 309,678 3,406 202,925 202,925 0 110,159 106,753 3,406
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
37.24% 38.40% 9.96% 64.81% 65.53% 35.19% 34.47% 100.00% 13.10%
64 Kalamazoo MI TV Primary Grand Rapids Total TV Households (HHs) 13,900 13,900 13,900 13,900 0 0
Secondary HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 1,056 1,056 1,056 1,056 0 0
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
7.60% 7.60% 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
64 Kannapolis NC TV Primary Charlotte Total TV Households (HHs) 899,560 888,830 10,730 641,640 641,640 0 257,920 247,190 10,730
Secondary Greensboro HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 238,533 237,977 556 190,189 190,189 0 48,344 47,788 556
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
26.52% 26.77% 5.18% 79.73% 79.92% 20.27% 20.08% 100.00% 5.37%
64 Macon GA TV Primary Macon Total TV Households (HHs) 136,750 136,750 110,610 110,610 26,140 26,140
Secondary HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 26,267 26,267 22,952 22,952 3,315 3,315
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
19.21% 19.21% 87.38% 87.38% 12.62% 12.62% 2.42%
64 Philadelphia PA DT Primary Philadelphia Total TV Households (HHs) 3,350,660 2,660,220 690,440 2,758,880 2,165,890 592,990 591,780 494,330 97,450
Secondary New York City HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 2,204,706 2,045,723 158,983 1,801,239 1,658,988 142,251 403,467 386,735 16732
Other Harrisburg, PA % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
65.80% 76.90% 23.03% 81.70% 81.10% 89.48% 18.30% 18.90% 10.52% 12.04%
64 Providence RI TV Primary Providence, RI Total TV Households (HHs) 795,420 600,730 194,690 637,420 491,990 145,430 158,000 108,740 49,260
Secondary Boston HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 256,824 242,199 14,625 211,659 200,170 11,489 45,165 42,029 3,136
Other Hartford, CT % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
32.29% 40.32% 7.51% 82.41% 82.65% 78.56% 17.59% 17.35% 21.44% 5.68%

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 City Station's Neilsen Designated Market Area's (DMA) Total TV Households within Cable TV Households within Non-Cable TV Households Percentage

TV vs. DTV
State
Channel

Grade B contour Grade B contour within Grade B Contour of Total

Households
Total Within Other Total Within Other Total Within Other Watching
Station's DMA Station's DMA Station's DMA Station over
DMA DMA DMA Non-cable
64 Scranton PA TV Primary Scranton, PA Total TV Households (HHs) 437,340 437,340 381,320 381,320 56,020 56,020
Secondary HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 58,169 58,169 52,355 52,355 5,814 5,814
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
13.30% 13.30% 90.00% 90.00% 10.00% 10.00% 1.33%
64 Seaford DE TV Primary Salisbury, MD Total TV Households (HHs)
64 Stockton CA TV Primary Sacramento Total TV Households (HHs) 11,450 11,450 11,450 11,450 0 0
Secondary San Francisco HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 572 572 572 572 0 0
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
5.00% 5.00% 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
65 Ashland VA TV Primary Richmond, VA Total TV Households (HHs) 408,550 405,570 2,980 316,980 314,000 2,980 91,570 91,570 0
Secondary Washington, DC HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 120,291 119,999 292 99,249 98,957 292 21,042 21,042 0
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
29.44% 29.59% 9.80% 82.51% 82.46% 100.00 17.49% 17.54% 5.15%
%
65 Beattyville KY TV Primary Lexington, KY Total TV Households (HHs) 43,660 43,660 42,360 42,360 1,300 1,300
Secondary HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 5,217 5,217 5,122 5,122 95 95
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
11.95% 11.95% 98.18% 98.18% 1.82% 1.82% 0.22%
65 El Paso TX TV Primary El Paso Total TV Households (HHs)
65 Los Angeles CA DT Primary Los Angeles Total TV Households (HHs)
65 New Haven CT TV Primary New Haven Total TV Households (HHs)
65 Orlando FL TV Primary Orlando Total TV Households (HHs) 1,137,460 1,137,460 888,030 888,030 249,430 249,430
Secondary Tampa HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 299,308 299,308 243,466 243,466 55,842 55,842
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
26.31% 26.31% 81.34% 81.34% 18.66% 18.66% 4.91%

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 City Station's Neilsen Designated Market Area's (DMA) Total TV Households within Cable TV Households within Non-Cable TV Households Percentage

TV vs. DTV
State
Channel

Grade B contour Grade B contour within Grade B Contour of Total

Households
Total Within Other Total Within Other Total Within Other Watching
Station's DMA Station's DMA Station's DMA Station over
DMA DMA DMA Non-cable
65 San Jose CA TV Primary San Francisco Total TV Households (HHs) 2,205,890 1,985,900 219,990 1,996,560 1,835,880 160,680 209,330 150,020 59,310
Secondary Sacramento HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 177,690 157,678 20,012 163,163 148,077 15,086 14,527 9,601 4,926
Other Monterey % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
8.06% 7.94% 9.10% 91.82% 93.91% 75.38% 8.18% 6.09% 24.62% 0.66%
65 Vineland NJ TV Primary Philadelphia Total TV Households (HHs)
67 Alvin TX TV Primary Houston Total TV Households (HHs)
67 Baltimore MD TV Primary Baltimore Total TV Households (HHs)
67 Canton OH TV Primary Cleveland Total TV Households (HHs)
67 Lake worth FL TV Primary West Palm Total TV Households (HHs) 645,200 645,200 586,320 586,320 58,880 58,880
Beach
Secondary HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 97,712 97,712 90,279 90,279 7,433 7,433
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
15.14% 15.14% 92.39% 92.39% 7.61% 7.61% 1.15%
67 Monterey CA TV Primary Monterey Total TV Households (HHs) 229,450 229,450 170,140 170,140 59,310 59,310
Secondary HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 31,499 31,499 20,726 20,726 10,773 10,773
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
13.73% 13.73% 65.80% 65.80% 34.20% 34.20% 4.70%
67 Morehead KY TV Primary Lexington Total TV Households (HHs)
67 Philadelphia PA DT Primary Philadelphia Total TV Households (HHs) 3,747,300 2,660,220 1,087,08 3,156,460 2,165,890 990,570 590,840 494,330 96,510
0
Secondary New York City HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 2,097,665 1,930,360 167,305 1,700,848 1,550,971 149,877 396,817 379,389 17428
Other Harrisburg, PA % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
55.98% 72.56% 15.39% 81.08% 80.35% 89.58% 18.92% 19.65% 10.42% 10.59%
67 Smithtown NY TV Primary New York City Total TV Households (HHs)
67 Springville NY TV Primary Buffalo Total TV Households (HHs) 372,970 372,970 372,970 372,970 0 0
Secondary HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 53,445 53,445 53,445 53,445 0 0
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
14.33% 14.33% 100.00% 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

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 City Station's Neilsen Designated Market Area's (DMA) Total TV Households within Cable TV Households within Non-Cable TV Households Percentage

TV vs. DTV
State
Channel

Grade B contour Grade B contour within Grade B Contour of Total

Households
Total Within Other Total Within Other Total Within Other Watching
Station's DMA Station's DMA Station's DMA Station over
DMA DMA DMA Non-cable
67 Troy AL TV Primary Montgomery Total TV Households (HHs)
68 Arlington TX TV Primary Dallas Total TV Households (HHs) 2,025,630 1,973,870 51,760 1,091,230 1,039,470 51,760 934,400 934,400 0
Secondary HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 243,057 237,363 5,694 118,704 113,010 5,694 124,353 124,353 0
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
12.00% 12.03% 11.00% 48.84% 47.61% 100.00 51.16% 52.39% 6.14%
%
68 Birmingham AL TV Primary Birmingham Total TV Households (HHs) 605,490 605,490 443,050 443,050 162,440 162,440
Secondary HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 175,015 175,015 141,439 141,439 33,576 33,576
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
28.90% 28.90% 80.82% 80.82% 19.18% 19.18% 5.55%
68 Boston MA TV Primary Boston Total TV Households (HHs) 1,786,790 1,786,790 1,493,840 1,493,840 292,950 292,950
Secondary Providence, RI HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 203,657 203,657 162,064 162,064 41,593 41,593
Other Nartford % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
11.40% 11.40% 79.58% 79.58% 20.42% 20.42% 2.33%
68 Cocoa FL TV Primary Orlando Total TV Households (HHs)
68 Fond du Lac WI TV Primary Green Bay, WI Total TV Households (HHs)
68 Grundy VA TV Primary Tri-Cities, TN- Total TV Households (HHs) 254,310 215,720 38,590 252,160 213,570 38,590 2,150 2,150 0
VA
Secondary Charleston HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 20,469 17,687 2,782 20,224 17,442 2,782 245 245 0
Other Blue Field % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
8.05% 8.20% 7.21% 98.80% 98.61% 100.00 1.20% 1.39% 0.10%
%
68 Hagerstown MD TV Primary Washington, DC Total TV Households (HHs) 266,110 229,620 36,490 215,120 193,290 21,830 50,990 36,330 14,660
Secondary Johnstown, PA HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 38,347 35,664 2,683 32,956 31,035 1,921 5,391 4,629 762
Other Harrisburg, PA % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
14.41% 15.53% 7.35% 85.94% 87.02% 71.60% 14.06% 12.98% 28.40% 2.03%
68 Louisville KY TV Primary Louisville Total TV Households (HHs)

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TV vs. DTV
State
Channel

Grade B contour Grade B contour within Grade B Contour of Total

Households
Total Within Other Total Within Other Total Within Other Watching
Station's DMA Station's DMA Station's DMA Station over
DMA DMA DMA Non-cable
68 Mansfield OH TV Primary Cleveland Total TV Households (HHs) 79,450 56,680 22,770 54,890 38,100 16,790 24,560 18,580 5,980
Secondary Columbus HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 12,328 9,973 2,355 8,568 6,972 1,596 3,760 3,001 759
Other Toledo % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
15.52% 17.60% 10.34% 69.50% 69.91% 67.77% 30.50% 30.09% 32.23% 4.73%
68 Newark NJ TV Primary New York City Total TV Households (HHs)
68 Novato CA TV Primary San Francisco Total TV Households (HHs)
68 Riverside CA DT Primary Los Angeles Total TV Households (HHs) 307,710 307,710 0 0 307,710 307,710
Secondary HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 15,693 15,693 0 0 15,693 15,693
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
5.10% 5.10% 0.00% 0.00% 100.00% 100.00% 5.10%
68 Syracuse NY TV Primary Syracuse Total TV Households (HHs) 408,330 358,280 50,050 291,360 283,230 8,130 116,970 75,050 41,920
Secondary Utica HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 184,884 180,234 4,650 153,855 152,933 922 31,029 27,301 3,728
Other Rochester % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
45.28% 50.31% 9.29% 83.22% 84.85% 19.83% 16.78% 15.15% 80.17% 7.60%
69 Allentown PA TV Primary Philadelphia Total TV Households (HHs) 1,468,920 1,371,020 97,900 1,359,770 1,284,640 75,130 109,150 86,380 22,770
Secondary New York City HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 160,179 148,703 11,476 148,992 140,343 8,649 11,187 8,360 2,827
Other Scranton, PA % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
10.90% 10.85% 11.72% 93.02% 94.38% 6.98% 5.62% 24.63% 0.76%
69 Atlanta GA TV Primary Atlanta Total TV Households (HHs) 1,712,010 1,698,540 13,470 1,333,360 1,323,560 9,800 378,650 374,980 3,670
Secondary HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 523,237 520,439 2,798 421,713 419,139 2,574 101,524 101,300 224
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
30.56% 30.64% 20.77% 80.60% 80.54% 91.99% 19.40% 19.46% 8.01% 5.93%
69 Block Island RI TV Primary Providence, RI Total TV Households (HHs) 519,520 519,520 0 491,990 491,990 0 27,530 27,530 0
Secondary Boston HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 68,144 68,144 0 64,048 64,048 0 4,096 4,096 0
Other Hartford, CT % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
13.12% 13.12% 93.99% 93.99% 6.01% 6.01% 0.79%

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TV vs. DTV
State
Channel

Grade B contour Grade B contour within Grade B Contour of Total

Households
Total Within Other Total Within Other Total Within Other Watching
Station's DMA Station's DMA Station's DMA Station over
DMA DMA DMA Non-cable
69 Hollywood FL TV Primary Miami Total TV Households (HHs) 1,546,680 1,546,680 0 1,171,610 1,171,610 0 375,070 375,070 0
Secondary West Palm HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 179,752 179,752 0 136,437 136,437 0 43,315 43,315 0
Beach
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
11.62% 11.62% 75.90% 75.90% 24.10% 24.10% 2.80%
69 Indianapolis IN TV Primary Indianapolis Total TV Households (HHs)
69 San Diego CA TV Primary San Diego Total TV Households (HHs) 975,690 975,690 0 826,160 826,160 0 149,530 149,530 0
Secondary HHs Watching Station (wk.avg) 375,963 375,963 0 323,029 323,029 0 52,934 52,934 0
Other % HHs watching station % Watching Station via Cable % Watching Station via Non-
DMA cable
38.53% 38.53% 85.92% 85.92% 14.08% 14.08% 5.43%
62 Aguada PR DT Primary Total TV Households (HHs)
64 Naranjito PR TV Primary Total TV Households (HHs)
65 Naranjito PR DT Primary Total TV Households (HHs)
68 Humaco PR TV Primary Total TV Households (HHs)
69 Aquadilla PR DT Primary Total TV Households (HHs)

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Appendix D
Major Metropolitan Metro Impact Analysis
Channel

TV TV City Affiliation Total TV Households % of Total TV Households % of Viewing Households % of Total TV

Station Households in watching station Households watching station Households watching station Households
Viewing Area (average weekly) watching station by cable watching by cable over non-cable watching over
(in station's Grade (average weekly) (average weekly) (average weekly) (average weekly) non-cable
B contour) (average weekly)

Boston
62 WMFP Lawrence, MA Homeshop Data not reported Data not reported Data not reported Data not reported
64 WNAC Providence, RI FOX 795,420 256,824 32% 211,659 82% 45,165 6.00%
68 WBPX Boston, MA PAX 1,786,790 203,657 11% 162,064 80% 41,593 2.00%
69 WPXQ Block Island, RI PAX 519,520 68,144 13% 64,048 94% 4,096 1.00%
Total 3,101,730 528,625 17% 437,771 83% 90,854 2.93%

Chicago
Hammond
62 WJYS IN/Chicago IL Independent 19, 960 1,178 6% 1,178 100% 0 0.00%
68 WMMF Fond du Lac, WI Family Net Data not reported Data not reported Data not reported Data not reported
Total 19,960 1,178 6% 1,178 100% 0 0.00%

Dallas/Fort Worth
62 KAKW Waco/Killeen, TX UPN/WB 265,640 64,100 24% 50,004 77% 14,619 6.00%
68 KPXD Arlington, TX PAX 2,025,630 243,057 12% 118,704 49% 124,353 6.00%
Total 2,291,270 307,157 13% 168,708 55% 138,972 6.07%

Detroit
62 WWJ Detroit CBS 1,907,040 1,100,172 58% 809,833 74% 290,339 15.00%
63 WINM Angola, IN TBN 18, 590 1,111 6% 783 70% 328 2.00%
68 WMFD Mansfield, OH ANC 79,450 12,328 16% 8,568 70% 3,760 5.00%
Total 1,986,490 1,113,611 56% 819,184 74% 294,427 14.82%

Note: Canadian stations also impact Public Safety use in Detroit

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Appendix E
All Stations by DMA and Programming where Public Safety Frequencies are Blocked48
DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
1 New York, NY WCBS-TV 2 CBS Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) New York Network - CBS
1 WNBC-TV 4 NBC National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) New York Network - NBC
1 WNYW-TV 5 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) New York Network - FOX
1 WABC-TV 7 ABC Disney Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) New York Network - ABC
1 WWOR-TV 9 UPN Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Seacaucus, NJ Network-UPN
1 WPIX-TV 11 WBN Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) New York Network - WBN
1 WNET-TV 13 PBS Educational Broadcasting Corp (Group Owner) Newark, NJ Donor Supported - PBS
1 WLIW-TV 21 PBS Long Island ETV Council Inc. (Group Owner) Garden City Donor Supported - PBS
1 WNYE-TV 25 PBS Board of Education of City of NY (Group Owner) New York Educational
1 WPXN-TV 31 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) New York Network - PAX
1 WXTV-TV 41 UNV Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Paterson, NJ Spanish
1 WNJU-TV 47 TMO National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Linden, NJ Spanish
1 WTBY-TV 54 TBN Trinity Broadcasting Network Inc. (Group Owner) Poughkeepsie Religious
1 WLNY-TV 55 IND WLNY-TV Inc. (Group Owner) Riverhead Syndicated Programs
1 WRNN-TV 62 IND New Mass Media Inc. (Group Owner) Kingston News
1 WMBC-TV 63 IND Mountain Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Newton, NJ Ethnic/Religious/Local
1 WFTY 67 TEL Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Smithtown Spanish
1 WFUT-TV 68 TEL Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Newark, NJ Spanish

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Data is derived from the following sources:
100k Watts US Radio and TV Directory
Warren Communications Television & Cable Factbook : Online
Media Post.com

Yellow indicates Analog operations blocking Public Safety frequencies

Red indicates Digital operations blocking Public Safety frequencies

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
2 Los Angeles, CA KCBS-TV 2 CBS Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Los Angeles Network - CBS
2 KNBC-TV 4 NBC National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Los Angeles Network - NBC
2 KTLA-TV 5 WBN Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Los Angeles Network - WBN
2 KABC-TV 7 ABC Disney Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) Los Angeles Network - ABC
2 KCAL-TV 9 IND Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Los Angeles Syndicated Programs
2 KTTV-TV 11 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Los Angeles Network - FOX
2 KCOP-TV 13 UPN Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Los Angeles Network - UPN
2 KSCI-TV 18 IND International Media Group (Group Owner) Long Beach Ethnic
2 KWHY-TV 22 TMO National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Los Angeles Spanish
2 KVCR-TV 24 PBS San Bernardino Community College District (Group Owner) San Bernardino Donor Supported - PBS
2 KCET-TV 28 PBS Community TV of Southern California (Group Owner) Los Angeles Donor Supported - PBS
2 KPXN-TV 30 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) San Bernardino Network - PAX
2 KVMD-TV 31 SILENT Ronald Ulloa (Group Owner) Twentynine Palms Silent
2 KMEX-TV 34 UNV Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Los Angeles Spanish
2 KNET-TV 38 IND World Television Los Angeles Spanish/Ethnic
2 KTBN-TV 40 TBN Trinity Broadcasting Network Inc. (Group Owner) Santa Ana Religious
2 KFTR-TV 46 TEL Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Los Angeles Spanish
2 KOCE-TV 50 PBS Coast Community College District - (Group Owner) Huntington Beach Donor Supported - PBS
2 KVEA-TV 52 TMO National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Corona Spanish
2 KDOC-TV 56 IND Golden Orange Broadcasting Co. Inc. (Group Owner) Anaheim Syndicated Programs
2 KJAL-TV 57 IND Costa Del Oro Television Los Angeles Spanish
2 KLCS-TV 58 PBS Los Angeles City Board of Education Los Angeles Donor Supported - PBS
2 KRCA-TV 62 IND Liberman Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Riverside Asian/Ethnic
2 KADY-TV 63 UPN Biltmore Broadcasting LLC (Group Owner) Oxnard Network - UPN
2 KHIZ-TV 64 IND Sunbelt Television Inc. (Group Owner) Barstow Syndicated and Local
Programming
2 KTTV-DT 65 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Los Angeles Network - Fox
2 KRCA-DT 68 IND LBI Media Inc. (Group Owner) Riverside Asian/Ethnic
3 Chicago, IL WBBM-TV 2 CBS Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Chicago Network - CBS
3 WMAQ-TV 5 NBC National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Chicago Network - NBC
3 WLS-TV 7 ABC Disney Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) Chicago Network - ABC
3 WGN-TV 9 WBN Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Chicago Syndicated Programs
3 WTTW-TV 11 PBS Window to the World Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Chicago Donor Supported - PBS
3 WYCC-TV 20 PBS Board of Trustees, Community College No. 508 (Group Owner) Chicago Educational
3 WCIU-TV 26 IND Weigel Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Chicago Syndicated Programs
3 WFLD-TV 32 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Chicago Network - FOX
3 WWTO-TV 35 TBN Trinity Broadcasting Network Inc. (Group Owner) La Salle Religious
3 WCPX-TV 38 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Chicago Network - PAX
3 WSNS-TV 44 TMO National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Chicago Spanish
3 WPWR-TV 50 UPN Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Gary Network - UPN
3 WYIN-TV 56 PBS Northwest Indiana Public Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Gary Donor Supported - PBS
3 WXFT-TV 60 TEL Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Aurora Spanish
3 WJYS-TV 62 IND Jovon Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Hammond Informercials/Religious
3 WGBO-TV 66 UNV Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Joliet Spanish

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
4 Philadelphia, PA KYW-TV 3 CBS Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Philadelphia Network - CBS
4 WPVI-TV 6 ABC Disney Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) Philadelphia Network - ABC
4 WCAU-TV 10 NBC National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Philadelphia Network - NBC
4 WHYY-TV 12 PBS WHYY Inc. (Group Owner) Wilmington Donor Supported - PBS
4 WPHL-TV 17 WBN Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Philadelphia Network - WBN
4 WNJS-TV 23 PBS New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority (Group Owner) Camden, NJ Donor Supported - PBS
4 WTXF-TV 29 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Philadelphia Network - FOX
4 WYBE-TV 35 ETV Independence Public Media of Philadelphia (Group Owner) Philadelphia Educational
4 WLVT-TV 39 PBS Lehigh Valley Public Telecommunications Corp. (Group Owner) Allentown Donor Supported - PBS
4 WMGM-TV 40 NBC South Jersey Radio Inc. Wildwood, NJ News
4 WGTW-TV 48 IND Brunson Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Burlington,NJ Syndicated Programs
4 WNJN-TV 50 PBS New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority (Group Owner) Montclair, NJ Donor Supported - PBS
4 WTVE-TV 51 IND Reading Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Reading Shopping/Religious
4 WNJT-TV 52 PBS New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority (Group Owner) Trenton, NJ Donor Supported - PBS
4 WWAC-TV 53 IND H. Chase Lenfest (Group Owner) Atlantic City, NJ Syndicated Programs/
Informercials/Local
4 WPSG-TV 57 UPN Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Philadelphia Network - UPN
4 WNJB-TV 58 PBS New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority (Group Owner) New Brunswick Donor Supported - PBS
4 WBPH-TV 60 IND Sonshine Family TV Inc. (Group Owner) Bethlehem Religious
4 WPPX-TV 61 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Wilmington Network - PAX
4 WWSI-TV 62 TMO Council Tree Communications (Group Owner) Atlantic City, NJ Spanish
4 WLVT-DT 62 PBS Lehigh Valley Public Telecommunications Corp. (Group Owner) Allentown Donor Supported - PBS
4 WPVI-DT 64 ABC Disney Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) Philadelphia Network - ABC
4 WUVP - TV 65 UNV Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Vineland Spanish
4 WCAU-DT 67 NBC National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Philadelphia Network - NBC
4 WFMZ-TV 69 IND Maranatha Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Allentown Syndicated Programs/
Informercials

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
5 San Francisco- KTVU-TV 2 FOX Cox Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) Oakland Network - FOX
Oakland-San Jose,
CA
5 KRON-TV 4 IND Youn Broadcasting (Group Owner) San Francisco News/Syndicated Programs
5 KPIX-TV 5 CBS Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) San Francisco Network - CBS
5 KGO-TV 7 ABC Disney Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) San Francisco Network - ABC
5 KFWU-TV 8 IND Pappas Telecasting Companies Fort Bragg Spanish
5 KQED-TV 9 PBS KQED Inc. (Group Owner) San Francisco Donor Supported - PBS
5 KNTV-TV 11 NBC National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) San Jose Network - NBC
5 KDTV-TV 14 UNV Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) San Francisco Spanish
5 KCU-TV 15 TMO National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Salinas Spanish
5 KBWB-TV 20 WBN Granite Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) San Francisco Network - WBN
5 KRCB-TV 22 PBS Rural California Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Cotati Donor Supported - PBS
5 KTSF-TV 26 IND Lincoln Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) San Francisco Ethnic
5 KMTP-TV 32 ETV Minority Television Project/Channel 32 (Group Owner) San Francisco Ethnic
5 KICU-TV 36 IND Cox Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) San Jose Syndicated
Programs/Infomercials
5 KCNS-TV 38 IND Summit America Television Inc. (Group Owner) San Francisco Shopping
5 KTNC-TV 42 IND Pappas Telecasting Companies Concord Azteca/Spanish
5 KBHK-TV 44 UPN Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) San Francisco Network - UPN
5 KSTS-TV 48 TMO National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) San Jose Spanish
5 KFTY-TV 50 IND Clear Channel Broadcasting (Group Owner) Santa Rosa News
5 KTEH-TV 54 PBS KTEH-TV Foundation (Group Owner) San Jose Donor Supported - PBS
5 KCSM-TV 60 PBS San Mateo County Community College District (Group Owner) San Mateo Donor Supported - PBS
5 KTNC-DT 63 IND Pappas Telecasting Companies (Group Owner) Concord Spanish
5 KKPX-TV 65 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) San Jose Network - PAX
5 KFSF-TV 66 TEL Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Vallejo Spanish
5 KTLN-TV 68 IND Christian Communications of Chicagoland (Group Owner) Novato Christian

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
6 Boston, MA WGBH-TV 2 PBS WGBH Educational Foundation Boston Donor Supported - PBS
Manchester, NH
6 WBZ-TV 4 CBS Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Boston Network - CBS
6 WCVB-TV 5 ABC Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. (Group Owner) Boston Network - ABC
6 WHDH-TV 7 NBC Sunbeam Television Corp. (Group Owner) Boston Network NBC
6 WMUR-TV 9 ABC Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. (Group Owner) Manchester, NH Network - ABC
6 WENH-TV 11 PBS University of New Hampshire (Group Owner) Durham, NH Donor Supported - PBS
6 WPXG-TV 21 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Concord Network - PAX
6 WFXT-TV 25 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Boston Network - FOX
6 WUNI-TV 27 UNV Entravision Communications (Group Owner) Worchester Spanish
6 WSBK-TV 38 UPN Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Boston Network - UPN
6 WGBX-TV 44 PBS WGBH Educational Foundation Boston Donor Supported - PBS
6 WLED-TV 49 PBS University of New Hampshire (Group Owner) Littleton, NH Donor Supported - PBS
6 WNDS-TV 50 IND CTV of Derry Inc (Group Owner) Derry, NH Syndicated Programs
6 WEKW-TV 52 PBS University of New Hampshire (Group Owner) Keene, NH Donor Supported - PBS
6 WLVI-TV 56 WBN Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Cambridge Network - WBN
6 WDPX-TV 58 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Vineyard Haven Network - PAX
6 WMFP-TV 62 IND Summit American TV Inc. (Group Owner) Lawrence Shopping
6 WUTF-TV 66 TEL Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Marlborough Spanish
6 WBPX-TV 68 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Boston Network - PAX
7 Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX KDTN-TV 2 ETV North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Denton Educational
7 KDFW-TV 4 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Dallas Network - FOX
7 KXAS-TV 5 NBC Station Venture Operations LP (Group Owner) Fort Worth Network - NBC
7 WFAA-TV 8 ABC Belo Corp (Group Owner) Dallas Network - ABC
7 KTVT-TV 11 CBS Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Fort Worth Network - CBS
7 KERA-TV 13 PBS North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Dallas Donor Supported - PBS
7 KTXA-TV 21 UPN Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Arlington Network - UPN
7 KUVN-TV 23 UNV Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Garland Spanish
7 KDFI-TV 27 IND Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Dallas Syndicated Programs
7 KMPX-TV 29 IND Word of Good Fellowship Inc. (Group Owner) Decatur Religious
7 KDAF-TV 33 WBN Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Dallas Network - WBN
7 KXTX-TV 39 TEL National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Dallas Spanish
7 KTAQ-TV 47 IND New World Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Greenville Shopping/Infomercials/
Religious
7 KSTR-TV 49 TEL Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Irvine Spanish
7 KFWD-TV 52 IND HIC Broadcast Partners (Group Owner) Fort Worth Syndicated Programs/
Infomercials
7 KLDT-TV 55 IND Douglas Johnson (Group Owner) Lake Dallas Shopping/Infomercials
7 KDTX-TV 58 TBN Trinity Broadcasting Network Inc. (Group Owner) Dallas Religious
7 KPXD-TV 68 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Arlington Network - PAX

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
8 Washington, DC WRC-TV 4 NBC National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Washington Network - NBC
8 WTTG-TV 5 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Washington Network - FOX
8 WJLA-TV 7 ABC Albritton Communications Co. (Group Owner) Washington Network - ABC
8 WUSA-TV 9 CBS Gannett Broadcasting Group (Group Owner) Washington Network - CBS
8 WFDC-TV 14 TEL Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Arlington Spanish
8 WDCA-TV 20 UPN Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Washington Network - UPN
8 WHAG-TV 25 NBC Quorum Broadcast Holdings Inc. (Group Owner) Hagerstown Network - NBC
8 WETA-TV 26 PBS Greater Washington Educational Telecom. Assn. (Group Owner) Washington Donor Supported - PBS
8 WHUT-TV 32 PBS Howard University (Group Owner) Washington Donor Supported - PBS
8 WBDC-TV 50 WBN Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Washington Network - WBN
8 WNVT-TV 53 ETV Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Goldvein Educational
8 WNVC-TV 56 ETV Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Fairfax, VA Ethnic
8 WWPX-TV 60 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Martinsburg, WV Network - PAX
8 WPXW-TV 66 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Manassas, VA Network - PAX
8 WJAL-TV 68 IND Entravision Communications (Group Owner) Hagerstown, MD Shopping/Religious
9 Atlanta, GA WSB-TV 2 ABC Cox Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) Atlanta Network - ABC
9 WAGA-TV 5 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Atlanta Network - FOX
9 WGTV-TV 8 PBS Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission (Group Owner) Athens Donor Supported - PBS
9 WXIA-TV 11 NBC Gannett Broadcasting Group (Group Owner) Atlanta Network - NBC
9 WPXA-TV 14 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Rome Network - PAX
9 WTBS-TV 17 IND AOL Time Warner Inc. (Group Owner) Atlanta TBS SuperStation
9 WJSP-TV 28 PBS Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission (Group Owner) Warm Springs Donor Supported - PBS
9 WDCO-TV 29 PBS Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission (Group Owner) Cochran Donor Supported - PBS
9 WPBA-TV 30 PBS Board of Educatoin of the City of Atlanta (Group Owner) Atlanta Donor Supported - PBS
9 WATL-TV 36 WBN Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Atlanta Network - WBN
9 WGCL-TV 46 CBS Meredith Corp. (Group Owner) Atlanta Network - CBS
9 WATC-TV 57 ETV Community Television Inc. (Group Owner) Atlanta Educational
9 WHSG-TV 63 TBN Trinity Broadcasting Network Inc. (Group Owner) Monroe Religious
9 WUPA-TV 69 UPN Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Atlanta Network - UPN
10 Detroit, MI WJBK-TV 2 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Detroit Network - FOX
10 WDIV-TV 4 NBC Post-NewsweekStations Inc. (Group Owner) Detroit Network - NBC
10 WXYZ-TV 7 ABC E.W. Scripps Co. (Group Owner) Detroit Network - ABC
10 WDWB-TV 20 WBN Granite Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Detroit Network - WBN
10 WPXD-TV 31 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Ann Arbor Network - PAX
10 WADL-TV 38 IND Adell Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Mount Clemens Not Available
10 WKBD-TV 50 UPN Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Detroit Network - UPN
10 WTVS-TV 56 PBS Detroit Educational Television Foundation (Group Owner) Detroit Donor Supported - PBS
10 WWJ-TV 62 CBS Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Detroit Network - CBS

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
11 Houston, TX KPRC-TV 2 NBC Post-NewsweekStations Inc. (Group Owner) Houston Network - NBC
11 KUHT-TV 8 PBS University of Houston (Group Owner) Houston Donor Supported - PBS
11 KHOU-TV 11 CBS Belo Corp (Group Owner) Houston Network - CBS
11 KTRK-TV 13 ABC Disney Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) Houston Network - ABC
11 KETH-TV 14 ETV Community Educational Television Inc. (Group Owner) Houston Educational
11 KTXH-TV 20 UPN Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Houston Network - UPN
11 KLTJ-TV 22 ETV Word of Good Fellowship Inc. (Group Owner) Galveston Religious
11 KRIV-TV 26 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Houston Network - FOX
11 KHWB-TV 39 WBN Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Houston Network - WBN
11 KXLN-TV 45 UNV Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Rosenberg Spanish
11 KTMD-TV 48 TMO National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Galveston Spanish
11 KPXB-TV 49 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Conroe Network - PAX
11 KNWS-TV 51 IND Douglas Johnson (Group Owner) Katy Syndicated Programs
11 KTBU-TV 55 IND Humanity Interested Media Inc. (Group Owner) Conroe Syndicated Programs
11 KAZH-TV 57 IND Pappas Telecasting Companies (Group Owner) Baytown Azteca/Spanish
11 KZJL-TV 61 IND Liberman Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Houston Spanish
11 KHSH-TV 67 TEL Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Alvin Spanish
12 Seattle-Tacoma, WA KOMO-TV 4 ABC Fisher Broadcasting Inc. Seattle Network - CBS
12 KING-TV 5 NBC KING-TV Inc. Seattle Network - NBC
12 KIRO-TV 7 CBS KIRO-TV Holdings, Inc. Seattle Network - CBS
12 KCTS-TV 9 PBS KCTS Television Seattle Donor Supported - PBS
12 KSTW 11 UPN Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Tacoma Network - UPN
12 KCPQ 13 FOX Tribune Television Northwest Inc. Tacoma Network - FOX
12 KCKA 15 PBS Bates Technical College (Group Owner) Centralia Donor Supported - PBS
12 KONG-TV 16 IND Belo Corp (Group Owner) Everett Gen'l Entertainment
12 KTBW-tV 20 TBN Trinity Broadcasting Network Inc. (Group Owner) Tacoma Religious
12 KTWB-TV 22 WBN Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Seattle Network - WBN
12 KBCB 24 IND World Television of Washington LLC Bellingham Gen'l Entertainment
12 KBTC-TV 28 PBS Bates Technical College (Group Owner) Tacoma Donor Supported - PBS
12 KWPX 33 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Bellevue Network - PAX
12 KHCV-TV 45 IND North Pacific International TV Inc. Seattle Shopping
12 KWOG 51 IND African-American Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Bellevue Ethnic
12 KWDK 56 ETV Puget Sound Educational TV (Group Owner) Tacoma Educational

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
13 Tampa-St. Petersburg WEDU-TV 3 PBS Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting (Group Owner) Tampa Donor Supported - PBS
(Sarasota), FL
13 WFLA-TV 8 NBC Media General Inc. (Group Owner) Tampa Network - NBC
13 WTSP-TV 10 CBS Gannett Broadcasting Group (Group Owner) St. Petersburg Network - CBS
13 WTVT-TV 13 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Tampa Network - FOX
13 WUSF-TV 16 PBS University of South Florida Board of Trustees (Group Owner) Tampa Educational
13 WCLF-TV 22 IND Christian Television Corp. Inc. (Group Owner) Clearwater Religious
13 WFTS-TV 28 ABC E.W. Scripps Co. (Group Owner) Tampa Network - ABC
13 WMOR-TV 32 IND Hearst Broadcasting (Group Owner) Lakeland Syndicated Programs
13 WTTA-TV 38 WBN Bay Television (Group Owner) St. Petersburg Network - WBN
13 WWSB-TV 40 ABC Southern Broadcast Corp. of Sarasota (Group Owner) Sarasota Network - ABC
13 WTOG-TV 44 UPN Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) St. Petersburg Network - UPN
13 WFTT-TV 50 TEL Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Tampa Spanish
13 WVEA-TV 62 UNV Entravision Communications (Group Owner) Venice Spanish
13 WXPX-TV 66 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Bradenton Network - PAX
15 Cleveland-Akron WKYC-TV 3 NBC Gannett Broadcasting Group (Group Owner) Cleveland Network - NBC
(Canton), OH
15 WEWS-TV 5 ABC E.W. Scripps Co. (Group Owner) Cleveland Network - ABC
15 WJW-TV 8 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Cleveland Network - FOX
15 WDLI-TV 17 TBN Trinity Broadcasting Network Inc. (Group Owner) Canton Religious
15 WOIO-TV 19 CBS Raycom Media Inc. (Group Owner) Shaker Heights Network - CBS
15 WVPX-TV 23 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Akron Network - PAX
15 WVIZ-TV 25 PBS Media Inc. (Group Owner) Cleveland Donor Supported - PBS
15 WUAB-TV 43 UPN Raycom Media Inc. (Group Owner) Lorain Network - UPN
15 WNEO-TV 45 PBS Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio (Group Owner) Alliance Donor Supported - PBS
15 WEAO-TV 49 PBS Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio (Group Owner) Akron Donor Supported - PBS
15 WGGN-TV 52 TBN Christian Faith Broadcast Inc. (Group Owner) Sandusky Religious
15 WBNX-TV 55 WBN Winston Broadcasting Network Inc. (Group Owner) Akron Network - WBN
15 WQHS-TV 61 UNV Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Cleveland Spanish
15 WOAC-TV 67 IND Summit America Television Inc. (Group Owner) Canton Shopping
15 WMFD-TV 68 IND Mid States Television Inc. (Group Owner) Mansfield News

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
17 Miami-Ft. WPBT-TV 2 PBS Community TV Foundation of South Florida Inc. (Group Owner) Miami Donor Supported - PBS
Lauderdale, FL
17 WFOR-TV 4 CBS Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Miami Network - CBS
17 WTVJ-TV 6 NBC National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Miami Network - NBC
17 WSVN-TV 7 FOX Sunbeam Television Corp. (Group Owner) Miami Network - FOX
17 WVIB-TV 8 IND Hispanic Keys Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Key West Spanish
17 WPLG-TV 10 ABC Post-NewsweekStations Inc. (Group Owner) Miami Network - ABC
17 WLRN-TV 17 PBS School Board of Date County/WLRN-TV (Group Owner) Miami Donor Supported - PBS
17 WEYS-TV 22 IND De La Pena Family Trust Key West Spanish
17 WLTV-TV 23 UNV Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Miami Spanish
17 WBFS-TV 33 UPN Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Miami Network - UPN
17 WPXM-TV 35 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Miami Network - PAX
17 WBZL-TV 39 WBN Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Miami Network - WBN
17 WHFT-TV 45 TBN Trinity Broadcasting Network Inc. (Group Owner) Miami Religious
17 WSCV-TV 51 TMO National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Ft. Lauderdale Spanish
17 WAMI-TV 69 TEL Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Hollywood Spanish
19 Sacramento- KCRA-TV 3 NBC Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. (Group Owner) Sacramento Network - NBC
Stockton-Modesto,
CA
19 KVIE-TV 6 PBS KVIE Inc. (Group Owner) Sacramento Donor Supported - PBS
19 KXTV-TV 10 ABC Gannett Broadcasting Group (Group Owner) Sacramento Network - ABC
19 KOVR-TV 13 CBS Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Stockton Network - CBS
19 KUVS-TV 19 UNV Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Modesto Spanish
19 KBSV-TV 23 ETV BET-NAHRAIN Inc. (Group Owner) Ceres Ethnic
19 KSPX-TV 29 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Sacramento Network - PAX
19 KMAX-TV 31 UPN Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Sacramento Network - UPN
19 KTXL-TV 40 FOX Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Sacramento Network - FOX
19 KQCA-TV 58 WBN Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. (Group Owner) Stockton Network - WBN
19 KFTL-DT 62 IND Family Stations Inc. (Group Owner) Stockton Shopping/Religious
19 KFTL-TV 64 IND Family Stations Inc. (Group Owner) Stockton Shopping/Religious

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
20 Orlando-Daytona WESH-TV 2 NBC Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. (Group Owner) Daytona Beach Network - NBC
Beach-Melbourne,
FL
20 WKMG-TV 6 CBS Post-NewsweekStations Inc. (Group Owner) Orlando Network - CBS
20 WFTV-TV 9 ABC Cox Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) Orlando Network - ABC
20 WCEU-TV 15 ETV Daytona Beach Community College District (Group Owner) New Smyrna Educational
Beach
20 WKCF-TV 18 WBN Emmis Communications Corp (Group Owner) Clermont Network - WBN
20 WMFE-TV 24 PBS Community Communications Inc. - Florida (Group Owner) Orlando Donor Supported - PBS
20 WOFL-TV 35 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Orlando Network - FOX
20 WOTF-TV 43 TEL Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Melbourne Spanish
20 WOGX-TV 51 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Ocala Network - FOX
20 WTGL-TV 52 IND Good Life Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Cocoa Religious
20 WACX-TV 55 IND Associated Christian Television System Inc. (Group Owner) Leesburg Religious
20 WOPX-TV 56 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Melbourne Network - PAX
20 WRBW-TV 65 UPN Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Orlando Network - UPN
20 WBCC-TV 68 ETV Brevard Community College (Group Owner) Cocoa Educational
21 Pittsburgh, PA KDKA-TV 2 CBS Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Pittsburgh Network - CBS
21 WTAE-TV 4 ABC Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. (Group Owner) Pittsburgh Network - ABC
21 WPXI-TV 11 NBC Cox Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) Pittsburgh Network - NBC
21 WQED-TV 13 PBS WQED Pittsburgh (Group Owner) Pittsburgh Donor Supported - PBS
21 WQEX-TV 16 PBS WQED Pittsburgh (Group Owner) Pittsburgh Donor Supported - PBS
21 WNPA-TV 19 UPN Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Jeannette Network - UPN
21 WCWB-TV 22 WBN Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Pittsburgh Network - WBN
21 WNPB-TV 24 PBS West Virginia Educatoinal Broadcasting Authority (Group Owner) Morgantown Donor Supported - PBS
21 WPCB-TV 40 IND Cornerstone Television Inc. (Group Owner) Greensburg Religious
21 WPGH-TV 53 FOX Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Pittsburgh Network - FOX
24 Baltimore, MD WMAR-TV 2 ABC E.W. Scripps Co. (Group Owner) Baltimore Network - ABC
24 WBAL-TV 11 NBC Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. (Group Owner) Baltimore Network - NBC
24 WJZ-TV 13 CBS Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Baltimore Network - CBS
24 WMPT-TV 22 PBS Maryland Public Television (Group Owner) Annapolis Donor Supported - PBS
24 WUTB-TV 24 UPN Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Baltimore Network - UPN
24 WCPB-TV 28 PBS Maryland Public Television (Group Owner) Salisbury Donor Supported - PBS
24 WWPB-TV 31 PBS Maryland Public Television (Group Owner) Hagerstown Donor Supported - PBS
24 WGPT-TV 36 PBS Maryland Public Television (Group Owner) Oakland Donor Supported - PBS
24 WBFF-TV 45 FOX Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Baltimore Network - FOX
24 WNUV-TV 54 WBN Cunningham Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Baltimore Network - WBN
24 WFPT-TV 62 PBS Maryland Public Television (Group Owner) Frederick Donor Supported - PBS
24 WMPB-TV 67 PBS Maryland Public Television (Group Owner) Baltimore Donor Supported - PBS

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
25 Indianapolis, IN WTTV-TV 4 WBN Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Bloomington Network - WBN
25 WRTV-TV 6 ABC McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Indianapolis Network - ABC
25 WISH-TV 8 CBS LIN TV Corp. (Group Owner) Indianapolis Network - CBS
25 WTHR-TV 13 NBC Dispatch Broadcast Group (Group Owner) Indianapolis Network NBC
25 WFYI-TV 20 PBS Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Broadcasting Inc. (Group Indianapolis Donor Supported - PBS
Owner)
25 WNDY-TV 23 UPN Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Marion Network - UPN
25 WTTK-TV 29 WBN Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Kokomo Network - WBN
25 WTIU-TV 30 PBS Indiana U. (Group Owner)` Bloomington Donor Supported - PBS
25 WHMB-TV 40 IND Le Sea Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Indianapolis Religious
25 WCLJ-TV 42 TBN Trinity Broadcasting Network Inc. (Group Owner) Bloomington Religious
25 WIPB-TV 49 PBS Ball State U. (Group Owner) Muncie Donor Supported - PBS
25 WXIN-TV 59 FOX Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Indianapolis Network - FOX
25 WIPX-TV 63 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Bloomington Network - PAX
25 WTBU-TV 69 ETV Butler U. (Group Owner) Indianapolis Educational
26 San Diego, CA XETV-TV 6 FOX Grupo Televisa (Group Owner) Tijuana, Mexico Network - FOX
26 KFMB-TV 8 CBS Midwest Television Inc. (Group Owner) San Diego Network - CBS
26 KGTV-TV 10 ABC McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) San Diego Network - ABC
26 KPBS-TV 15 PBS California State U. for San Diego State U. (Group Owner) San Diego Donor Supported - PBS
26 KNSD-TV 39 NBC Station Venture Operations LP (Group Owner) San Diego Network - NBC
26 KUSI-TV 51 UPN McKinnon Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) San Diego Network - UPN
26 KSWB-TV 69 WBN Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) San Diego Network - WBN
27 Hartford & New WFSB 3 CBS Meredith Corp. (Group Owner) Hartford Network - CBS
Haven CT
27 WTNH 8 ABC LIN TV Corp. (Group Owner) New Haven Network - ABC
27 WUVN 18 UNV Entravision Communications (Group Owner) Hartford Spanish
27 WTXX 20 WBN Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Waterbury Network - WBN
27 WEDH 24 PBS Connecticut Public Television & Radio (Group Owner) Norwich Donor Supported - PBS
27 WHPX 26 PAX Paxson Hartford License Inc. New London Network - PAX
27 WVIT 30 NBC National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) New Britain Network - NBC
27 WEDN 53 PBS Connecticut Public Television & Radio (Group Owner) Norwich Donor Supported - PBS
27 WCTX 59 UPN LIN TV Corp. (Group Owner) New Haven Network - UPN
27 WTIC-TV 61 FOX Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Hartford Network - FOX
27 WEDY 65 PBS Connecticut Public Television & Radio (Group Owner) New Haven Donor Supported - PBS
28 Charlotte, NC WBTV-TV 3 CBS Jefferson-Pilot Communications Co. (Group Owner) Charlotte Network - CBS
28 WSOC-TV 9 ABC Cox Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) Charlotte Network - ABC
28 WHKY-TV 14 IND Long Communications LLC (Group Owner) Hickory Shopping/Religious
28 WCCB-TV 18 FOX Bahakel Communications Ltd. (Group Owner) Charlotte Network - FOX
28 WNSC-TV 30 PBS South Carolina ETV Commission (Group Owner) Rock Hill Educational
28 WCNC-TV 36 NBC Belo Corp (Group Owner) Charlotte Network - NBC
28 WTVI-TV 42 PBS Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Bcstg. Authority (Group Owner) Charlotte Donor Supported - PBS
28 WJZY-TV 46 UPN Capitol Broadcasting Co. Inc. (Group Owner) Belmont Network - UPN
28 WWWB-TV 55 WBN Capitol Broadcasting Co. Inc. (Group Owner) Rock Hill Network - WBN
28 WAXN-TV 64 IND Cox Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) Kannapolis Syndicated Programs

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
29 Raleigh-Durham, NC WUNC-TV 4 PBS U. of North Carolina (Group Owner) Chapel Hill Donor Supported - PBS
29 WRAL-TV 5 CBS Capitol Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Raleigh Network - CBS
29 WTVD 11 ABC Disney Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) Durham Network - ABC
29 WNCN 17 NBC National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Goldsboro Network - NBC
29 WLFL 22 WBN Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Raleigh Network - WBN
29 WRDC 28 UPN Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Durham Network - UPN
29 WRAY-TV 30 IND Summit America Television Inc. (Group Owner) Wilson Not Available
29 WUNP-TV 36 PBS U. of North Carolina (Group Owner) Roanoke Rapids Donor Supported - PBS
29 WUVC 40 UNV Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Fayetteville Spanish
29 WRPX 47 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Rocky Mount Network - PAX
29 WFPX 62 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Fayetteville Network - PAX
31 Milwaukee, WI WTMJ-TV 4 NBC Journal Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Milwaukee Network - NBC
31 WITI-TV 6 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Milwaukee Network - FOX
31 WMVS-TV 10 PBS Milwaukee Area Dist. Bd. Of Vocational, Tech., & Adult Milwaukee Educational
Education (Group Owner)
31 WISN-TV 12 ABC Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. (Group Owner) Milwaukee Network - ABC
31 WVTV-TV 18 WBN Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Milwaukee Network - WBN
31 WCGV-TV 24 UPN Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Milwaukee Network - UPN
31 WVCY-TV 30 IND VCY/America Inc. (Group Owner) Milwaukee Religious
31 WMVT-TV 36 PBS Milwaukee Area Dist. Bd. Of Vocational, Tech., & Adult Milwaukee Educational
Education (Group Owner)
31 WJJA-TV 49 IND TV 49 Inc. (Group Owner) Racine Shopping
31 WWRS-TV 52 TBN National Minority TV Inc. (Group Owner) Mayville Religious
31 WPXE-TV 55 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Kenosha Network - PAX
31 WDJT-TV 58 CBS Weigel Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Milwaukee Network - CBS
32 Cincinnati, OH WLWT-TV 5 NBC Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. (Group Owner) Cincinnati Network - NBC
32 WCPO-TV 9 ABC E.W. Scripps Co. (Group Owner) Cincinnati Network - ABC
32 WKRC-TV 12 CBS Clear Channel Broadcasting (Group Owner) Cincinnati Network - CBS
32 WXIX-TV 19 FOX Raycom Media Inc. (Group Owner) Newport, KY Network - FOX
32 WCET-TV 48 PBS Greater Cincinnati TV Educational Foundation (Group Owner) Cincinnati Donor Supported - PBS
32 WKON-TV 52 PBS Kentucky Authority for ETV (Group Owner) Owenton Educational
32 WSTR-TV 64 WBN Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Cincinnati Network - WBN
33 Kansas City, MO WDAF-TV 4 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Kansas City Network - FOX
33 KCTV 5 CBS Meredith Corp. (Group Owner) Kansas City Network - CBS
33 KMBC-TV 9 ABC Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. (Group Owner) Kansas City Network - ABC
33 KCPT 19 PBS Public TV 19 Inc. Kansas City Donor Supported - PBS
33 KCWE 29 UPN KCWE TV Inc. (Group Owner) Kansas City Network - UPN
33 KSHB-TV 41 NBC E.W. Scripps Co. (Group Owner) Kansas City Network - NBC
33 KPXE 50 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Kansas City Network - PAX
33 KSMO-TV 62 WBN Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Kansas City Network - WBN
34 Columbus, OH WCMH-TV 4 NBC National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Columbus Network - NBC
34 WSYX 6 ABC Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Columbus Network - ABC
34 WBNS-TV 10 CBS Dispatch Broadcast Group (Group Owner) Columbus Network - CBS
34 WTTE 28 FOX Cunningham Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Columbus Network - FOX
34 WOSU-TV 34 PBS Ohio State University Columbus Donor Supported - PBS

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
35 Greenville-Asheville, WYFF 4 NBC Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. (Group Owner) Greenville Network - NBC
NC
35 WSPA-TV 7 CBS Media General Inc. (Group Owner) Spartanburg Network - CBS
35 WLOS 13 ABC Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Asheville Network - ABC
35 WGGS-TV 16 IND Carolina Christian Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Greenville Religious
35 WHNS 21 FOX Meredith Corp. (Group Owner) Asheville Network - FOX
35 WNTV 29 PBS South Carolina ETV Commission (Group Owner) Greenville Donor Supported - PBS
35 WNEG-TV 32 CBS Media General Inc. (Group Owner) Toccoa Network - CBS
35 WNEH 38 PBS South Carolina ETV Commission (Group Owner) Greenwood Donor Supported - PBS
35 WBSC-TV 40 WBN Cunningham Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Anderson Network - WBN
35 WRET-TV 49 PBS South Carolina ETV Commission (Group Owner) Spartanburg Donor Supported - PBS
35 WASV-TV 62 UPN Media General Inc. (Group Owner) Asheville Network - UPN
37 San Antonio, TX WOAI-TV 4 NBC Clear Channel Broadcasting (Group Owner) San Antonio Network - NBC
37 KENS-TV 5 CBS Belo Corp (Group Owner) San Antonio Network - CBS
37 KLRN-TV 9 PBS Alamo Public Telecommunications Council (Group Owner) San Antonio Donor Supported - PBS
37 KTRG-TV 10 WBN Ortiz Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Del Rio Network - WBN
37 KSAT-TV 12 ABC Post-NewsweekStations Inc. (Group Owner) San Antonio Network - ABC
37 KHCE-TV 23 ETV San Antonio Educational TV Inc. (Group Owner) San Antonio Educational
37 KPXL-TV 26 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Uvalde Network - PAX
37 KABB-TV 29 FOX Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) San Antonio Network - FOX
37 KRRT-TV 35 WBN Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Kerrville Network - WBN
37 KWEX-TV 41 UNV Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) San Antonio Spanish
37 KVDA-TV 60 TMO National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) San Antonio Spanish
38 Grand Rapids- WWMT 3 CBS Freedom Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Kalamazoo Network - CBS
Kalamazoo-Battle
Creek, MI
38 WOOD-TV 8 NBC LIN TV Corp. (Group Owner) Grand Rapids Network - NBC
38 WZZM-TV 13 ABC Gannett Broadcasting Group (Group Owner) Grand Rapids Network - ABC
38 WXMI 17 FOX Tribune Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Grand Rapids Network - FOX
38 WGVU-TV 35 PBS Grand Valley State U. (Group Owner) Grand Rapids Donor Supported - PBS
38 WOTV 41 ABC LIN TV Corp. (Group Owner) Battle Creek Network - ABC
38 WZPX 43 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Battle Creek Network - PAX
38 WGVK 52 PBS Grand Valley State U. (Group Owner) Kalamazoo Donor Supported - PBS
38 WTLJ 54 TBN Tri-State Christian TV Inc. (Group Owner) Muskegon Religious
38 WLLA 64 WBN Christian Faith Broadcast Inc. (Group Owner) Kalamazoo Network - WBN

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
39 West Palm Beach-Ft. WPTV 5 NBC E.W. Scripps Co. (Group Owner) West Palm Beach Network - NBC
Pierce, FL
39 WPEC 12 CBS Freedom Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) West Palm Beach Network - CBS
39 WTCE 21 ETV Jacksonville Educators Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Fort Pierce Educational
39 WPBF 25 ABC Hearst Broadcasting (Group Owner) Tequesta Network - ABC
39 WFLX 29 FOX Raycom Media Inc. (Group Owner) West Palm Beach Network - FOX
39 WTVX 34 UPN Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Fort Pierce Network - UPN
39 WXEL-TV 42 PBS Barry Telecommunications Inc. (Group Owner) West Palm Beach Donor Supported - PBS
39 WFGC 61 IND Christian Television of Palm Beach County Inc. Palm Beach Religious
39 WPPB-TV 63 ETV The Christian Network Inc. (Group Owner) Boca Raton Educational
39 WPXP 67 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Lake Worth Network - PAX
40 Birmingham WBRC 6 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Birmingham Network - FOX
(Anniston &
Tuscaloosa) AL
40 WBIQ 10 PBS Alabama Educational Television Commission (Group Owner) Birmingham Donor Supported - PBS
40 WVTM-TV 13 NBC National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Birmingham Network - NBC
40 WTTO 21 WBN Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Birmingham Network - WBN
40 WIAT 42 CBS Media General Inc. (Group Owner) Birmingham Network - CBS
40 WABM 68 UPN Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Birmingham Network - UPN
44 Buffalo, NY WGRZ-TV 2 NBC Gannett Broadcasting Group (Group Owner) Buffalo Network - NBC
44 WIVB-TV 4 CBS LIN TV Corp. (Group Owner) Buffalo Network - CBS
44 WKBW-TV 7 ABC Granite Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Buffalo Network - ABC
44 WNED-TV 17 PBS Western New York Public Broadcasting Assn. Buffalo Donor Supported - PBS
44 WNLO 23 UPN LIN TV Corp. (Group Owner) Buffalo Network - UPN
44 WUTV 29 FOX Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Buffalo Network - FOX
44 WNYO-TV 49 WBN Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Buffalo Network - WBN
44 WNGS 67 UPN Caroline K. Powley (Group Owner) Springville Network - UPN
45 Oklahoma City, OK KFOR-TV 4 NBC The New York Times Company (Group Owner) Oklahoma City Network - NBC
45 KOCO-TV 5 ABC Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. (Group Owner) Oklahoma City Network - ABC
45 KWTV 9 CBS Griffin Television LLC (Group Owner) Oklahoma City Network - CBS
45 KETA 13 PBS Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (Group Owner) Oklahoma City Donor Supported - PBS
45 KTBO-TV 14 TBN Trinity Broadcasting Network Inc. (Group Owner) Oklahoma City Religious
45 KOKH-TV 25 FOX Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Oklahoma City Network - FOX
45 KOCB 34 WBN Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Oklahoma City Network - WBN
45 KAUT-TV 43 UPN Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Oklahoma City Network - UPN
45 KSBI 52 IND Locke Supply Co. (Group Owner) Oklahoma City Religious/Family
Programming
45 KOPX 62 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Oklahoma City Network - PAX

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
48 Providence, RI-New WLNE-TV 6 ABC Freedom Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) New Bedford Network - ABC
Bedford, MA
48 WJAR 10 NBC National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Providence Network - NBC
48 WPRI-TV 12 CBS LIN TV Corp. (Group Owner) Providence Network - CBS
48 WLWC 28 UPN Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) New Bedford Network - UPN
48 WSBE-TV 36 PBS Rhode Island Public Telecommunications Auth. (Group Owner) Providence Donor Supported - PBS
48 WNAC-TV 64 FOX Timothy G. Sheehan (Group Owner) Providence Network - FOX
48 WPXQ 69 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Block Island Network - PAX
50 Louisville, KY WAVE 3 NBC Cosmos Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Louisville Network - NBC
50 WHAS-TV 11 ABC Belo Corp (Group Owner) Louisville Network - ABC
50 WKPC-TV 15 PBS Kentucky Authority for ETV (Group Owner) Louisville Donor Supported - PBS
50 WBNA 21 PAX Word Broadcasting Network Inc. (Group Owner) Louisville Network - PAX
50 WLKY-TV 32 CBS Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. (Group Owner) Louisville Network - CBS
50 WDRB 41 FOX Block Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Louisville Network - FOX
50 WKMJ-TV 68 PBS Kentucky Authority for ETV (Group Owner) Louisville Donor Supported - PBS
53 Wilkes Barre- WNEP-TV 16 ABC The New York Times Company (Group Owner) Scranton Network - ABC
Scranton, PA
53 WYOU 22 CBS Mission Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Scranton Network - CBS
53 WBRE-TV 28 NBC Nexstar Broadcasting Group LLC (Group Owner) Wilkes Barre Network - NBC
53 WSWB 38 WBN KB Prime Media LLC (Group Owner) Scranton Network - WBNN
53 WVIA-TV 44 PBS Northeastern Pennsylvania ETV Association (Group Owner) Scranton Donor Supported - PBS
53 WILF 53 FOX Pegasus Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Williamsport Network - FOX
53 WOLF-TV 56 FOX Pegasus Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Hazleton Network - FOX
53 WQPX 64 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Scranton Network - PAX
54 Austin, TX KTBC 7 FOX Fox Television Stations, Inc. (Group Owner) Austin Network - FOX
54 KLRU 18 PBS Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council (Group Austin Donor Supported - PBS
Owner)
54 KVUE 24 ABC Belo Corp (Group Owner) Austin Network - ABC
54 KXAN-TV 36 NBC LIN TV Corp. (Group Owner) Austin Network - NBC
54 KEYE-TV 42 CBS Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Austin Network - CBS
54 KNVA 54 WBN Balcones Broadcasting Ltd. (Group Owner) Austin Network - WBNN
59 Richmond- WTVR-TV 6 CBS Raycom Media Inc. (Group Owner) Richmond Network - CBS
Petersburg, VA
59 WRIC-TV 8 ABC Young Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Petersburg Network - ABC
59 WWBT 12 NBC Jefferson-Pilot Communications Co. (Group Owner) Richmond Network - NBC
59 WCVE-TV 23 PBS Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Richmond Donor Supported - PBS
59 WRLH-TV 35 FOX Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Richmond Network - FOX
59 WUPV 65 UPN Lockwood Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Ashland Network - UPN

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
65 Lexington, KY WLEX-TV 18 NBC Evening Post Publishing Co. (Group Owner) Lexington Network - NBC
65 WKYT-TV 27 CBS Gray Television Inc. (Group Owner) Lexington Network - CBS
65 WKSO-TV 29 PBS Kentucky Authority for ETV (Group Owner) Somerset Donor Supported - PBS
65 WKHA 35 PBS Kentucky Authority for ETV (Group Owner) Hazard Donor Supported - PBS
65 WTVQ-TV 36 ABC Media General Inc. (Group Owner) Lexington Network - ABC
65 WKMR 38 PBS Kentucky Authority for ETV (Group Owner) Morehead Donor Supported - PBS
65 WKLE 46 PBS Kentucky Authority for ETV (Group Owner) Lexington Donor Supported - PBS
65 WDKY-TV 56 FOX Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Danville Network - FOX
65 WYMT-TV 57 CBS Gray Television Inc. (Group Owner) Hazard Network - CBS
65 WLJC-TV 65 TBN Hour of the Harvest Inc. (Group Owner) Beattyville Religious
65 WUPX-TV 67 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Morehead Network - PAX
68 Toledo, OH WTOL-TV 11 CBS Cosmos Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Toledo Network - CBS
68 WTVG 13 ABC Disney Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) Toledo Network - ABC
68 WNWO-TV 24 NBC Raycom Media Inc. (Group Owner) Toledo Network - NBC
WBGU-TV 27 PBS Bowling Green State U. (Group Owner) Bowling Green Donor Supported - PBS
68 WGTE-TV 30 PBS Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio (Group Toledo Donor Supported - PBS
Owner)
68 WUPW 36 FOX LIN TV Corp. (Group Owner) Toledo Network - FOX
68 WLMB 40 IND Dominion Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Toledo Religious
69 Green Bay-Appleton, WBAY-TV 2 ABC Young Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Green Bay Network - ABC
WI
69 WFRV-TV 5 CBS Viacom Inc. (Group Owner) Green Bay Network - CBS
69 WLUK-TV 11 FOX Emmis Communications Corp (Group Owner) Green Bay Network - FOX
69 WIWB 14 WBN ACME Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Suring Network - WBNN
69 WGBA 26 NBC DP & K Inc. (Group Owner) Green Bay Network - NBC
69 WACY 32 UPN Ace TV Inc. (Group Owner) Appleton Network - UPN
69 WPNE 38 PBS Wisconsin Educational Communications Board (Goup Owner) Green Bay Donor Supported - PBS
69 WFXS 55 FOX Davis Television Inc. (Group Owner) Wittenberg Network - FOX
69 WMMF-TV 68 IND Pappas Telecasting Companies (Group Owner) Fond du Lac Family/Religious
77 Rochester, NY WROC-TV 8 CBS Nexstar Broadcasting Group LLC (Group Owner) Rochester Network - CBS
77 WHEC-TV 10 NBC Hubbard Broadcasting Inc. Rochester Network - NBC
77 WORK 13 ABC Clear Channel Broadcasting (Group Owner) Rochester Network - ABC
77 WXXI-TV 21 PBS WXXI Public Broadcasting Council (Group Owner) Rochester Donor Supported - PBS
77 WUHF 31 FOX Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Rochester Network - FOX
80 Syracuse, NY WSTM-TV 3 NBC Raycom Media Inc. (Group Owner) Syracuse Network - NBC
80 WTVH 5 CBS Granite Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Syracuse Network - CBS
80 WIXT-TV 9 ABC Clear Channel Broadcasting (Group Owner) Syracuse Network - ABC
80 WCNY-TV 24 PBS The Public Broadcasting Council of Central New York Inc. Syracuse Donor Supported - PBS
(Group Owner)
80 WNYS-TV 43 WBN RKM Media Inc. (Group Owner) Syracuse Network - WBNN
80 WSPX-TV 56 PAX Paxson Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Syracuse Network - PAX
80 WSYT 68 FOX Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Syracuse Network - FOX

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
84 Columbia, SC WIS 10 NBC Cosmos Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Columbia Network - NBC
84 WLTX 19 CBS Gannett Broadcasting Group (Group Owner) Columbia Network - CBS
84 WOLO-TV 25 ABC Bahakel Communications Ltd. (Group Owner) Columbia Network - ABC
84 WRJA-TV 27 PBS South Carolina ETV Commission (Group Owner) Sumter Donor Supported - PBS
84 WRLK-TV 35 PBS South Carolina ETV Commission (Group Owner) Columbia Donor Supported - PBS
84 WACH 57 FOX Raycom Media Inc. (Group Owner) Columbia Network - FOX
84 WBHQ 63 UPN Dove Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Sumter Network - UPN
85 Madison, WI WISC-TV 3 CBS Morgan Murphy Stations (Group Owner) Madison Network - CBS
85 WMTV 15 NBC Gray Television Inc. (Group Owner) Madison Network - NBC
85 WHA-TV 21 PBS Regents of the U. of Wisconsin System Board (Group Owner) Madison Donor Supported - PBS
85 WKOW-TV 27 ABC Quincy Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Madison Network - ABC
85 WMSN-TV 47 FOX Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Madison Network - FOX
85 WBUW 57 UPN ACME Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Janesville Network - UPN
90 Tri-Cities (Bristol, WCYB-TV 5 NBC Lamco Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Bristol Network - NBC
VA-
90 Kingsport-Johnson WJHL-TV 11 CBS Media General Inc. (Group Owner) Johnson City Network - CBS
90 City, TN) WKPT-TV 19 ABC Glenwood Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Kingsport Network - ABC
90 WEMT 39 FOX Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (Group Owner) Greeneville Network - FOX
90 WSBN-TV 47 PBS Blue Ridge Public Television Inc. (Group Owner) Norton Donor Supported - PBS
90 WMSY-TV 52 PBS Blue Ridge Public Television Inc. (Group Owner) Marion Donor Supported - PBS
90 WLFG 68 IND Living Faith Ministries Inc. (Group Owner) Grundy Religious
93 Waco-Temple- KBTX-TV 3 CBS Gray Television Inc. (Group Owner) Bryan Network - CBS
93 Bryan, TX KCEN-TV 6 NBC Channel 6 Inc. (Group Owner) Temple Network - NBC
93 KWTX-TV 10 CBS Gray Television Inc. (Group Owner) Waco Network - CBS
93 KAMU-TV 15 PBS Texas A & M U. (Group Owner) College Station Donor Supported - PBS
93 KXXV 25 ABC Drewry Communications (Group Owner) Waco Network - ABC
93 KYLE 28 WBN Communications Corp. of America (Group Owner) Bryan Network - WBNN
93 KWBU-TV 34 PBS Brazos Valley Public Broadcasting Foundation (Group Owner) Waco Donor Supported - PBS
93 KWKT 44 FOX Communications Corp. of America (Group Owner) Waco Network - FOX
93 KNCT 46 PBS Central Texas College (Group Owner) Belton Donor Supported - PBS
93 KAKW 62 UPN Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Killeen Network - UPN
101 El Paso, TX XEPM-TV 2 IND XEPM-TV Television Inc. (Group Owner) El Paso Spanish
101 KDBC-TV 4 CBS Imes Communications (Group Owner) El Paso Network - CBS
101 XEJ-TV 5 IND Television de la Frontera SA (Group Owner) El Paso Spanish
101 KVIA-TV 7 ABC News Press & Gazette Co. (Group Owner) El Paso Network - ABC
101 KTSM-TV 9 NBC Communications Corp. of America (Group Owner) El Paso Network - NBC
101 KCOS 13 PBS El Paso Public Television Foundation (Group Owner) El Paso Donor Supported - PBS
101 KFOX-TV 14 FOX Cox Enterprises Inc. (Group Owner) El Paso Network - FOX
101 KINT-TV 26 UNV Entravision Communications (Group Owner) El Paso Spanish
101 KSCE 38 ETV Channel 38 Christian TV (Group Owner) El Paso Religious
101 XHIJ-TV 44 TMO Intermedia (Group Owner) El Paso Spanish
101 KTFN 65 TEL Entravision Communications (Group Owner) El Paso Spanish

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
105 Fort Wayne, IN WANE-TV 15 CBS LIN TV Corp. (Group Owner) Fort Wayne Network - CBS
105 WPTA 21 ABC Granite Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Fort Wayne Network - ABC
105 WISE-TV 33 NBC New Vision Group LLC (Group Owner) Fort Wayne Network - NBC
105 WFWA 39 PBS Fort Wayne Public Television Inc. (Group Owner) Fort Wayne Donor Supported - PBS
105 WFFT-TV 55 FOX Quorum Broadcast Holdings Inc. (Group Owner) Fort Wayne Network - FOX
105 WINM 63 TBN Tri-State Christian TV Inc. (Group Owner) Angola Religious
116 Montgomery WDIQ 2 PBS Alabama Educational Television Commission (Group Owner) Dozier Donor Supported - PBS
(Selma), AL
116 WAKA 8 CBS Bahakel Communications Ltd. (Group Owner) Selma Network - CBS
116 WSFA 12 NBC Cosmos Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Montgomery Network - NBC
116 WCOV-TV 20 FOX Woods Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Montgomery Network - FOX
116 WBMM 22 PAX Equity Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Tuskegee Network - PAX
116 WAIQ 26 PBS Alabama Educational Television Commission (Group Owner) Montgomery Donor Supported - PBS
116 WBIH 29 IND Flinn Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) Selma Religious
116 WNCF 32 ABC Broadcast Media Group LLC (Group Owner) Montgomery Network - ABC
116 WIIQ 41 PBS Alabama Educational Television Commission (Group Owner) Demopolis Donor Supported - PBS
116 WMCF-TV 45 TBN Trinity Broadcasting Network Inc. (Group Owner) Montgomery Religious
116 WRJM-TV 67 UPN Josie Park Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Troy Network - UPN
120 Monterey-Salinas, KSBW 8 NBC Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. (Group Owner) Salinas Network - NBC
CA
120 KCAH 25 ETV KTEH-TV Foundation (Group Owner) Watsonville Educational
120 KCBA 35 FOX Seal Rock Broadcasters LLC (Group Owner) Salinas Network - FOX
120 KION-TV 46 CBS Clear Channel Broadcasting (Group Owner) Monterey Network - CBS
120 KSMS-TV 67 UNV Entravision Communications (Group Owner) Monterey Spanish
122 Macon, GA WMAZ-TV 13 CBS Gannett Broadcasting Group (Group Owner) Macon Network - CBS
122 WGXA 24 FOX GOCOM Holdings LLC (Group Owner) Macon Network - FOX
122 WDCO-TV 29 PBS Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission (Group Owner) Cochran Donor Supported - PBS
122 WMGT-TV 41 NBC Morris Network Inc. (Group Owner) Macon Network - NBC
122 WPGA-TV 58 ABC Radio Perry Inc. (Group Owner) Perry Network - ABC
122 WGNM 64 UPN Macon Urban Ministries (Group Owner) Macon Network - UPN
130 Bakersfield, CA KGET 17 NBC Clear Channel Broadcasting (Group Owner) Bakersfield Network - NBC
130 KERO-TV 23 ABC McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Bakersfield Network - ABC
130 KBAK-TV 29 CBS Westwind Communications LLC (Group Owner) Bakersfield Network - CBS
130 KUVI 45 UNV Univision Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Bakersfield Network - UPN
151 Salisbury, MD WBOC-TV 16 CBS Draper Communications Inc. (Group Owner) Salisbury Network - CBS
151 WCPB-TV 28 PBS Maryland Public Television (Group Owner) Salisbury Donor Supported - PBS
151 WMDT 47 ABC Delmarva Broadcast Service GP (Group Owner) Salisbury Network - ABC
151 WDPB 64 PBS WHYY Inc. (Group Owner) Seaford Donor Supported - PBS
152 Rochester, MN KIMT-TV 3 CBS Media General Inc. (Group Owner) Mason City, IA Network - CBS
152 KAAL-TV 6 ABC Hubbard Broadcasting Inc. (Group Owner) Austin, MN Network - ABC
152 KTTC-TV 10 NBC Quincy Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) Rochester Network - NBC
152 KSMQ-TV 15 PBS Independent School District No. 492 (Group Owner) Austin, MN Educational
152 KXLT-TV 47 FOX Shockley Communications Corp. (Group Owner) Rochester Network - FOX

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DMA Market Name Call Letters Channel Network Ownership City of License Programming
Rank Service
PR Puerto Rico WKAQ-TV 2 TMO National Broadcasting Co. (Group Owner) San Juan Spanish
PR WIPM-TV 3 PBS Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Group Owner) Mayaguez Donor Supported - PBS
PR WAPA-TV 4 IND LIN TV Corp. (Group Owner) San Juan Gen'l Entertainment
PR WIPR-TV 6 PBS Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Group Owner) San Juan Donor Supported - PBS
PR WSTE 7 IND Siete Grande Television Inc. (Group Owner) Ponce Not Available
PR WSUR-TV 9 IND Raycom Media Inc. (Group Owner) Ponce Not Available
PR WLII 11 IND Raycom Media Inc. (Group Owner) Caguas Not Available
PR WOLE-TV 12 TMO Western Broadcasting Corp. of Puerto Rico (Group Owner) Aguadilla Not Available
PR WPRV-TV 13 IND WPRV-TV Inc. (Group Owner) Fajardo Not Available
PR WTIN 14 IND Laura Nicolau (Group Owner) Ponce Not Available
PR WTCV 18 NBC Pedro Roman Callazo (Group Owner) San Juan Network - NBC
PR WKPV 20 PAX LIN TV Corp. (Group Owner) Ponce Network - PAX
PR WNJX-TV 22 IND LIN TV Corp. (Group Owner) Mayaguez Not Available
PR WJPX 24 PAX LIN TV Corp. (Group Owner) San Juan Network - PAX
PR WQTO 26 PBS Ana G. Mendez Educational Foundation (Group Owner) Ponce Not Available
PR WSJU-TV 30 IND Aerco Broadcasting Corp. (Group Owner) San Juan Not Available
PR WELU 32 ETV Pabellon Educational Broadcasting (Group Owner) Aguadilla Not Available
PR WRUA 34 IND Eastern Television Corp. (Group Owner) Fajardo Not Available
PR WDWL 36 IND Iglesia Christiana Amor y Verdad Inc. (Group Owner) Bayamon Not Available
PR WJWN-TV 38 PAX LIN TV Corp. (Group Owner) San Sebastian Network - PAX
PR WMTJ 40 PBS Ana G. Mendez Educational Foundation (Group Owner) Fajardo Not Available
PR WIRS 42 IND Marantha Christian Network (Group Owner) Yauco Not Available
PR WVEO 44 IND Pedro Roman Callazo (Group Owner) Aguadilla Not Available
PR WVOZ-TV 48 IND Pedro Roman Callazo (Group Owner) Ponce Not Available
PR WQHA 50 IND Concilio Mision Christiana Fuente de Agua Viva Inc. (Group Aguada Not Available
Owner)
PR WRFB 52 IND R & F Broadcasting (Group Owner) Carolina Not Available
PR WCCV-TV 54 IND Asociacion Evangelistica Cristo Viene Inc. (Group Owner) Arecibo Not Available
PR WUJA 58 ETV Caguas Educational TV Inc. (Group Owner) Caguas Educational
PR WQHA-DT 62 IND Concilio Mision Christiana Fuente de Agua Viva Inc. (Group Aguada Not Available
Owner)
PR WECN 64 IND Encuentro Christian Network Corp. (Group Owner) Naranjito Not Available
PR WECN-DT 65 IND Encuentro Christian Network Corp. (Group Owner) Naranjito Not Available
PR WVSN 68 IND La Cadena del Milagro Inc. Humacao Not Available
PR WOLE-DT 69 IND Western Broadcasting Corp. of Puerto Rico (Group Owner) Aguadilla Not Available

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Appendix F
Waivers filed at the Commission

KOPX (Oklahoma City, OK)

File No. BPCT-20011106AAA, Accepted 11/19/2001

• Analog Operation in Channel 62

• Propose moving to DTV allotment in

Channel 50

• Waiver for short spacing issues

– 3 short spacing channels, engineering
analysis indicates no interference
issues

• FCC GRANTED APPLICATION on

March 26, 2002

WPXQ (Block Island, RI)

File No. BPCT-20020213AAG, Accepted 3/5/2002

• Analog Operation in Channel 69

• Propose moving to DTV allotment in Channel 17

• To avoid potential for interference Coverage is

modified
– Increase 27.7%, decrease 3.6%
– Loss areas still have OTA from at least 5 other stations

• Waiver for short spacing issues

– 1 short spacing channels, engineering analysis
indicates interference issues below de minimis levels
(0.448%)

• 3 potential interference issues with Class A TV

facilities
– Engineering analysis indicates no interference

• Commits to protection of land mobile systems in

channel 16 by inserting lower side -band filtering

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 KPXD (Arlington, TX)
File no. BPCT-20020131ABM, Accepted 2/19/2002

• Analog Operation in Channel

68
• Propose moving to DTV allotment in
Channel 42

• To avoid potential for interference

is reduced (~2.8%)
Coverage
– Loss areas still have OTA from at least 5 other
stations

• Waiver for short spacing issues

– Channel 27: de minimis levels (less than 0.5%
reduction in coverage)
– 3 other stations with no interference

• Waiver on City Grade

Coverage
– 13 other stations still provide city grade
service

WBPX (Boston, MA)

File No. BPCT-20020213AAH, Accepted 3/5/2002

• Analog Operation in Channel 68

• Propose moving to DTV allotment in

Channel 32

• To avoid potential for interference Coverage

is modified
– Increase ~0.1%, decrease 5.5%
– Loss areas still have OTA from at least 5
other stations

• Waiver for short spacing issues

– 2 short spacing channels, engineering
analysis indicates no interference issues

• Waiver on City Grade Coverage

– 9 other stations still provide city grade service

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 WLJC (Beattyville, KY)
File No. BPCT-20011119AAT, Accepted 11/23/2001

• Analog Operation in Channel

65
• Propose moving to DTV allotment in
Channel 7

• Coverage is modified
– Increase in coverage by 618%

• Waiver for short spacing issues

– 2 short spacing channels
– Interference to one below de minimis
(<0.1%)
– Interference to other above de minimis
(1.9%) for analog operations but below
de minimis for digital operations

WQPX (Scranton, PA)

File No. BPCT-20020111AAJ, Accepted 1/28/2002

• Analog Operation in Channel 64

• Propose moving to DTV allotment in

Channel 32

• To avoid potential for interference Coverage

is modified
– Decrease by 32.7%
– Loss areas still have OTA from at least 1 and
as many as 15 other stations
– Grey area of 357 persons is created

• Waiver for short spacing issues

– 2 short spacing channels
– one with no interference issues
– the other below de minimis levels (0.211%)

• 2 potential interference issues with Class A

TV facilities
– Engineering analysis indicates no interference

10

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 WHSG (Monroe, GA)
File No. BPCT-20020220ABL, Accepted 3/22/2002

• Analog Operation in Channel 63

• Propose moving to DTV allotment in

Channel 44

• No Comparison to gain/loss of service area

from current operations

• Waiver for short spacing issues

– 5 short spacing channels
– one with no inteterference
– 2 below de minimis interference for analog
operations (<0.1%)
– Two stations with 1% interference, which is
above analog de minimis requirement but
below de minimis level for WHSG - DT
potential operations

• Waiver for city grade coverage

WRJM (Troy, AL)

File No. BPCT-20020606AAC, Accepted 7/11/2002

• Analog Operation in Channel 67

• Propose moving to DTV allotment in Channel 48

• Proposed increase power

– Current DTV is authorized 50 kW
– Proposed Analog of 2800 kW
– Proposed DTV of 1000 kW

• FCC DENIED APPLICATION on June 13, 2003

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