[BC] FCC Public Notice - 10/13/09 - No Need To Protect Vacant Ch 6 After 10/27/09

[Alan Gearing]

Ron:

Laura will probably chime in on this as well, but as we understand it 
(as long as its a minor change) after October 27 any NCE station can 
apply for a construction permit to change facilities ignoring any 
previous analog channel 6 facilities that now have non channel 6 DTV 
channel assignments.  Major changes and new applications, of course, 
will require a filing window.  The verdict is still out as to how the 
Commission is going to treat LPTV/XLTR channel 6 facilities (analog or 
digital).  As secondary facilities, it would seem these can be ignored, 
but the Commission has recently dismissed a full service NCE application 
because it didn't protect an LPTV channel 6 facility.  (See the 
Correspondence Folder for the KEKL(FM), Mesquite, NV, CDBS entry under 
BPED-20081110AAD)

Al Gearing

Ron Nott wrote:
> Thanks for this info, Laura.  However, I have a question.  Will existing NCE
> stations which have had to decrease power because they were located within
> the grade B contour of a TV channel 6 ever be able to increase their power?
> Several stations in the Four Corners area (AZ, UT, CO, NM) are operating at
> reduced power because of former TV channel 6, KREZ, which has now moved to
> channel 15.  Will they ever be allowed to apply for a power increase?  Many
> thanks.
> Ron
>
>    
>> Thanks to Laura Mizrahi for this.
>>
>> ======== Original Message =================
>>      
>>> From: "Laura Mizrahi"<lmizrahi at commtechrf.com>
>>>
>>> The Public Notice issued today states that NCE applications filed
>>> after Oct. 27, 2009 are no longer required to demonstrate protection
>>> to TV 6 analog facilities or to provide a letter of concurrence from
>>> the (previously) affected analog TV 6.  However, applications must
>>> continue to demonstrate protection under 73.525 to DTV CH 6 facilities.
>>>
>>> Please contact me if there are any questions relating to the above,
>>> or the notice.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Laura M. Mizrahi
>>> Communications Technologies, Inc.
>>> Marlton, NJ  08053
>>> Phone:    856-985-0077 x 13
>>>        


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