Du Treil, Lundin & Rackley, Inc

du Treil, Lundin & Rackley, Inc. Consulting Engineers

ENGINEERING STATEMENT SUPPORTING REQUEST FOR WAIVER TELEVISION STATION WUPV(TV) (FACILITY ID NO. 10897) ASHLAND, VIRGINIA CHANNEL 8

Background

This statement was prepared on behalf of WUPV License Subsidiary, LLC, licensee of WUPV, Ashland, VA, in support of a request for waiver of the FCC’s Phase Assignment, Testing Period, and Phase Completion Date for television station WUPV in the Richmond-Petersburg DMA*. WUPV is licensed for operation on RF Channel 47 with a maximum directional effective radiated power (ERP) of 1000 kW and an antenna height above average terrain (HAAT) of 249 m.†

As a result of the FCC’s Incentive Auction repack process, the WUPV facility was reassigned to RF Channel 8. WUPV now holds a construction permit for operation on Channel 8 with a maximum directional ERP of 30 kW and an antenna HAAT of 257 m.‡ An FCC engineering database summary sheet for the WUPV construction permit facility is attached hereto for reference. The WUPV construction permit facility is the subject early transition facility.

This request is made due to the recent failure of the WUPV transmitter on Channel 47. The licensee of WUPV requests that it be authorized to make an early transition to its Channel 8 post-transition facility so that it would not need to undertake an expensive redundant repair of the Channel 47 transmitter that would then be in use for less than one year before it becomes necessary to make the transition to Channel 8.

This statement demonstrates that the WUPV facility can transition to Channel 8 before its assigned phase transition date without any disruption to the FCC’s transition plans. Specifically, it is demonstrated that the operation of WUPV on Channel 8 will

* Nielsen Designated Market Area abbreviated as DMA. † See FCC File No. BLCDT-20060210ABA. ‡ See FCC File No. 0000029586. du Treil, Lundin & Rackley, Inc.

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have no adverse interference consequences, either caused or received, under the current allocation environment.

Assigned Phase

WUPV is assigned to transition Phase 8, with a testing begin date of January 18, 2020. This is based on the latest FCC Phase Assignment spreadsheet dated December 28, 2018.

Linked Station Sets and Linked Station Neighbor Stations

An inspection of the latest FCC Linked Station Set (LSS) and Linked Station Neighbor (LSN) spreadsheet databases indicates that the WUPV facility is not part of any LSSs or LSNs. These are based on the latest LSS and LSN spreadsheets available from the FCC, both dated November 30, 2018.

Interference Caused Analysis Under Current Allocation Environment

An interference analysis was conducted for the WUPV Channel 8 facility utilizing the latest version§ of the FCC’s TVStudy coverage and interference analysis prediction software. The report of the results is attached hereto entitled ‘Interference Caused Analysis for WUPV Channel 8 Construction Permit Facility Under Current Allocation Environment.’

The results of the analysis indicate that the proposal meets the 0.5% permissible interference level with respect to interference caused to all other full-service and Class A television stations.

Interference Received Analysis Under Current Allocation Environment

An interference analysis for the ‘received case’ of interference was conducted for the WUPV Channel 8 early transition facility utilizing the FCC’s TVStudy prediction software. The report of the results is attached hereto entitled ‘Interference Received Analysis for WUPV Channel 8 Construction Permit Facility Under Current Allocation

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Environment.’ The purpose of this study is to evaluate all current environment records in the received interference analysis.

The results of the analysis indicate that the proposal meets the 0.5% permissible interference level with respect to interference received from all other full-service and Class A television stations.**

Conclusion

It is concluded that the early transition of the WUPV facility to Channel 8, as described herein, will not result in any interference caused or received cases that would result in the creation of any new linked station seets or depenndencies established in the Incentive Auction repack process.

Louis R. du Treil, Jr., P.E.

du Treil, Lundin & Raackley, Inc. 3135 Southgate Circle Sarasota, Florida 34239

January 16, 2019

** It is noted that there are cases of predicted interference received from the existing licensed stations WTPC-TV and WGAL that exceed 0.5%. These cases of ppredicted interference were accepted by the licensee of WUPV as part of its application for maximization in its First Priority window filing. See FCC File No. 0000029586. WUPV EARLY TRANSITION FACILITY

TV Inquiry du Treil, Lundin, & Rackley, Inc., Sarasota, Florida

Callsign: WUPV Service: DT Status: CP MOD App. Status: GRANT Border Code: Rec. Type: C

Channel: 8 Offset: Zone: 1 Docket Number: DTV Type:

Fac. ID: 10897 Assoc. ID: Application File No.: BLANK-0000029586 DT Emission Mask:

City: ASHLAND State: VA Country: US CP Expiration Date:

Party Name: WUPV LICENSE SUBSIDIARY, LLC Last Change Date: 10/6/2017

Latitude (NAD 83): 37-44-32 Height AGL (m): 265.5 Polarization: E Longitude (NAD ): 077-15-14 Overall Height AGL (m): 273.1 83 Electrical Tilt (°): 1.5 ERP (kW): 30 Mechanical Tilt (°): Maximum ERP (kW): Mechanical Tilt Azimuth (°): Maximum ERP (dBk): 14.8 RCAMSL (m): 294.5 Degrees True (°): Maximum ERP at any Site Elevation AMSL (m): 29 Angle (kW): Antenna Make: HAAT (m): 257 Antenna Model: Maximum HAAT (m):

Antenna Type: D Antenna ID: 1001993 Rotation (°): 0 350 0 10 340 20 0° 0.320 90° 0.320 180° 0.890 270° 0.890 330 30 10° 0.270 100° 0.400 190° 0.930 280° 0.850 320 0.8 40 310 50 0.6 20° 0.310 110° 0.520 200° 0.960 290° 0.820 300 60 30° 0.370 120° 0.620 210° 0.990 300° 0.790 0.4 290 70 40° 130° 220° 310° 0.410 0.700 1.000 0.750 280 0.2 80

50° 0.410 140° 0.750 230° 1.000 320° 0.700 270 90

60° 0.370 150° 0.790 240° 0.990 330° 0.620 260 100

70° 0.310 160° 0.820 250° 0.960 340° 0.520 250 110 80° 0.270 170° 0.850 260° 0.930 350° 0.400 240 120

Standard Pattern: 230 130 220 140 Antenna Make: DIE 210 150 200 160 190 180 170 Antenna Model: THV-6A8/VP-R C200

Last Change Date: Note: Rotation or tilt is not applied to the pattern shown

Type: GTOWER ASRN: 1035293 FAA Study No.: 97-AEA-1301-OE Structure Height (m): 259.5 Structure Height (ft): 851.4 Latitude (NAD 27): 037-44-31.5 Date Received: 04/04/2018 Longitude (NAD 27): 077-15-15.1 Date Entered: 04/04/2018 Ground Elevation (m): 29.0 Date Issued: Ground Elevation (ft): Latitude (NAD 83): 37-44-32.0 03/14/2017 95.1 Date Constructed: 03/14/2017 Longitude (NAD 83): 077-15-14.0 Overall Height AGL (m): 273.1 Date Dismantled: Overall Height AGL (ft): Struct. Address: 896.0 1148 Mahixon Road Overall Height AMSL (m): 302.1 Manquin VA Overall Height AMSL (ft): 991.1

Entity Name: WUPV, LLC INTERFERENCE CAUSED ANALYSIS FOR WUPV CHANNEL 8 CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FACILITY UNDER CURRENT ALLOCATION ENVIRONMENT

tvstudy v2.2.5 (4uoc83) Database: localhost, Study: wupv_p1, Model: Longley-Rice

Study build station data: LMS TV 2019-01-15

Proposal: WUPV_P1 D8 DT CP ASHLAND, VA File number: wupv_p1 Facility ID: 10897 Station data: User record Record ID: 3590 Country: U.S. Zone: I

Build options: Protect pre-transition records not on baseline channel

Search options: All post-transition APP, CP, and baseline records excluded

Stations potentially affected by proposal:

IX Call Chan Svc Status City, State File Number Distance Yes WJLA-TV D7 DT LIC WASHINGTON, DC BLCDT20110706ABC 135.1 km Yes WTPC-TV D7 DT LIC VIRGINIA BEACH, VA BLANK0000021983 123.2 No WNJB D8 DT LIC NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ BLANK0000040678 398.1 No WWCP-TV D8 DT LIC JOHNSTOWN, PA BLANK0000001637 316.8 Yes WGAL D8 DT APP LANCASTER, PA BPCDT20110516ACI 260.6 Yes WGAL D8 DT LIC LANCASTER, PA BLCDT20110323ABF 260.6 Yes WVNS-TV D8 DT LIC LEWISBURG, WV BLANK0000004085 303.5 Yes WUSA D9 DT LIC WASHINGTON, DC BLANK0000033300 135.1 No WSKY-TV D9 DT LIC MANTEO, NC BLCDT20100514ADM 159.7

No non-directional AM stations found within 0.8 km

No directional AM stations found within 3.2 km

Record parameters as studied:

Channel: D8 Latitude: 37 44 32.00 N (NAD83) Longitude: 77 15 14.00 W Height AMSL: 294.5 m HAAT: 257.0 m Peak ERP: 30.0 kW Antenna: DIE-THV-6A8/VP-R C200 (ID 1001993) 0.0 deg Elev Pattrn: Generic Elec Tilt: 1.50

36.0 dBu contour: Azimuth ERP HAAT Distance 0.0 deg 3.07 kW 248.1 m 80.8 km 45.0 5.04 257.9 85.2 90.0 3.07 254.2 81.2 135.0 15.8 281.9 95.0 180.0 23.8 262.1 97.5 225.0 30.0 254.2 99.0 270.0 23.8 255.8 97.2 315.0 15.8 245.6 93.4

ERP exceeds maximum ERP: 30.0 kW ERP maximum: 30.0 kW

Distance to Canadian border: 570.1 km

Distance to Mexican border: 2263.5 km

Conditions at FCC monitoring station: Laurel MD Bearing: 13.3 degrees Distance: 162.6 km

Proposal is not within the West Virginia quiet zone area

Conditions at Table Mountain receiving zone: INTERFERENCE CAUSED ANALYSIS FOR WUPV CHANNEL 8 CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FACILITY UNDER CURRENT ALLOCATION ENVIRONMENT

Bearing: 285.1 degrees Distance: 2422.7 km

Study cell size: 2.00 km Profile point spacing: 1.00 km

Maximum new IX to full-service and Class A: 0.50% Maximum new IX to LPTV: 2.00%

------Interference to BLCDT20110706ABC LIC scenario 1

Call Chan Svc Status City, State File Number Distance Desired: WJLA-TV D7 DT LIC WASHINGTON, DC BLCDT20110706ABC

Undesireds: WUPV_P1 D8 DT CP ASHLAND, VA wupv_p1 135.1 km WABC-TV D7 DT LIC NEW YORK, NY BLCDT20121031ABC 331.1 WTPC-TV D7 DT LIC VIRGINIA BEACH, VA BLANK0000021983 243.3 WTRF-TV D7 DT LIC WHEELING, WV BLCDT20090227ABV 338.3 WGAL D8 DT APP LANCASTER, PA BPCDT20110516ACI 126.8

Service area Terrain-limited IX-free, before IX-free, after Percent New IX 32757.4 8,970,526 30233.3 8,628,214 29256.8 8,574,150 29256.8 8,574,150 0.00 0.00

Undesired Total IX Unique IX, before Unique IX, after WUPV_P1 D8 DT CP 15.8 40 0.0 0 WABC-TV D7 DT LIC 87.6 6,021 63.6 4,727 63.6 4,727 WTPC-TV D7 DT LIC 640.4 26,987 636.4 26,987 620.6 26,947 WTRF-TV D7 DT LIC 15.9 2,653 15.9 2,653 15.9 2,653 WGAL D8 DT APP 256.7 19,697 236.6 18,403 236.6 18,403

------Interference to BLANK0000021983 LIC scenario 1

Call Chan Svc Status City, State File Number Distance Desired: WTPC-TV D7 DT LIC VIRGINIA BEACH, VA BLANK0000021983

Undesireds: WUPV_P1 D8 DT CP ASHLAND, VA wupv_p1 123.2 km WJLA-TV D7 DT LIC WASHINGTON, DC BLCDT20110706ABC 243.3

Service area Terrain-limited IX-free, before IX-free, after Percent New IX 33026.5 2,167,863 32966.6 2,167,143 32210.4 2,123,612 32098.9 2,114,130 0.35 0.45

Undesired Total IX Unique IX, before Unique IX, after WUPV_P1 D8 DT CP 330.5 27,668 111.5 9,482 WJLA-TV D7 DT LIC 756.2 43,531 756.2 43,531 537.2 25,345

------Interference to BPCDT20110516ACI APP scenario 1

Call Chan Svc Status City, State File Number Distance Desired: WGAL D8 DT APP LANCASTER, PA BPCDT20110516ACI

Undesireds: WUPV_P1 D8 DT CP ASHLAND, VA wupv_p1 260.6 km WJLA-TV D7 DT LIC WASHINGTON, DC BLCDT20110706ABC 126.8 WNJB D8 DT LIC NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ BLANK0000040678 190.7 WWCP-TV D8 DT LIC JOHNSTOWN, PA BLANK0000001637 215.9 WUSA D9 DT LIC WASHINGTON, DC BLANK0000033300 126.8 WBPH-TV D9 DT APP BETHLEHEM, PA BPCDT20110518ADP 116.0

Service area Terrain-limited IX-free, before IX-free, after Percent New IX 42950.4 9,074,591 37640.5 7,699,352 34928.2 6,531,602 34896.4 6,519,723 0.09 0.18

Undesired Total IX Unique IX, before Unique IX, after WUPV_P1 D8 DT CP 159.4 112,965 31.8 11,879 WJLA-TV D7 DT LIC 618.2 366,002 0.0 0 0.0 0 WNJB D8 DT LIC 1577.4 698,480 670.4 271,266 646.5 268,609 WWCP-TV D8 DT LIC 28.0 813 28.0 813 28.0 813 WUSA D9 DT LIC 697.9 408,890 79.7 42,888 75.7 42,119 WBPH-TV D9 DT APP 1316.0 486,781 456.9 106,173 456.9 106,173

INTERFERENCE CAUSED ANALYSIS FOR WUPV CHANNEL 8 CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FACILITY UNDER CURRENT ALLOCATION ENVIRONMENT

------Interference to BLCDT20110323ABF LIC scenario 1

Call Chan Svc Status City, State File Number Distance Desired: WGAL D8 DT LIC LANCASTER, PA BLCDT20110323ABF

Service area Terrain-limited IX-free, before IX-free, after Percent New IX 38897.3 7,775,662 34171.8 6,805,919 32021.5 6,058,650 31997.5 6,041,428 0.07 0.28

Undesired Total IX Unique IX, before Unique IX, after WUPV_P1 D8 DT CP 103.6 47,972 23.9 17,222 WJLA-TV D7 DT LIC 414.6 197,532 0.0 0 0.0 0 WNJB D8 DT LIC 1291.1 429,765 637.0 231,504 613.1 230,630 WWCP-TV D8 DT LIC 20.0 301 20.0 301 20.0 301 WUSA D9 DT LIC 502.3 245,701 83.7 48,115 83.7 48,115 WBPH-TV D9 DT APP 991.1 269,763 368.8 82,229 368.8 82,229

------Interference to BLANK0000004085 LIC scenario 1

Call Chan Svc Status City, State File Number Distance Desired: WVNS-TV D8 DT LIC LEWISBURG, WV BLANK0000004085

Undesireds: WUPV_P1 D8 DT CP ASHLAND, VA wupv_p1 303.5 km WGCT-CD D8 DC CP COLUMBUS, OH BLANK0000035677 294.6 WWCP-TV D8 DT LIC JOHNSTOWN, PA BLANK0000001637 299.5 WVPB-TV D9 DT CP HUNTINGTON, WV BLANK0000034622 153.3

Service area Terrain-limited IX-free, before IX-free, after Percent New IX 32412.6 911,630 26244.3 606,820 26144.5 606,516 26072.5 604,987 0.28 0.25

Undesired Total IX Unique IX, before Unique IX, after WUPV_P1 D8 DT CP 72.0 1,529 72.0 1,529 WWCP-TV D8 DT LIC 48.2 183 48.2 183 48.2 183 WVPB-TV D9 DT CP 51.6 121 51.6 121 51.6 121

------Interference to BLANK0000033300 LIC scenario 1

Call Chan Svc Status City, State File Number Distance Desired: WUSA D9 DT LIC WASHINGTON, DC BLANK0000033300

Undesireds: WUPV_P1 D8 DT CP ASHLAND, VA wupv_p1 135.1 km WGAL D8 DT APP LANCASTER, PA BPCDT20110516ACI 126.8 WTOV-TV D9 DT LIC STEUBENVILLE, OH BLCDT20111206ACB 340.2 WBPH-TV D9 DT APP BETHLEHEM, PA BPCDT20110518ADP 227.6 WHTM-TV D10 DT LIC HARRISBURG, PA BLANK0000034336 152.2

Service area Terrain-limited IX-free, before IX-free, after Percent New IX 32757.4 8,970,526 30137.6 8,609,624 28665.4 8,480,159 28653.5 8,480,119 0.04 0.00

Undesired Total IX Unique IX, before Unique IX, after WUPV_P1 D8 DT CP 11.9 40 11.9 40 WGAL D8 DT APP 200.6 13,636 88.1 5,418 88.1 5,418 WTOV-TV D9 DT LIC 7.9 2,216 4.0 111 4.0 111 WBPH-TV D9 DT APP 1380.1 123,936 1263.7 113,613 1263.7 113,613

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INTERFERENCE RECEIVED ANALYSIS FOR WUPV CHANNEL 8 CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FACILITY UNDER CURRENT ALLOCATION ENVIRONMENT

tvstudy v2.2.5 (4uoc83) Database: localhost, Study: wupv_p1, Model: Longley-Rice

Study build station data: LMS TV 2019-01-15

Proposal: WUPV_P1 D8 DT CP ASHLAND, VA File number: wupv_p1 Facility ID: 10897 Station data: User record Record ID: 3590 Country: U.S. Zone: I

Build options: Protect pre-transition records not on baseline channel

Search options: All post-transition APP, CP, and baseline records excluded

Stations potentially affected by proposal:

No non-directional AM stations found within 0.8 km

No directional AM stations found within 3.2 km

Record parameters as studied:

ERP exceeds maximum ERP: 30.0 kW ERP maximum: 30.0 kW

Distance to Canadian border: 570.1 km

Distance to Mexican border: 2263.5 km

Conditions at FCC monitoring station: Laurel MD Bearing: 13.3 degrees Distance: 162.6 km

Proposal is not within the West Virginia quiet zone area

Conditions at Table Mountain receiving zone: INTERFERENCE RECEIVED ANALYSIS FOR WUPV CHANNEL 8 CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FACILITY UNDER CURRENT ALLOCATION ENVIRONMENT

Bearing: 285.1 degrees Distance: 2422.7 km

Study cell size: 2.00 km Profile point spacing: 1.00 km

Maximum new IX to full-service and Class A: 0.50% Maximum new IX to LPTV: 2.00%

------Interference to proposal scenario 2 5.24% interference received

Call Chan Svc Status City, State File Number Distance Desired: WUPV_P1 D8 DT CP ASHLAND, VA wupv_p1

Undesireds: WJLA-TV D7 DT LIC WASHINGTON, DC BLCDT20110706ABC 135.1 km WTPC-TV D7 DT LIC VIRGINIA BEACH, VA BLANK0000021983 123.2 WGAL D8 DT LIC LANCASTER, PA BLCDT20110323ABF 260.6 WUSA D9 DT LIC WASHINGTON, DC BLANK0000033300 135.1

Service area Terrain-limited IX-free Percent IX 26321.9 1,933,664 25834.7 1,914,643 24921.6 1,814,374 3.53 5.24

Undesired Total IX Unique IX Prcnt Unique IX WJLA-TV D7 DT LIC 8.1 8 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 WTPC-TV D7 DT LIC 440.8 77,636 440.8 77,636 1.71 4.05 See Note 1. WGAL D8 DT LIC 468.3 21,033 436.1 13,997 1.69 0.73 See Note 1. WUSA D9 DT LIC 36.3 8,636 4.0 1,600 0.02 0.08

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Note 1: This is an existing facility for which the predicted interference received was accepted by the WUPV facility in conjunction with its maximization from its given baseline facility (ERP = 7.98 kW). See FCC File No. 0000029586 (Priority 1 Window maximization facility.)