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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PTFP, Room 4625, 1401 Constitution KCAW(FM), Sitka; KRBD(FM), Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230. Ketchikan; and KSTK(FM), Wrangell. National Telecommunications and The Agency will incorporate all File No. 99098CRB, Raven Radio Information Administration comments from the public and any Foundation, Inc., 2B Lincoln St., Sitka, replies from the applicant in the AK 99835. Contact: Ms. Lisa Herwald, [Docket Number: 981028269±9093±02] applicant’s official file. Chief Operating Officer, (907) 747–5877. RIN 0660±ZA05 Alaska Funds Requested: $32,744. Total Project Cost: $43,659. To replace an obsolete, File No. 99069CRB, Rainbird failing 18-year-old transmitter at public Public Telecommunications Facilities Community Broadcasting Corporation, Program (PTFP) radio station KCAW(FM), which 123 Stedman Street, Ketchikan, AK operates on 104.7 MHz in Sitka, AK. AGENCY: National Telecommunications 99901. Contact: Ms. Mary White, File No. 99129CRB, Koahnic General Manager, (907) 225–9655. and Information Administration, Broadcast Corporation, 818 E 9th Funds Requested: $42,494. Total Project Commerce. Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501. Contact: Cost: $56,659. To replace the obsolete ACTION: Notice of applications received. Ms. Jaclyn Sallee, President & CEO, 23-year-old transmitter at public radio (907) 258–8880. Funds Requested: station KRBD(FM), which operates on SUMMARY: The National $103,555. Total Project Cost: $138,073. 105.9 MHz in Ketchikan, AK. Telecommunications and Information To improve the studio production Administration (NTIA) previously File No. 99070CRB, Wrangell Radio Group, Inc., 202 St. Michael St., capabilities of public radio station announced the solicitation of grant KNBA(FM), which operates on 90.3 applications for the Public Wrangell, AK 99929. Contact: Ms. Elizabeth Peterman, General Manager, MHz in Anchorage. KNBA(FM) is a Telecommunications Facilities Program Native-owned station that targets its (PTFP). This notice announces the list (907) 874–2345. Funds Requested: $38,969. Total Project Cost: $51,959. To programming for Native people not only of applications received and notifies any in Anchorage but also, via satellite interested party that it may file replace an obsolete and worn-out 20- year-old transmitter at public radio distribution, throughout Alaska and comments with the Agency supporting nationwide. The project would purchase or opposing an application. station KSTK(FM), which operates on 101.7 MHz in Wrangell, AK. four additional workstations, upgrade FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: File No. 99086CRB, University of the station’s storage capacity, ensure William Cooperman, Acting Director, Alaska/Fairbanks, 201 Theatre Building, Y2K compliance of its current Dalet Public Telecommunications Facilities Fairbanks, AK 997755620. Contact: Mr. automation system, upgrade the Program, telephone: (202) 482–5802; Jerry Brigham, General Manager, (907) production equipment in the station’s fax: (202) 482–2156. Information about 474–7508. Funds Requested: $25,951. existing studios, and create a new the PTFP can also be obtained Total Project Cost: $51,903. To replace production/recording room to provide electronically via Internet (send worn-out and obsolete studio production facilities that must now be inquiries to http://www.ntia.doc.gov). production equipment at public radio rented. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By station KUAC(FM), which operates on File No. 99130PRB, Koahnic Federal Register notice dated November 89.9 MHz in Fairbanks, AK, and which Broadcast Corporation, 818 East 9th 6, 1998, the NTIA, within the is licensed to the University of Alaska. Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501. Contact: Department of Commerce, announced The project would purchase a hard disk Ms. Jaclyn Sallee, President & CEO, that it was soliciting grant applications record/playback system, two digital, (907) 258–8880. Funds Requested: for the Public Telecommunications dual-line, auto-nulling telephone $38,670. Total Project Cost: $94,858. To Facilities Program (PTFP). NTIA hybrids, and six computerized audio assist the Koahnic Broadcast announced that the closing date for editing systems. Corporation to plan how best to relocate receipt of PTFP applications was 8 p.m. File No. 99097CRB, CoastAlaska, Inc., the studios of its public radio station, EST, January 14, 1999. 360 Egan Drive, Juneau, AK 99801. KNBA(FM), which operates on 90.3 In all, the PTFP received 252 Contact: Mr. James Waste, Executive MHz in Anchorage, AK. The Koahnic applications from 48 states and Director, (907) 463–6420. Funds Broadcast Corporation is a Native- territories. The total amount of funds Requested: $61,320. Total Project Cost: owned entity. KNBA(FM) offers requested by the applicants is $74.8 $81,760. To replace inadequate, obsolete programming targeted to Native people million. and aging automation systems at two not only in Anchorage but also, via Notice is hereby given that the PTFP public radio stations in southeast satellite distribution, throughout Alaska received applications from the following Alaska: KFSK(FM), Petersburg, and and nationwide. organizations. The list includes all KTOO(FM), Juneau. The project would File No. 99151CRB, Unalakleet applications received. Identification of purchase new digital storage and Broadcasting, Inc., P.O. Box 178, any application only indicates its automation systems for the two stations. Unalakleet, AK 99684. Contact: Mr. receipt. It does not indicate that it has The new systems would allow Henry Ivanoff, General Manager, (907) been accepted for review, has been KFSK(FM) and KTOO(FM) to 624–3745. Funds Requested: $85,302. determined to be eligible for funding, or participate fully in their regional Total Project Cost: $113,737. To that an application will receive an network, which is part of Alaska’s improve the transmission and award. Satellite Interconnection Project (SIP). interconnection facilities at public radio Any interested party may file CoastAlaska, Inc. is a consortial effort of station KNSA(AM), in Unalakleet, AK. comments with the Agency supporting the five public radio stations in The project would replace KNSA(AM)’s or opposing an application and setting Southeast Alaska. CoastAlaska, Inc. 17-year-old transmitter and would help forth the grounds for support or provides centralized administrative, the station purchase a satellite receive- opposition. PTFP will forward a copy of development, membership, engineering, only earth station. The latter would any opposing comments to the and news programming support services allow the station to have access to applicant. Comments must be sent to to its member-stations. The three other statewide and nationally-distributed PTFP at the following address: NTIA/ stations in the consortium are: programming.

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File No. 99170CRB, Alaska Public 59 FM analog demodulators with digital Indian Reservation, the Tohono Radio Network, 810 East 9th Avenue, encoders and decoders and add MPEG O’odham Nation Indian Reservation, at Anchorage, AK 99501. Contact: Ms. II equipment. The project will ensure Sells, and the San Carlos Apache Indian Tammy Gilstrap, Business Manager, continued public television service to Reservation. The addition of these sites (907) 277–2776. Funds Requested: 4.2 million residents of Alabama and would require expansion of NAUNet $54,225. Total Project Cost: $72,300. To will assist in the state’s conversion to network routing equipment at the improve the studio production facilities digital technologies. system’s Flagstaff and Phoenix hubs. of the Alaska Public Radio Network File No. 99087CRB, Arizona Board of Arkansas (APRN). The APRN is a nonprofit Regents for and on behalf of Northern organization that, from its Anchorage File No. 99055CTB, Arkansas Arizona University, Building 83, studios, provides programming, Educational Television Commission, Flagstaff, AZ 86011. Contact: Mr. John representation, and satellite distribution 350 S. Donaghey, Conway, AR 72032. Stark, General Manager, (520) 523–5628. to its 29 public radio member-stations Contact: Ms. Susan Howarth, Executive Funds Requested: $86,762. Total Project statewide. The project would upgrade Director, (501) 682–2386. Funds Cost: $115,683. To activate a 3 KW APRN’s digital audio processing system Requested: $178,842. Total Project Cost: repeater/satellite public radio station on to make it Y2K compliant and purchase $357,685. To improve the state’s public 90.3 MHz, in Grand Canyon Village. an ISDN transmitter/receiver, a TV network by replacing old, obsolete Station will repeat the signal of KNAU– telephone hybrid, eight minidisc origination equipment. New equipment FM, Flagstaff, and will provide a first portable recorders, and six minidisc includes prompters, lighting system, public radio service to about 4,257 studio recorders. camera pedestals and an audio mixer. people. File No. 99179CRB, Kuskokwim Network serves about 2.35 million File No. 99128PRB, Tohono O’odham Public Broadcasting Corporation, Mile people. Nation, P.O. Box 835, Sells, AZ 85634. 389 Iditarod Trail, McGrath, AK 99627. File No. 99248CRB, Arkansas Contact: Mr. Alex Ritchie, Executive Contact: Ms. Amie Hind, General Broadcasting Foundation, 2101 S. Main Assistant, (520) 383–2028. Funds Manager, (907) 561–9234. Funds Street, Little Rock, AR 72206. Contact: Requested: $29,526. Total Project Cost: Requested: $34,305. Total Project Cost: Ms. Valerie Coffin, Station Manager, $80,710. To plan for a new public radio $75,741. To improve the studio (501) 372–6119. Funds Requested: station to serve about 20,000 people on production and interconnection $68,925. Total Project Cost: $93,925. To the 2.8 million acres of the Tohono facilities of public radio station improve public radio station KABF–FM, O’Odham Nation in Sells, Arizona. KSKO(AM), which brings the sole such 88.3 MHz, in Little Rock by replacing File No. 99132CTB, Arizona Board of signal to the 6,000 residents of McGrath, old, worn out dissemination and Regents for Benefit of University of AK. The project would replace a 20- origination equipment including remote Arizona, University of Arizona, Tucson, year-old satellite receive-only earth control, studio-to-transmitter link, coax AZ 85721. Contact: Mr. Ronald Stewart, station, a power generator at the cable, consoles, speakers, microphones Associate Director, (520) 621–5828. station’s transmission site, and diverse and similar equipment. KABF–FM Funds Requested: $251,298. Total items of studio equipment. serves about 623,000 people. The Little Project Cost: $502,596. To improve File No. 99244PRTBN, Tanana Chiefs Rock area is also served by several other public television station KUAT–TV, Ch. Conference, Inc., 122 First Avenue, public radio stations. 6, in Tucson by replacing field Fairbanks, AK 99701. Contact: Mr. acquisiton cameras, video cassette Arizona Alfred Ketzler, Chief Administrative recorders (VCR’s) and the master control Officer, (907) 452–8251. Funds File No. 99008CTB, Arizona Board of VCR with a video server. The new Requested: $59,066. Total Project Cost: Regents in behalf of Arizona State digital equipment will allow KUAT–TV $67,866. To help the Tanana Chiefs University, Box 871405, Tempe, AZ and its satellite station KUAS–TV, to Conference, Inc., Fairbanks, AK, plan 852874505. Contact: Mr. Larry Fallis, provide quality local programming to for possible activation of tribally-owned Sponsored Projects Officer, (602) 965– approximatley 690,000 people. public radio, public television, and 1415. Funds Requested: $1,395,000. distance learning facilities to serve the Total Project Cost: $2,790,000. To assist California needs of the 14,000 Alaskan Natives in the digital conversion for KAET–DT, File No. 99006CTB, Valley Public who reside in the State’s vast Interior Ch. 29, Phoenix, by purchasing a DTV Television, Inc., 1544 Van Ness Avenue, Region. The Tanana Chiefs Conference, transmitter, antenna, transmission line, Fresno, CA 93721. Contact: Mr. Colin Inc. is a consortium of 42 tribal villages digital microwave, digital master Dougherty, General Manager/Exec. Dir., that are located throughout an area of control, test and monitoring equipment. (559) 266–1800. Funds Requested: 235,000 square miles, which represents KAET–TV, Ch. 8, Phoenix, currently $181,765. Total Project Cost: $363,531. approximately 39% of the entire State of serves about 3.5 million people. To improve public television station Alaska. File No. 99056ICTN, Arizona Board of KVPT–TV, Channel 18 in Fresno, CA, Regents for and on Behalf of Northern by replacing obsolete master control Alabama Arizona University, Old Main, Bldg 10, equipment with digital capable units, File No. 99085CTB, Alabama Room 209 Flagstaff, AZ 86011. Contact: including a video server, a non-linear Educational Television Commission, Mr. Edward Groenhout, VP for Strategic editing system and a routing switcher. 2112 11th Avenue, South Birmingham, Initiatives, (520) 523–1805. Funds The station serves a population of over AL 352052884. Contact: Mr. Philip Requested: $1,403,838. Total Project 2.2 million people in the San Joaquin Hutcheson, Deputy Director/CFO, (205) Cost: $1,871,784. To expand the Valley. 328–8756. Funds Requested: $810,667. interactive instructional television File No. 99027CRB, San Bernardino Total Project Cost: $1,621,334. To network (NAUNet) of Northern Arizona Community College District, 701 S. Mt. improve the statewide microwave University, Flagstaff, from existing hubs Vernon Avenue, San Bernardino, CA system operated by the applicant which to three remote locations on Indian 92410. Contact: Mr. Lew Warren, interconnects the state’s nine public Reservations in Arizona. The receive General Manager, (909) 888–6511. television stations. The project will sites would be placed at the Tsaile Funds Requested: $77,445. Total Project replace 60 FM analog modulators and Campus of Dine’ College on the Navajo Cost: $154,890. To improve public radio

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File No. 99031CTB, Board of Trustees, and worn out origination equipment, File No. 99140CTB, Los Angeles Coast Community College District, including two 23-year-old transmitters, Unified School District, 1061 West 15751 Gothard Sreet, Huntington Beach, a 40-year-old tower and antenna, control Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. CA 92647. Contact: Mr. Mel Rogers, room mixing boards, recorders, CD Contact: Mr. Tom Mossman, Station President, (714) 895–5623. Funds players and microphones. The station Manager, (213) 625–6958. Funds Requested: $142,779. Total Project Cost: serves a population of over 13.8 million Requested: $156,391. Total Project Cost: $285,558. To improve public television people in Greater Los Angeles. $312,781. To improve public television station KOCE–TV, Channel 50 in File No. 99082CTB, KTEH–TV station KLCS–TV, Channel 58 in Los Huntington Beach, CA, by replacing Foundation, 1585 Schallenberger Road, Angeles, CA, by replacing obsolete and obsolete and unreliable 3⁄4-inch U-matic San Jose, CA 95131. Contact: Mr. Gary failing master control equipment with videotape machines with ten state-of- Martinez, Grants Associate, (408) 795– digital units, including videotape the-art Panasonic DVC Pro digital VTRs. 5412. Funds Requested: $674,191. Total machines, a video server, a still storer The station serves a population of 8.2 Project Cost: $898,922. To extend the and a character generator. The station million people. signal and broadcast services of KTEH– serves a population of over 12 million File No. 99043CTB, KVIE, Inc., P.O. TV, Channel 54 in San Jose, CA, by people. Box 6, Sacramento, CA 95833. Contact: reactivating KCAH–TV, Channel 25 in File No. 99142CRB, Fresno Free Mr. Michael Wall, Director of Watsonville. The station is expected to College Foundation, 1449 N. Wishon Engineering, (916) 923–7474. Funds serve approximately 1.2 million Avenue, Fresno, CA 93728. Contact: Mr. Requested: $1,600,842. Total Project residents of Salinas, Monterey and Victor Bedoian, Executive Director, Cost: $3,201,684. To convert public Santa Cruz. The project will aquire (559) 233–2221. Funds Requested: station KVIE–TV, Channel 6 in DTV-capable equipment to replace $5,315. Total Project Cost: $10,630. To Sacramento, CA, to digital broadcasting KCAH’s transmitter, antenna, STL and improve public radio station KFCF–FM, on DTV Channel 53 by purchasing transmission line. KTEH serves a operating on 88.1 MHz in Fresno, CA, digital equipment including antenna, population of over 6.2 million people in by replacing the 38-year-old transmitter. transmission line, digital transmitter, 14 northern California counties. The station serves a population of over STL digital microwave, digital test File No. 99088CTB, KTEH–TV 600,000 people. equipment and upconverters. The Foundation, 1585 Schallenberger Road, File No. 99161CRB, Humboldt State station serves a population of over 4.3 San Jose, CA 95131. Contact: Mr. Gary University, Humboldt State University, million people in North Central Martinez, Grants Associate, (408) 795– Arcata, CA 95521. Contact: Terry Green, California. 5412. Funds Requested: $558,310. Total Assistant Manager/Chief Engine, (707) File No. 99057CRB, Santa Monica Project Cost: $1,116,620. To improve 826–3979. Funds Requested: $13,175. Community College District, 1900 Pico public television station KTEH–TV, Total Project Cost: $26,350. To improve Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405. Contact: Channel 54 in San Jose, CA, by public radio station KHSU–FM, Ms. Ruth Seymour, General Manager, replacing the 25-year-old transmitter, operating on 90.5 MHz in Arcata, CA, by (310) 450–5183. Funds Requested: antenna, STL and transmission line replacing failing analog two-track $135,990. Total Project Cost: $181,320. with DTV-ready equipment. The station recorders and the production console To expand the broadcast services of serves a population of over 6.2 million with a digital audio workstation and a KCRW–FM, operating on 89.9 MHz in in Northern California. digital, 8 channel audio console unit. Santa Monica, by constructing a full File No. 99122CRB, Radio Bilingue, The station serves a population of over power, repeater station in Mojave, Inc., 5005 E. Belmont, Fresno, CA 135,000 people. California. The new station, KCRI–FM 93727. Contact: Mr. Hugo Morales, File No. 99164CRB, KQED, Inc., 2601 will operate on 88.1 MHz and will Executive Director, (204) 455–5757. Mariposa Street, San Francisco, CA provide first public radio services to Funds Requested: $133,541. Total 94110. Contact: Ms. Jo Anne Wallace, over 32,000 residents of the Antelope Project Cost: $178,055. To improve Vice Pres. & General Mgr., (415) 553– Valley. public radio station KSJV–FM, 91.5 2296. Funds Requested: $253,152. Total File No. 99062ICTN, Monterey MHz in Fresno, and KMPO–FM, 88.7 Project Cost: $506,304. To improve County Office of Education, 901 Blanco MHz in Modesto, CA, by replacing both public radio station KQED–FM, Circle, Salinas, CA 93901. Contact: Mr. transmitters and associated equipment. operating on 88.5 MHz in San Michael Mellon, Director, Instruct. In addition, the KSJV studio facility will Francisco, CA, by replacing analog Resources, (831) 755–0383. Funds be upgraded by replacing analog recording and playback equipment and Requested: $408,982. Total Project Cost: equipment with digital equipment, related production hardware with an a $968,842. To extend the ITFS-based including an audio console, CD players Audiovault digital storage and delivery distance learning system of the and recorders/playback units. The system. The station serves a population Monterey County Office of Education, stations serve a Spanish-speaking of over 6 million people. Salinas, CA, to San Benito and San Luis population of over 100,000 people. File No. 99165CRB, University of Obispo Counties and to expand the File No. 99133CTB, Community Southern California, 3716 South Hope already-existing system in Monterey and Television of Southern California, 4401 Street, Suite 26, Los Angeles, CA 90007. Santa Cruz Counties to presently- Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA Contact: Ms. Brenda Pennell, General unserved audiences. 90027. Contact: Mr. Donald Youpa, Manager, (213) 514–1450. Funds File No. 99081CRB, KPFK Pacifica Exec. VP & COO, (323) 953–5210. Funds Requested: $84,200. Total Project Cost: Radio, 3729 Cahuenga Boulevard West, Requested: $1,440,685. Total Project $168,400. To improve public radio North Hollywood, CA 91604. Contact: Cost: $1,920,914. To convert public station KUSC–FM, 91.5 MHz in Los

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Angeles, CA, by upgrading the master workstations and four digital audio edit File No. 99232CRB, University of control and the production studios to systems. The station serves a population Southern California, 3716 South Hope digital technology, including consoles, of over 1.5 million people. Street Suite 26 Los Angeles, CA 90007. production/storage workstations, CD File No. 99206CTB, KQED, Inc., 2601 Contact: Ms. Brenda Pennell, General players and miniDisc player/recorders. Mariposa Street San Francisco, CA Manager, (213) 514–1450. Funds The station serves a population of 94110. Contact: Ms. Jayme Burke, Requested: $267,144. Total Project Cost: approximately 12 million people. Development Associate, (415) 553–2174. $534,288. To improve public radio File No. 99168CRB, University of Funds Requested: $398,086. Total station KUSC–FM, operating on 91.5 Southern California, 3716 South Hope Project Cost: $796,173. To continue the MHz in Los Angeles, CA, by replacing Street, Suite 26, Los Angeles, CA 90007. conversion to digital broadcasting of the aging transmission systems of its Contact: Ms. Brenda Pennell, General KQED–DTV, operating on Digital repeater stations at KPSC–FM (88.5 Manager, (213) 514–1450. Funds Channel 30 in San Francisco, by MHz) in Palm Springs, KFAC–FM (88.7 Requested: $270,424. Total Project Cost: purchasing a digital video server system MHz) in Santa Barbara, and KCPB–FM $360,565. To expand the coverage area to store and play multiple program (91.1) in Thousand Oaks. The network and improve the signal of KUSC–FM, streams for digital television of transmitters that re-broadcast the operating on 91.5 MHz in Los Angeles, multicasting. The station serves a signal of KUSC in Los Angeles, serve CA, by upgrading the transmission population of 5.5 million people. nearly 1.9 million residents of Southern system and doubling the station’s File No. 99214CRB, Redwood California. broadcast power. The project includes Community Radio, Inc., 1144 Redway Colorado replacement of the transmitter, antenna, Dr Redway, CA 95560. Contact: Mr. File No. 99036ICTN, National transmission line and STL. The station Simon Frech, Station Manager, (707) Technological University, 700 Centre currently serves about 12 million people 923–2513. Funds Requested: $92,062. Avenue Ft. Collins, CO 80526. Contact: and will add over 700,000 as a result of Total Project Cost: $122,750. To extend Dr. Lionel Baldwin, President, (970) the power increase. and improve the signal of KMUD–FM, File No. 99172CTB, Rural California 495–6411. Funds Requested: $966,000. 91.1 MHz in Redway, CA, by replacing Broadcasting Corporation, 5850 LaBath Total Project Cost: $4,578,000. To the transmitter and the antenna system Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928. expand the distance learning service and installing a microwave STL. The Contact: Ms. Nancy Dobbs, President provided by National Technological station will also increase its broadcast and CEO, (707) 585–8522. Funds University by converting 41 universities power providing first public radio Requested: $110,357. Total Project Cost: with MPEG–2 digital encoding service to over 14,000 residents of $147,143. To improve public television equipment at their satellite uplinks. Humboldt, northern Mendocino and station KRCB–TV, Channel 22 in Conversion of the NTU system to Rohnert Park, CA, by replacing ten 15- western Trinity counties. In addition to MPEG–2 digital equipment will permit the people receiving first service, KMUD year-old 3⁄4′′ videotape machines in NTU to provide distance learning master control, production control and currently serves almost 9,000 people directly to small business and home editing rooms with digital units. The and will add another 9,000 as a result viewers through the use of 90 cm station serves a population of over 2.8 of the increased coverage area. antennas and standard digital million people. File No. 99219CTB, San Diego State equipment. File No. 99182PRB, Radio Bilingue, University Foundation, 5200 Campanile File No. 99046ICTN, Centennial Inc., 5005 E. Belmont Fresno, CA 93727. Drive San Diego, CA 92182. Contact: Board of Cooperative Educational Contact: Mr. Hugo Morales, Executive Ms. Susan Holloway, Director Admin. Services, 830 South Lincoln Street Director, (559) 455–5757. Funds Services, (619) 594–2491. Funds Longmont, CO 80501. Contact: Mr. Requested: $52,580. Total Project Cost: Requested: $660,926. Total Project Cost: David Biekert, Director of Technology $83,440. To plan for the distribution of $1,321,852. To convert public station Service, (303) 772–4420. Funds Radio Bilingue’s 24-hour satellite KPBS–TV, Channel 15 in San Diego, Requested: $323,783. Total Project Cost: programming service to the top 10 CA, to digital broadcasting on Channel $794,849. To extend the T–1-based Latino markets in the U.S. using 30 by purchasing a digital transmitter, distance learning system of the subcarrier (SCA) technology. digital microwave STL, digital encoding Centennial Board of Cooperative File No. 99183CTN, City of San system, HDTV recorders, HDTV master Educational Services (Centennial Leandro, 835 E.14th Street San Leandro, control switcher processor and other BOCES), Longmont, CO, to a number of CA 94577. Contact: Mr. Greg Park, essential master control equipment. The school districts in Colorado’s northeast Interim IS Manager, (510) 577–3393. station serves a population of over 2.5 quadrant. Project equipment would be Funds Requested: $41,000. Total Project million people. located in the following high schools in Cost: $54,668. To assist the City of San File No. 99230CTB, San Mateo the affected area: Longmont, Ft. Morgan, Leandro, which is in California’s Bay County Community College District, Frederick, Lyons, Erie, Berthoud, Estes Area, to activate a government access 1700 W. Hillside Blvd. San Mateo, CA Park, Johnstown, Briggsdale, Akron, channel on the local cable television 94402. Contact: Ms. Marilyn Lawrence, Weldona, and Merino. The Centennial system. General Manager, (650) 524–6905. BOCES was formed by merging the File No. 99198CRB, California State Funds Requested: $1,223,325. Total former Northern Colorado BOCES and University-Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Project Cost: $2,446,650. To convert Weld BOCES. Street Northridge, CA 91330–8312. public station KCSM–TV, Channel 60 in File No. 99108CRB, Colorado State Contact: Ms. Dolly Salazar, Dir. of San Mateo, CA, to digital broadcast on Board of Agriculture, 1000 Rim Drive Development KCSN, (818) 677–3090. Channel 59 by purchasing a digital Durango, CO 81301. Contact: Ms. Wynn Funds Requested: $31,545. Total Project transmitter, transmission line, antenna, Harris, Station Manager, (970) 247– Cost: $63,090. To improve public radio STL and other equipment including a 7261. Funds Requested: $31,160. Total station KCSN–FM, operating on 88.9 video file server and a compression/ Project Cost: $47,035. To improve MHz in Northridge, CA, by replacing decompression system. The station noncommerical FM radio station analog reel-to-reel and cartridge tape serves a population of over 6.3 million KDUR–FM, 91.9MHz, in Durango, by machines with two digital audio people. replacing its old, worn-out transmission

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Funds Requested: $45,732. public television station WFSE(TV), Representation of Media Advocacy, 528 Total Project Cost: $91,465. To improve which operates on Ch. 11 in Tallahasee 9th Street Alamosa, CO 81101. Contact: the operation of public radio station and which is licensed to Florida State Ms. Annajo (Aj) Sanchez, General WPFW, 89.3 MHz, Washington, DC, by University. Three of the new tape Manager, (719) 589–9057. Funds replacing its transmitter. machines would replace analog Requested: $27,295. Total Project Cost: File No. 99235CRN, Self Reliance equivalents in WFSU(TV)’s editing $36,394. To extend and improve public Foundation, 518 C Street NE suites. The remaining four digital radio station KRZA–FM, 88.1 MHz, Washington, DC 20002. Contact: Mr. machines would replace analog Alamosa, by repositioning the antenna, Sebastian Puente, Chief of Staff, (202) machines used for program playback activating a translator and acquiring 547–7447. Funds Requested: $159,720. and network delay in the master control field production equipment. KRZA–FM Total Project Cost: $319,440. To provide on-air configuration. The requested serves about 75,000 people. satellite downlink equipment to twenty equipment would substantially File No. 99246CTB, Rocky Mountain non-commercial radio stations affiliated complete the station’s digital conversion Public Broadcasting, 1089 Bannock with the Self Reliance Foundation that plans for its master control, production, Street Denver, CO 80204. Contact: Mr. wish to broadcast the Foundation’s and postproduction operations. James Morgese, Pres. & General Mgr., Hispanic-language programing. File No. 99058CTN, Sarasota County (303) 620–5662. Funds Requested: File No. 99236PRN, Self Reliance Board of County Commissioners, 1660 $1,371,738. Total Project Cost: Foundation, 518 C Street NE Ringling Boulevard Sarasota, FL 34236. $2,743,477. To convert public television Washington, DC 20002. Contact: Mr. Contact: Ms. Melissa Fritsch, station KRMA–TV, Ch. 6, Denver to Sebastian Puente, Chief of Staff, (202) Administrative Asst., (941) 951–5294. digital broadcasting on Ch. 18, by 547–7447. Funds Requested: $40,710. Funds Requested: $644,385. Total purchasing a transmitter, antenna, Total Project Cost: $81,420. To plan for Project Cost: $859,180. To assist the transmission line, microwave the extension of the applicant’s Spanish Sarasota (FL) County Board of County interconnection equipment, test language radio programming to the ten Commissioners in activating the first equipment and other associated U.S. cities with the largest concentration government access channel on the equipment. KRMA–TV serves about 3.9 of Hispanics: Los Angeles, New York, County’s cable television system. The million people. Miami, San Francisco/San Jose, project would purchase the equipment Chicago, Houston, San Antonio, for a production studio, in addition to Connecticut Brownsville, Dallas, and San Diego. some test equipment. Eventually, the File No. 99063CTB, Connecticut studio in question would be used to Florida Public Broadcasting Inc., 240 New produce programming for a community Britain Avenue Hartford, CT 06106. File No. 99021CRB, University of access channel as well; the community Contact: Mr. James Whitsett, VP, Florida, 2208 Weimer Hall Gainesville, access channel is also to be Operations and Engineering, (860) 278– FL 32611. Contact: Mr. Henri Pensis, administered by the Board. 5310. Funds Requested: $743,434. Total Station Manager, (352) 392–5200. Funds File No. 99083CTB, Community Project Cost: $1,486,868. To convert Requested: $25,591. Total Project Cost: Communications, Inc., 11510 East public station WEDH–TV, Channel 24 in $51,182. To replace an obsolete 17-year- Colonial Drive Orlando, FL 32817. Hartford, CT, to digital broadcating on old production studio console for public Contact: Mr. Jose Fajardo, Vice Channel 32 by purchasing a transmitter, radio station WUFT(FM), which President for Programming, (407) 273– antenna, transmission line, microwave operates on 89.1 MHz in Gainesville, 2300. Funds Requested: $883,172. Total STL, test and monitoring equipment. FL, and is licensed to the University of Project Cost: $1,766,345. To replace the The station serves a population of more Florida. 26-year-old transmitter, antenna, and than 3 million people. File No. 99038CTB, University of transmission line at public television Florida, 202 Weimer Hall Gainesville, station WMFE(TV), which operates on District of Columbia FL 326118405. Contact: Mr. Richard Ch. 24 in Orlando, FL. The project File No. 99102ICTN, Association of Lehner, General Manager, (352) 392– would also purchase a nonlinear editing Jesuit Colleges & Universities, 1 DuPont 5551. Funds Requested: $77,445. Total system for the station. Circle, Suite 405 Washington, DC Project Cost: $154,890. To purchase a File No. 99099CTB, District Board of 200361110. Contact: Dr. William digital switcher, a digital router, and Trustees, Pensacola Junior College, 1000 Husson, Dean of Professional Studies, digital test equipment for public College Boulevard Pensacola, FL 32504. (303) 458–1844. Funds Requested: television station WUFT(TV), which Contact: Mr. Allan Pizzato, General $503,500. Total Project Cost: $1,263,500. operates on Ch. 5 in Gainesville, FL, and Manager, (850) 484–1213. Funds To help the Association of Jesuit which is licensed to the University of Requested: $798,109. Total Project Cost: Colleges & Universities interconnect 19 Florida. The requested equipment $3,246,218. To assist public television of its member-institutions to form the would complete the modernization and station WSRE(TV), Pensacola, FL, Jesuit Distance Education Network digital conversion of WUFT(TV)’s complete its conversion to digital (JDEN). The proposed network would master control area. The project would transmission. Station WSRE(TV) consist of a video interconnection thus assist the station’s effort to convert operates on Ch. 23 for its analog relying on Internet Protocol to digital technologies in a timely way. transmission and will operate on Ch. 31 technologies to unite the merits of File No. 99054CTB, The Board of for its digital service. The station is videoconferencing with the advantages Regents of Florida acting on behalf of licensed to Pensacola Junior College. of Internet-based learning. Internet the Florida State University, 1600 Red The project would purchase diverse

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Funds antenna space on a new, 2,000′ Barber Plaza Tallahassee, FL 32310. Requested: $83,407. Total Project Cost: commercial tower. The lease would Contact: Mr. Andrew Hanus, Chief $166,814. To extend the service area extend for a minimum of 40 years. The Engineer, (850) 487–3086. Funds and improve the studio production tower will be located approximately five Requested: $15,343. Total Project Cost: facilities of public radio station miles from the station’s present tower $30,686. To replace the master control WXEL(FM), which operates on 90.7 site. and production control consoles at MHz in Tampa, FL. The project would File No. 99137PTB, Myth Slayer, Inc., public radio stations WFSU(FM) and modify the station’s antenna, purchase # 1015 NW 21st Avenue, 46 Gainesville, WFSQ(FM), Tallahassee, FL. Station an antenna line, and reinforce the FL 32609. Contact: Ms. Gloria Rozier, WFSU(FM) is a news and information present tower; this would allow the President, (352) 337–9111. Funds station and operates on 88.9 MHz. station’s signal to reach an estimated Requested: $172,384. Total Project Cost: Station WFSQ(FM), a fine arts station, 50,000 additional listeners in the rural $208,144. To assist Myth Slayer, Inc. operates on 91.5 MHz. Both stations are areas of Palm Beach and Hendry plan for the activation of a nonprofit licensed to Florida State University. The Counties. This would represent the first low power television station that would two stations share studio facilities and, public radio service to these listeners. In serve the needs of minority groups, together, provide the sole public radio addition, the project would purchase women, and children in Gainesville, FL. service to over 580,000 listeners in replacement DAT recorders, a cart File No. 99149CTB, State Board of greater Tallahasee. system, CD players, and microphones. Regents acting on behalf of the File No. 99218CTB, WJCT, Inc., 100 File No. 99197CTB, Barry University of South Florida, 4202 Festival Park Avenue Jacksonville, FL Telecommunications, Inc., 3401 South Fowler Avenue SVC 0001 Tampa, FL 32202. Contact: Mr. Rick Johnson, Sr Congress Avenue Boynton Beach, FL 336620. Contact: Mr. William Buxton, Vice Pres. Broadcasting, (904) 358–6394. 33426. Contact: Mr. Philip DiComo, VP Station Manager, (813) 974–4000. Funds Funds Requested: $473,692. Total of Development, (561) 737–8000. Funds Requested: $12,037. Total Project Cost: Project Cost: $947,385. To replace worn- Requested: $255,936. Total Project Cost: $24,074. To replace the transmitter out transmission equipment at public $511,872. To replace worn-out or remote control system of public television station WJCT(TV), which television station WUSF(TV), which obsolete studio equipment at public operates on Ch. 7 in Jacksonville, FL. operates on Ch. 16 in Tampa, FL, and television station WXEL(TV), which The project would purchase a new which is licensed to the University of operates on Ch. 42 in Boynton Beach, transmitter, microwave Studio-to- South Florida. The present remote FL. The project would purchase video Transmitter Link, and diverse associated control system will be noncompliant tape machines, a video server system, a test equipment items. WJCT(TV) intends with Year 2000 program language. nonlinear editor system, and diverse to retrofit this transmitter to digital File No. 99171CTB, Florida Gulf Coast other associated items. when its analog operations must cease University acting for and in behalf of the File No. 99209CRB, Florida Board of as of May 1, 2006. The purchase would State Board of Reg, 10501 FGCU BLVD Regents for and on Behalf of the thus provide WJCT(TV) with a reliable Fort Myers, FL 33965. Contact: Mr. Kirk University of South Florida, University analog signal during the next few years Lehtomaa, Station Manager, (941) 590– of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620. and at the same time position the station 2300. Funds Requested: $654,999. Total Contact: Dr. James Heck, General for its eventual conversion to all-digital Project Cost: $1,310,000. To replace a Manager, (813) 974–8665. Funds transmission. 17-year-old, obsolete transmitter for Requested: $32,912. Total Project Cost: File No. 99241CRB, University of public television station WGCU(TV), $65,824. To improve the transmission Central Florida, Communications which operates on Ch. 30 in Fort Myers, and studio production capabilities of Building Room 13 Orlando, FL 32816. FL, and which is licensed to Florida public radio station WUSF(FM), which Contact: Ms. Kayonne Riley, Station Gulf Coast University. The project operates on 89.7 MHz in Tampa, FL, Manager, (407) 823–5162. Funds would also replace the station’s antenna and which is licensed to the University Requested: $139,980. Total Project Cost: and transmission line. of South Florida. The project would $279,960. To construct a new tower and File No. 99187CTB, Florida West purchase a digital exciter, a hot-standby install a new antenna system at public Coast Public Broadcasting, Inc., 1300 studio-to-transmitter link, digital audio radio station WUCF(FM), which North Boulevard Tampa, FL 33607. work stations, an ISDN codec, and operates on 89.9 MHz in Orlando, FL, Contact: Ms. Elsie Garner, Sr. Vice Pres. portable minidisc recorders. and which is licensed to the University & COO, (813) 254–9338. Funds File No. 99210CTB, Barry of Central Florida. These improvements Requested: $465,742. Total Project Cost: Telecommunications, Inc., 3401 South would alleviate radio frequency $931,485. To improve the program Congress Avenue Boynton Beach, FL interference and permit WUCF(FM) to production capability of public 33426. Contact: Mr. Philip DiComo, VP comply with nonionizing radiation television station WEDU(TV), which of Development, (561) 737–8000. Funds standards required by the FCC and the operates on Ch. 3 in the St. Petersburg/ Requested: $262,099. Total Project Cost: ANSI. Tampa region of Florida. The project $524,198. To replace three obsolete, File No. 99242CTB, School Board of would purchase a high definition video worn-out, tube-type studio cameras with Miami-Dade County Florida, 172 N.E. production switcher, a high definition modern ‘‘chip ‘‘ cameras at public 15th Street Miami, FL 33132. Contact: digital effects unit, high definition color television station WXEL(TV), which Mrs. Laurel Long, Director of Finance monitors, and an edit controller system. operates on Ch. 42 in Tampa, FL. The Admin., (305) 995–2240. Funds The new switcher and effects unit new cameras would be 16:9/4:3 Requested: $857,534. Total Project Cost: would replace outdated items. The switchable, standard definition digital- $1,715,068. To purchase a complete

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About 1,000 visually public health and safety. 17 for its analog service and will operate handicapped persons will receive File No. 99202CRB, Idaho State Board on Ch. 18 for its digital broadcasting. service in the added communities. of Education (Boise State University), File No. 99020CRB, University of BSU Radio/SMITC #213 Boise, ID Georgia Northern Iowa, 324 Communication 83725. Contact: Dr. James Paluzzi, File No. 99233CRB, Progressive Arts Center Cedar Falls, IA 50614. General Manager, (208) 426–3663. United Communications, Inc., 316 N. Contact: Ms. Barbara Reid, Funds Requested: $268,750. Total River St. Claxton, GA 30417. Contact: Administrative Assistant, (319) 273– Project Cost: $358,333. To extend the Mrs. Paschell Mix, CEO/Owner, (912) 6325. Funds Requested: $20,008. Total service of the Boise State University 739–9252. Funds Requested: $86,250. Project Cost: $40,017. To extend the Radio Network, Boise, ID, by Total Project Cost: $115,000. To signal of public station KUNI, 90.9 MHz, constructing a repeater station at 91.3 improve the production facilities of Cedar Falls, IA, by constructing a MHz in Jackpot, NV, to serve Elko WCLA–AM, 1470 KHz and WCLA–FM, repeater station on channel 208 (89.5 County, NV, and Twin Falls, Cassia and 107.3 MHZ in Claxton, GA by MHz) in Oskaloosa, IA. The new station Owyhee Counties, ID. The new station purchasing an audio vault storage, audio will bring the first full-time public radio will bring the first public radio signal to console and related production service to a population of about 14,979. about 1,534 persons. It will repeat the equipment. WCLA serves 160,000 It will repeat the programing of KUNI. programing of station KBSX, Boise, ID, people in southeast Georgia. File No. 99039CTB, Iowa Public but will also carry programing intended Broadcasting Board, 6450 Corporate Iowa just for its own listeners. Drive Johnston, IA 50131. Contact: Mr. File No. 99010CRB, University of Dennis Malloy, Dir. of Com. Relations & Illinois Northern Iowa, 324 Communication Dev., (515) 242–3106. Funds Requested: File No. 99077CTB, Black Hawk Arts Center Cedar Falls, IA 50614. $223,922. Total Project Cost: $447,845. College, 6600 34th Avenue Moline, IL Contact: Ms. Barbara Reid, To improve the production capacity of 61265. Contact: Mr. Rick Best, General Administrative Assistant, (319) 273– Iowa Public Television, Johnston , IA, Manager, (309) 796–2424. Funds 6325. Funds Requested: $906,984. Total by replacing items of worn out and Requested: $164,790. Total Project Cost: Project Cost: $1,813,968. To improve the obsolete equipment, including tape $219,720. To improve the operation of transmission reliability of public radio recorders, a switcher, and associated public station WQPT, ch. 24, Moline, IL, station KUNI, 90.9 MHz, Cedar Rapids, equipment. Iowa PTV serves a statewide by replacing its obsolete and worn out IA, by constructing a transmitter tower population of about 3,600,000. The master control system, including a to replace one the station may have to equipment acquired will be digital server and a digital routing switcher. vacate because the owner may need the compatible and assist in the ultimate The station serves a population of about tower capacity for converting itself to conversion of Iowa PTV to digital 550,000. DTV. KUNI serves a population of about television broadcasting. File No. 99079CTB, Window to the 1,213,130 through its primary File No. 99091CRB, University of World Communications, Inc., 5400 transmission and through four Northern Iowa, 324 Communication North St. Louis Avenue Chicago, IL translators that relay its signal in Des Arts Center Cedar Falls, IA 50614. 60625. Contact: Mr. Martin McLaughlin, Moines, Dubuque, Davenport, and Contact: Ms. Barbara Reid, Vice President Corporate Affa, (773) Eldridge, all in Iowa. Administrative Assistant, (319) 273– 509–5433. Funds Requested: File No. 99011CRB, University of 6325. Funds Requested: $22,757. Total $1,057,312. Total Project Cost: Northern Iowa, 324 Communications Project Cost: $45,514. To improve the $2,114,624. To convert public station Arts Center Cedar Falls, IA 50614. signal reliability of public station KHKE, WTTW, ch. 11, Chicago, IL, to digital Contact: Ms. Barbara Reid, 89.5 MHz, Cedar Falls, IA, by replacing transmission on channel 47 by Administrative Assistant, (319) 273– its worn out and obsolete 24-year-old purchasing a transmitter and ancillary 6325. Funds Requested: $10,711. Total transmitter. The station serves a equipment, an antenna, STL, and test Project Cost: $21,423. To improve the population of about 191,207. equipment. Tower modification is also signal of public station KRNI(AM), 1010 included in the project. The station KHz, Mason City, IA, by replacing its Idaho serves a population of about 10.5 worn out and obsolete transmitter. The File No. 99092CRB, Idaho State million persons. station repeats the programing of KUNI, University, 921 South 8th Street File No. 99084ICTN, Chicago Housing 90.9 MHz, Cedar Falls, IA, and serves a Pocatello, ID 83209. Contact: Mr. Ernest Authority, 4859 S. Wabash Avenue population of about 95,000. Naftzger, Dean of Student Affairs, (208) Chicago, IL 606151008. Contact: Ms. File No. 99015CRB, Iowa Radio 236–2688. Funds Requested: $33,771. Zenobia Johnson-Black, Exec. Dir., Reading Information Service for the Total Project Cost: $45,028. To complete Hayes FIC, (773) 285–0200. Funds Blind and Print Handicapped, Inc., 100 public station KISU, Pocatello, ID, by Requested: $187,500. Total Project Cost: East Euclid Ave. Des Moines, IA 50313. acquiring satellite downlink equipment. $250,000. To establish a video distance Contact: Ms. Sally Vander Linden, The station provides the only public learning system that would interconnect Executive Director, (515) 243–6833. radio signal to about 13,678 persons. The Chicago Housing Authority’s Hayes Funds Requested: $25,272. Total Project File No. 99189CRB, Boise State Family Investment Center with three Cost: $50,544. To extend the service University Foundation, Inc., 1910 public housing developments and allow area of Iowa Radio Reading Information University Drive Boise, ID 83725. the Authority to transmit diverse Service, Des Moines. IA, by acquiring Contact: Dr. James Paluzzi, General instructional programming to their the necessary satellite up- and down- Manager, BSU Radio, (208) 426–3663. residents. The three participating link equipment to enable IRIS to Funds Requested: $371,041. Total developments would be Altgeld

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Gardens, Cabrini-Green, and Henry Bloomington, IN, by replacing its worn increasing outages and repair problems. Horner Homes. The programming out and obsolete video production KHCC–FM and its two repeater/satellite would, in part, be targeted to assist the switcher, an effects system, and video stations serve about 925,000 people. City’s welfare-to-work effort and would monitors. The project will help the File No. 99051CTB, Washburn emphasize pre-employment and job station’s eventual transition to all-digital University of Topeka, 1700 SW College readiness skills training. More generally, operation. The station serves a Avenue Topeka, KS 66621. Contact: Mr. the programming would also strive to population of about 490,000. Robert Fidler, Director of Operations, increase the literacy levels and improve File No. 99180CRTB, Metropolitan (785) 231–1111. Funds Requested: the information technology capabilities Indianapolis Public Broadcasting, Inc., $125,000. Total Project Cost: $250,000. of the developments’ residents. The 1401 North Meridian Street, To improve public television station project would build upon the Indianapolis, IN 46202. Contact: Mr. KTWU–TV, Ch. 11, Topeka, by Authority’s experience with its Lloyd Wright, President & General replacing its 45-year-old VHF antenna computer learning effort. Manager, (317) 636–2020. Funds with a new antenna. Initially new File No. 99114CRB, Board of Trustees Requested: $205,000. Total Project Cost: antenna will be used as its NTSC University of Illinois, 801 South Wright $410,000. To improve the signal antenna but will eventually become its Street, 109 Cob Urbana, IL 61820. reliability of public stations WFYI–TV, DTV antenna. KTWU–TV serves about Contact: Mr. J.J. Kamerer, Director, ch. 20, and WFYI–FM, 90.1 MHz, 1.26 million people. Grants & Contract Ad, (217) 333–2187. Indianapolis, IN, by replacing their File No. 99066CRB, Kanza Society, Funds Requested: $45,000. Total Project failing, 20-year-old STL with a digital Inc., 210 N 7th St. Garden City, KS Cost: $90,000. To improve the operation fiber-optic link. The stations serve a 67846. Contact: Mr. Brian Gibbons, of WILL–AM, 580 KHz, and WILL–FM, population of about 2 million. Executive Director, (316) 275–7444. 90.9 MHz, Champaign, IL, by replacing Funds Requested: $309,705. Total Kansas reel-to-reel and cartridge tape machine Project Cost: $412,940. To activate a with a networked digital audio storage File No. 99009CTB, Smoky Hills new public radio satellite/repeater and delivery system. The stations serve Public Television Corp., 604 Elm Street station on 89.5 MHz in Perryton- a population of about 1,048,698. Bunker Hill, KS 676260009. Contact: Spearman, TX. New 100 kilowatt station File No. 99251CRB, Illinois State Mr. Lloyd Mintzmyer, Director of will repeat the signal of KANZ–FM, 91.1 University, Old Union Building, Room Engineering, (785) 483–6990. Funds MHz, Garden City, KS. Signal will be 310, S Normal, IL 61790. Contact: Mr. Requested: $386,500. Total Project Cost: provided via a satellite downlink. New Bruce Bergethon, General Manager, $773,000. To improve the facilites of station will provide a first public radio (309) 438–2393. Funds Requested: three public TV stations, the main signal to about 68,000 people in TX and $40,000. Total Project Cost: $80,000. To station (KOOD–TV, Ch. 9, in Bunker OK. improve the operation of public station Hill), two repeater/satellite stations File No. 99067CRB, Kanza Society, WGLT, 89.1 MHz, Normal, IL, by (KDCK–TV, Ch. 21, Dodge City, and Inc., 210 N 7th Street Garden City, KS replacing worn out and obsolete tape KSWK–TV, Ch. 3, Lakin) and translators 67846. Contact: Mr. Brian Gibbons, recording equipment with digital audio in western KS. Project would lease fiber Executive Director, (316) 275–7444. server system. The station serves a optic to replace the failing analog Funds Requested: $16,656. Total Project population of about 300,000. microwave studio to multi-transmitter Cost: $33,312. To improve and upgrade system. Project will also acquire ‘‘last the facilities of public radio FM Indiana mile’’ microwave equipment and translator, K242AL, 96.3 MHz, Hays, by File No. 99061CTB, Michiana Public associated satellite interconnection relocating, replacing and upgrading the Broadcasting Corporation, 2300 Charger equipment. Stations currently serve station to a Class A station (1,250 watts). Blvd Elkhart, IN 46514. Contact: Ms. about 365,000 people. Upgraded repeater/satellite station will Trina Cutter, President/General Mgr., File No. 99022CTB, Kansas Public broadcast on 91.7 MHz. (219) 674–5961. Funds Requested: Telecommunications Service, Inc., 320 File No. 99089CRB, Wichita State $362,370. Total Project Cost: $724,740. West 21st Street North Wichita, KS University, 3317 E. 17th Street Wichita, To improve the operation of public 67203. Contact: Mr. David McClintock, KS 67208. Contact: Mr. Mark McCain, station WNIT, ch. 34, Elkhart, IN, by Director of Engineering, (316) 838–3090. General Manager, (316) 978–6789. replacing obsolete and worn out Funds Requested: $118,735. Total Funds Requested: $44,772. Total Project cameras. The project will help the Project Cost: $237,470. To improve Cost: $89,544. To improve public radio station’s eventual transition to all-digital public television station KPTS–TV, Ch. station KMUW–FM, 89.1 MHz, Wichita, operation. WNIT serves a population of 8, in Wichita, by replacing station’s old by replacing a 20-year-old satellite about 1,709,000. Umatic video recorders and analog receive-only antenna and analog test File No. 99096CRN, City of Hobart studio-to-transmitter link. Project would equipment. Project will also replace and Police Department, 200 Main Street acquire 5 digital tape recorders, a 10- upgrade equipment in KMUW–FM’s Hobart, IN 46342. Contact: Mr. Ronald year lease of fiber optic, 2 fiber optic news production facility. KMUW–FM Taylor, Police Chief, (219) 942–1126. encoders and decoders. Station serves serves about 516,700 people. Funds Requested: $331,095. Total about 588,000 people. Project Cost: $438,289. To improve the File No. 99024CRB, Hutchinson Kentucky public safety telecommunications Community College, 815 N Walnut File No. 99002CTB, Kentucky system of the Hobart Police Department Suite 300 Hutchinson, KS 67501. Authority for Educational Television, File No. 99117CTB, Trustee of Indiana Contact: Mr. David Horning, General 600 Cooper Drive Lexington, KY 40502. University, P.O. Box 1847 Bloomington, Manager, (316) 665–3555. Funds Contact: Mrs. Virginia Fox, Executive IN 47402. Contact: Mr. Barrie Requested: $43,563. Total Project Cost: Director, (606) 258–7000. Funds Zimmerman, Director, Operations & $87,126. To improve public radio Requested: $699,371. Total Project Cost: Engineer, (812) 855–2898. Funds station KHCC–FM, 90.1 MHz, in $1,398,742. To improve the reliability of Requested: $114,110. Total Project Cost: Hutchinson, by replacing the on-air the signals of two public television $228,220. To improve the operation of console and main production console. stations in the Kentucky Educational public station WTIU, ch. 30, Both units have been plagued with Television system—WKSO, ch. 29,

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Somerset, KY, and WKMR, ch. 38, Louisiana To improve the state’s public television Morehead, KY, by replacing 30 year old File No. 99167CTB, Greater New network by replacing 17-year-old video transmitters. Orleans Educational Television tape equipment in its File No. 99053CTB, Western Foundation, 916 Navarre Avenue, New telecommunications center in Baton Kentucky University, 1 Big Red Way Orleans, LA 70124. Contact: Mr. Randall Rouge. New equipment consists of 5 digital video tape recorders with Bowling Green, KY 42101. Contact: Mr. Feldman, President & General Manager, monitoring, a digital video server and Jerry Barnaby, Assistant Director, (502) (504) 486–5511. Funds Requested: digital test equipment. Public television 745–2400. Funds Requested: $86,544. $265,000. Total Project Cost: $530,000. network serves about 1,082,000 people. Total Project Cost: $173,089. To To improve public television station improve the operation of public station WYES–TV, Ch. 11, New Orleans, by Massachusetts WKYU–TV, ch. 24, Bowling Green, KY, replacing its transmission line, and File No. 99113CTB, WGBH by replacing origination equipment, acquiring a digital video effects machine Educational Foundation, 44 Hampden including digital tape decks and and waveform monitors. In addition to St., Springfield, MA 01103. Contact: Ms. cameras. The project will assist the making its current service more reliable, Deborah Onslow, General Manager, station in its planned conversion to the new equipment will assist in the (413) 781–2801. Funds Requested: DTV. The station serves a population of eventual conversion to digital $201,300. Total Project Cost: $402,600. about 250,000. television. Station serves about 1.8 To convert public station WGBY–TV, million people. The area is also served Channel 57 in Springfield, MA, to File No. 99064CRB, Eastern Kentucky by WLAE–TV, Ch. 32. University, 102 Perkins Building digital broadcasting on Channel 58 by File No. 99186CTB, Educational purchasing and installing a digital Richmond, KY 40475. Contact: Dr. Fred Broadcasting Foundation, Inc., 2929 S. Kolloff, Director Media Resources, (606) transmitter, antenna, transmission line, Carrollton Ave., New Orleans, LA STL and a small digital satellite 622–2474. Funds Requested: $139,928. 70118. Contact: Mr. John Pela, Station Total Project Cost: $186,571. To extend receiver. The station serves a population Manager, (504) 830–3709. Funds of nearly 2.5 million residents of the signal of public radio station WEKU, Requested: $49,150. Total Project Cost: western Massachusetts and northern 88.9 MHz, Richmond, KY, by $98,300. To improve public television Connecticut. constructing a repeater station in Mt. station WLAE–TV, Ch. 32., in New File No. 99211CRB, Trustees of Victory, KY, to bring the first public Orleans by replacing obsolete master Boston University, 890 Commonwealth radio service to about 106,212 residents control origination equipment. New Avenue, Boston, MA 02215. Contact: of central and southeastern Kentucky equipment includes 6 videotape Mr. Stephen Elman, Assistant General and northern Tennessee. machines and 3 digital waveform Manager, (617) 353–0909. Funds File No. 99184CRB, Kentucky Public monitors. WLAE–TV serves about Requested: $223,256. Total Project Cost: Radio, 301 York Street Louisville, KY 1,163,000 people. The area is also $446,512. To improve public radio 40203. Contact: Ms. Kathi Ellis, served by WYES–TV. station WRNI–AM, 1290 KHz in Development Specialist, (502) 574– File No. 99223ICTN, New Orleans Providence, RI, by replacing the 1848. Funds Requested: $253,085. Total Educational Telecommunications obsolete and failing transmission Project Cost: $506,170. To augment the Consortium, 2 Canal St., New Orleans, system, increase power and build a local operational capability of Kentucky LA 70130. Contact: Dr. Robert Lucas, production studio. WRNI is part of Public Radio, which operates WFPL Executive Director, (504) 524–0350. Boston University’s WBUR Group and 89.3 MHz, WUOL 90.5 MHz, and WFPK Funds Requested: $62,319. Total Project its broadcast originates at WBUR–FM in 91.8 MHz, in Louisville, KY, by Cost: $124,638. To assist the New Boston. WRNI–AM serves a population acquiring various items of equipment Orleans Educational of over 250,000 residents of Rhode for its new building, including fiber Telecommunications Consortium Island. optic interfaces, a routing switcher, (‘‘NOETC, Inc’’) to extend its File No. 99216ICTN, Mount consoles, limiters, audio processors, instructional services to the Stennis Wachusett Community College, 444 speakers, headphones, microphones, Space Center, located in nearby Green Street Gardner, MA 01440. microphone stands and mounts, digital Mississippi. The project would also Contact: Mr. Anthony Cherubini, establish a video classroom at Nunez audio editors, CD players, CD recorder, Professor, (978) 632–6600. Funds Community College and connect that and digital audio work stations. The Requested: $562,882. Total Project Cost: studio via microwave to NOETC, Inc.’s three stations serve a population of $750,509. To activate a Ku-band satellite ITFS system. NOETC, Inc. is a about 3,057,566. project at the applicant’s consortium of eight post-secondary Telecommunications and Distance File No. 99191CRB, Appalshop, Inc., institutions located in New Orleans. The Learning Center. The applicant is 91 Madison Avenue, Whitesburg, KY instructional programming to be partnering with the Wood Products 41858. Contact: Mr. Timothy Marema, transmitted to the Stennis Space Center Manufacturers Association to upgrade Dir. of Devel.& Admin., (606) 633–0108. would originate at The University of skills of the industries employees. Funds Requested: $69,010. Total Project New Orleans, a consortium partner. The Another partner in the project is Rural Cost: $93,010. To improve the operation Nunez Community College equipment Housing Improvement, which assists of public station WMMT, 88.7 Mhz, would allow course work emphasizing low income clients to become self Whitesburg, KY, by replacing worn out basic literacy and math skills to be sufficient. and obsolete items of production transmitted to a presently unserved equipment, including audio consoles, population in Plaquemine Parish. Maryland cassette and DAT recorders, File No. 99247CTB, Louisiana File No. 99018CRB, University of microphones, CD players, CD recorder, Educational Television Authority, 7733 Maryland Eastern Shore, Backbone Road a telephone interface, and turntables Perkins, Baton Rouge, LA 70810. Princess Anne, MD 21853. Contact: Mr. plus its STL and a package of test Contact: Mrs. Cynthia Rougeou, CAO, Anthony Hunt, General Manager, (410) equipment. The station serves a (225) 767–5660. Funds Requested: 651–8001. Funds Requested: $70,743. population of about 299,162. $225,000. Total Project Cost: $450,000. Total Project Cost: $141,486. To

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The station serves the 11 school districts in the County. operation of public station WDCQ–TV, a population of more than 142,000 Cooperating in the project would be the ch. 19, University Center, MI, by residents of the southeast corner of following: the University of Maine/ replacing worn out and obsolete Maryland, southern Delaware and Machias; Washington County Technical cameras and video tape recorders. The northeastern Virginia. College; Coastal Washington County new equipment will be digital-capable File No. 99065CTB, Maryland Public Institute of Technology; the Regional and aid the station’s eventual Broadcasting Commission, 11767 Medical Center at Lubec; St. Croix conversion to digital broadcasting. The Owings Mills Boulevard Owings Mills, Regional Technical School; three station serves a population of about MD 21117. Contact: Mr. Robert Sestili, American Indian elementary schools; a 866,000. Senior Vice President/CEO, (410) 581– private middle/high school that File No. 99227CTB, Board of Control 4297. Funds Requested: $449,400. Total provides educational services to a of Northern Michigan University, 1401 Project Cost: $898,800. To convert number of school districts; schools that Presque Isle Avenue Marquette, MI public station WMPT–TV, Channel 22 serve the unorganized territories within 49855. Contact: Mr. Scott Seaman, in Annapolis, MD, to digital the County; and the Maine State General Manager, (906) 227–1300. broadcasting on Channel 42 by Department of Education. Funds Requested: $135,000. Total purchasing a transmitter, antenna, Project Cost: $270,000. To improve the transmission line, monitoring and test Michigan production capability of public station equipment. The station serves a File No. 99048CTB, Board of Trustees WNMU–TV, ch. 13, Marquette, MI, by population of over 6.8 million people in of Michigan State University, 283 replacing worn out and obsolete field the cities of Baltimore and Annapolis, Communication Arts Building East and studio cameras. The new equipment and in North, Central and Southern Lansing, MI 48824. Contact: Mr. Steven will be digital-capable and aid the Maryland. Meuche, Director & General Manager, station’s eventual conversion to digital File No. 99104CRB, Metropolitan (517) 432–3120. Funds Requested: broadcasting. The station serves a Washington Ear, Inc., 35 University $330,325. Total Project Cost: $660,650. population of about 250,000. Boulevard East Silver Spring, MD To improve the operation of public Minnesota 20901. Contact: Mrs. Nancy Knauss, station WKAR–TV, ch. 23, East Lansing, Administrative Dir., (301) 681–6636. File No. 99001CTB, Duluth-Superior MI, by replacing worn out and obsolete Funds Requested: $23,719. Total Project Area Educational Television video tape recorders, video production Cost: $31,625. To improve the services Corporation, 1202 East University Circle switchers, and audio consoles. All new of the Washington Ear, the radio reading Duluth, MN 55811. Contact: Mr. Allen equipment will be digital-capable and service in the Wahington DC Harmon, President, (218) 724–8567. aid the station’s eventual conversion to metropolitan area, by replacing control Funds Requested: $122,812. Total digital broadcasting. The station serves room equipment including tape Project Cost: $163,750. This is a request a population of about 2,633,010. machines, PC-based automation for emergency funding to construct a equipment, mini-disc units and File No. 99059CTB, Grand Valley tower in Grand Marais, MN, for the headsets. In addition, the project will State University, 301 W. Fulton Street translator of public television station purchase 50 closed-circuit radio Grand Rapids, MI 49504. Contact: Mr. WDSE, Ch. 8, Duluth, MN. The new receivers to lend to listeners free of Robert Lumbert, Director of Engineering, tower would replace the tower on which charge. The Washington Ear serves a (616) 771–6739. Funds Requested: WDSE(TV) presently leases space for the population of over 1,900 blind and $417,425. Total Project Cost: $834,850. translator. The present tower is in visually impaired residents of To complete the conversion of public imminent danger of collapse. The Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia. station WGVU–TV, ch. 35, Grand project also seeks to replace the 18-year- Rapids, MI, to digital broadcasting on old translator transmitter and its 31- Maine channel 11, by purchasing a transmitter, year-old antenna. The new transmitter File No. 99158CTB, Maine Public transmission line, remote control, an would increase the translator’s power Broadcasting Corporation, 65 Texas encoder, and test equipment. The from 100 watts to 500 watts and the new Avenue Bangor, ME 04401. Contact: Mr. station serves a population of about antenna would be omnidirectional. The Alexander Maxwell, Chief Technology 1,060,425. changes would result in an increase in Officer, (207) 941–1010. Funds File No. 99123CTB, Detroit the population served from 1,000 to Requested: $324,000. Total Project Cost: Educational Television Foundation, 3,000. $648,000. To improve public television 7441 Second Avenue Detroit, MI 48202. File No. 99016CTB, Northern stations WMEM–TV, Channel 10 in Contact: Mr. Daniel Alpert, Senior VP & Minnesota Public Television., Inc., BSU Presque Isle and WMEB–TV, Channel Station Manager, (313) 876–8102. Funds Box 9 Bemidji, MN 56601. Contact: Mr. 12 in Orono, Maine, by replacing failing Requested: $579,402. Total Project Cost: Bill Sanford, Director of Engineering, and obsolete transmitters with digital- $1,158,804. To convert public station (218) 751–3407. Funds Requested: capable units. Maine Public WTVS, ch. 56, Detroit, MI, to digital $195,840. Total Project Cost: $261,120. Broadcasting serves a population of over broadcasting on channel 43, bringing To improve the operation of public 1.2 million people. the first DTV public broadcasting to station KAWE, ch. 9, Bemidji, MN, by File No. 99173IPTN, Washington about 4.6 million people. The project replacing worn out and obsolete video County Consortium for School includes acquisition of DTV transmitter, tape recorders and a character generator. Improvement, 10 Torrey Hall Machias, STL, satellite demod for DTV feeds, The new equipment will be digital- ME 04654. Contact: Ms. Gloria Jenkins, encoder, a multiplexer, and related capable and aid the station’s eventual Director, (207) 255–1219. Funds monitoring and test equipment. conversion to digital broadcasting. The

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Sanford, Director of Engineering, (218) Paul, MN, to digital broadcasting on File No. 99228CRB, Curators of the 751–3407. Funds Requested: $54,600. channel 16 by purchasing a transmitter, University of Missouri for the Total Project Cost: $72,800. To improve antenna, transmission line, a video University of Missouri-St. Louis, 8001 the signal quality of public station server, satellite demod, format Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO KAWB, ch. 22, Brainerd, MN, by converter, channel automation, DTV 63121. Contact: Ms. Patricia Bennett, replacing its worn out and obsolete multiplexer, encoders, and monitors Director & General Manager, (314) 516– antenna. The station repeats the plus ancillary items and test equipment. 5968. Funds Requested: $18,576. Total programing of station KAWE, ch. 9, The station serves a population of about Project Cost: $37,153. To improve the Bemidji, MN. The new equipment will 3,125,000. production capability of public station be digital-capable and aid the station’s File No. 99252CRB, Minnesota Public KWMU, 90.7 MHz, St. Louis, MO, by eventual conversion to digital Radio, 45 East 7th Street, St. Paul, MN replacing two worn out and obsolete broadcasting. The two stations serve a 55101. Contact: Mr. Ron Hall, audio consoles and acquiring added population of about 300,000. Development Assistant, (651) 290–1163. audio server capacity, DAT recorders, File No. 99101CTB, West Central Funds Requested: $121,209. Total and a telephone hybrid. The station Minnesota Education Television Co., Project Cost: $242,418. To extend the serves a population of about 2,442,200. Inc., 120 West Schlieman Appleton, MN coverage of Minnesota Public Radio, St. Montana 56208. Contact: Mr. Ansel Doll, General Paul, MN, by constructing two new Manager, (320) 289–2622. Funds public stations on 88.7 MHz and File No. 99116CRB, Board of Regents Requested: $251,100. Total Project Cost: 89.7MHz in Grand Marais, MN. One of Montana University System, 330 Strand $334,800. To improve the operation of the two stations will carry Minnesota Union Building, Bozeman, MT 59717. public station KWCM, ch. 10, Appleton, Public Radio’s news service; the other, Contact: Mr. Philip Charles, General MN, by replacing worn out and obsolete MPR’s classical music service. The new Manager, (406) 994–6484. Funds video recorders and acquiring a video stations will provide service to about Requested: $39,630. Total Project Cost: server. The new equipment will be 4,166. $62,130. To improve the transmission digital-capable and aid the station’s facilities of public radio station KGLT– eventual conversion to digital Missouri FM, operating on 91.9 MHZ in broadcasting. The station serves a File No. 99044CTB, St. Louis Regional Bozeman, by replacing the station’s 24 population of about 600,000. Educational and Public Television year old antenna, transmission and STL File No. 99177CTB, Austin Commission, 3655 Olive Street, St. system. The project would ensure Independent School District No. 492, Louis, MO 63108. Contact: Mrs. Wilma continued service to 70,000 people and 2000 8th Avenue NW Austin, MN Matta, VP & CFO, (314) 512–9000. permit a future power increase to 55912. Contact: Mr. Richard Sailors, Funds Requested: $1,237,214. Total provide first public radio service to an General Manager, (507) 433–0671. Project Cost: $2,474,428. To convert additional 15,000 people. Funds Requested: $720,250. Total public station KETC, ch. 9, St. Louis, Project Cost: $1,263,596. To extend the MO, to digital broadcasting on channel North Carolina signal of public station KSMQ, ch. 15, 39, by purchasing a transmitter, File No. 99100ICTN, North Carolina Austin, MN, and establish the first local antenna, encoder, satellite demod. up- School of Science and Mathematics, origination facility by constructing a converter, bit splicer, PSIP generator, P.O. Box 2418, Durham, NC 27715. new station on channel 35 in Winona, spooler, and STL. The station serves a Contact: Ms. Peggy Manring, Head of MN. The new station will operate as a population of more than 3 million. Distance Learning, (919) 286–3366. ‘‘pass-through’’ service of KSMQ File No. 99112CTB, Ozarks Public Funds Requested: $397,935. Total programing except when originating Telecommunications, Inc., 821 North Project Cost: $649,620. To develop a local-interest programs. The new station Washington, Springfield, MO 65802. state-of-the-art multimedia distance will serve an estimated 152,000 people, Contact: Mr. Brent Moore, Director of learning classroom for the North providing about 12,000 of them with Engineering, (417) 865–2100. Funds Carolina School of Science and their first public television signal. All Requested: $58,000. Total Project Cost: Mathematics, Durham. The project equipment at the new station will be $116,000. To improve the operations of would permit the School to expand its digital-capable. public station KOZK, ch, 21, current distance learning system by File No. 99200CRB, Fresh Air, Inc., Springfield, MO, by acquiring using a variety of technologies and 1808 Riverside Avenue Minneapolis, equipment to automate its master delivery systems such as wireless MN 55454. Contact: Ms. Denise control to allow for overnight delivery networking, H.320, webcasting, video Mayotte, General Manager, (612) 341– of college courses and additional streaming, and time-delay satellite 3144. Funds Requested: $53,120. Total general programing. The station serves a broadcasts. The North Carolina School Project Cost: $106,240. To improve the population of about 1.5 million. of Science and Mathematics is a production capability of public station File No. 99169CTB, Public Television residential, statewide magnet school KFAI, 90.3 MHz, Minneapolis, MN, by 19, Inc., 125 East 31st Street, Kansas that provides 11th- and 12th-grade replacing worn out and obsolete City, MO 64108. Contact: Ms. Brenda students with a comprehensive, free equipment, including audio consoles, Williams, Grant Coordinator, (816) 756– education focused on science, distribution amplifiers, CD players, 3580. Funds Requested: $352,075. Total mathematics and technology. cassette decks, turntables, and an audio Project Cost: $704,150. To further the File No. 99125CTB, University of processor. The station serves a conversion of public television station North Carolina Center for Public population of about 900,000. KCPT(TV), Ch. 19, Kansas City, MO, to Television, 10 TW Alexander Drive

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Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. digital TV service to about 115,000 File No. 99109ICTN, ADEC Contact: Ms. Meg Lu, Director of people. Corporation, C218 Animal Science Admin., (919) 549–7154. Funds File No. 99194CRTB, Prairie Public Building Lincoln, NE 68583. Contact: Requested: $307,455. Total Project Cost: Broadcasting, Inc., 207 North 5th Street Dr. Janet Poley, President/CEO, (402) $614,910. To improve the state’s public Fargo, ND 58102. Contact: Mrs. 472–7000. Funds Requested: $454,180. television network by replacing seven Kathleen Pavelko, President & CEO, Total Project Cost: $908,360. To extend 100-watt translators (Brevard, (701) 241–6900. Funds Requested: the distance learning services of ADEC Burnsville, Hayesville, Lake Lure, $1,325,901. Total Project Cost: by purchasing a digital satellite uplink Sparta, Spruce Pine and Murphy) and a $1,767,868. To improve the state’s which will distribute 6 MCPC channel 1-kilowatt translator at Canton. Project public radio and television system by of programming. The uplink will will also replace 1960’s vintage replacing its obsolete, worn-out, six- aggregate programming from ADEC microwave repeater equipment at Cane hop, 21-year-old, Fargo-to-Bismarck, ND member universities and extend Mountain, Tarboro, Statesville, and analog microwave system. This programming to previously unserved Cowee, plus a digital ready hot standby replacement is part of the long-term audiences. ADEC is a consortium of 55 will be installed at Joanna Bald. Project digital transition plan for ND. Network land-grant institutions providing will replace 8 transmission equipment currently serves about 790,300 people. distance learning nationwide. shelters. Network serves the entire state. Nebraska File No. 99156CRB, Nebraska File No. 99126CRB, Board of Trustees Educational Telecommunications File No. 99004CTB, Board of Regents of the University of North Carolina at Commission, 1800 N 33 Street Lincoln, # of the University of Nebraska, 6001 Chapel Hill, CB 0915, Chapel Hill, NC NE 68501. Contact: Mr. Rod Bates, Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68182. 275990915. Contact: Mr. Thomas Davis, Secretary, (402) 472–3611. Funds Contact: Ms. Debra Aliano, General General Manager, (919) 966-5454. Funds Requested: $81,300. Total Project Cost: Manager, (402) 554–2516. Funds Requested: $245,685. Total Project Cost: $162,600. To improve and expand the Requested: $69,816. Total Project Cost: $327,580. To extend the service of coverage of public radio station KUCV– $145,450. To improve public television public radio station WUNC(FM), Chapel FM, 90.9 MHz, Lincoln by replacing the Hill, NC, by constructing a repeater station KYNE–TV, Ch. 26, in Omaha, by acquiring a digital video file server. The station’s 20-year-old transmitter and station operating on 88.9 MHz in antenna system. Project will change Manteo. The station will have a small equipment will replace the current playback system which does not frequency to 91.1 MHz and increase studio for local origination and will station’s power from 16.0 to 20.14 receive programming form WUNC via produce a fully broadcast quality signal. KYNE–TV serves about 696,000 people. kilowatts. KUCV–FM currently serves satellite interconnection. The repeater about 268,544 people. station will provide first public radio File No. 99007CRB, Board of Regents File No. 99190CTB, Nebraska service to 74,073 people and additional of the University of Nebraska, 6001 Educational Telecommunications service to 49,166 residents of eastern Dodge Street Omaha, NE 68182. Commission, 1800 N 33 Street Lincoln, North Carolina and the Outer Banks. Contact: Ms. Debra Aliano, General File No. 99162CTB, Charlotte- Manager, (402) 559–5866. Funds NE 685013111. Contact: Mr. Rod Bates, Mecklenburg Public Broadcasting Requested: $23,664. Total Project Cost: Secretary, (402) 472–3611. Funds Authority, 3242 Commonwealth $49,300. To improve public radio Requested: $878,497. Total Project Cost: Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28205. Contact: station KVNO–FM, 90.7 MHz, in Omaha $1,756,994. To improve the state public Mr. Harold Bouton, President & CEO, by acquiring 2 digital audio consoles, a television network by replacing worn- (704) 372–2442. Funds Requested: digital 8-track tape recorder, out and obsolete dissemination and $52,846. Total Project Cost: $105,692. microphones and associated equipment. origination equipment with digital or To improve public television station Current consoles are obsolete and worn- digital-compatible equipment. Network WTVI–TV, Ch. 42, in Charlotte, by out. KVNO–FM serves about 607,000 will acquire a non-linear edit system, purchasing a digital video server to people. studio/remote cameras, hard disk server replace the labor and maintenance File No. 99094ICTN, Educational system, and a remote control switcher. intensive videotapte machines. New Service Unit 7, 2657 44th Avenue Equipment will be used in partnership equipment will be easily converted to Columbus, NE 68601. Contact: Ms. with Central Educational Network digital television service when needed. Phyllis Brunken, Media/Technology (CEN). Network serves about 1.65 WTVI–TV serves about 1.08 million Director, (402) 564–5753. Funds million people in Nebraska. people. Requested: $563,076. Total Project Cost: File No. 99201CRB, Nebraska $750,769. To establish a video distance Educational Telecommunications North Dakota learning system for the Educational Commission, 1800 N 33 Street Lincoln, File No. 99157CTB, Prairie Public Service Unit 7 (‘‘ESU 7’’), Columbus, NE 685013111. Contact: Mr. Rod Bates, Broadcasting, Inc., 207 North 5th Street, Nebraska. The system would Secretary, (402) 472–3611. Funds Fargo, ND 58102. Contact: Mrs. interconnect 11 school districts in a Requested: $120,500. Total Project Cost: Kathleen Pavelko, President & CEO, five-county area of eastern Nebraska. $241,000. To replace the antenna (701) 241–6900. Funds Requested: The counties are Butler, Colfax, Merrick, systems of four stations of the state’s $1,188,258. Total Project Cost: Platte and Polk. The system would also public radio network. New antennas $1,584,344. To convert public television encompass Central Community College, will be installed at: KRNE–FM, 91.5 station KBME–TV, Ch. 3, in Bismarck, which is in Columbus, and ESU 7 itself. MHz, Merriman; KCNE–FM, 91.9 MHz, to digital broadcasting on Ch. 22 by The proposed system would be digital Chadron; KPNE–FM, 91.7 MHz, North purchasing a full complement of digital fiber-optic based, with the signal Platte and KMNE–FM, 90.3 MHz, dissemination, origination, transmitted via T–1 telephone lines. Bassett. Antennas have experienced interconnection, reception and test Each participating school would receive longitudinal cracks and one of the equipment. KBME–DT will also be used either or both of two types of distance stations (KRNE–FM) has already to demonstrate the use of digital learning equipment: a dedicated two- reduced power 40% to avoid permanent broadband capacity for distance way video classroom or desktop damage. The four stations serve about 1⁄3 learning. KBME–DT will provide a first conferencing equipment. of the state.

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New Hampshire Trenton, NJ, to digital broadcast on 2112. Funds Requested: $38,545. Total File No. 99003CTB, University of New Channel 43 by the purchase and Project Cost: $77,090. To improve Hampshire, 268 Mast Road Durham, NH installation of a digital transmitter, public television station KENW–TV, Ch. 03824. Contact: Mr. Robert Ross, antenna, STL, combiner, encoder, video 3, Portales, by replacing three old UHF Director of Engineering, (603) 868–7552. server and monitoring equipment. The translators with solid state units and Funds Requested: $1,305,000. Total station serves a population of over 9.8 retuning an existing translator to a new Project Cost: $2,610,000. To convert million people. channel. New translators will be in File No. 99124CRB, New Jersey Public public station WENH–TV, Channel 11 Carlsbad (K49ES), Forrest/McAlister Broadcasting Authority, 25 South (K34EZ) and Tucumcari (Ch. 32). The in Durham, NH, to digital broadcasting Stockton Street Trenton, NJ 08625. retuned translator is Ruidoso (K49EW). on Channel 57 by purchasing and Contact: Mr. William Schnorbus, Acting These changes are in compliance with installing a transmitter, antenna Director of Engineering, (609) 777–5162. FCC mandated channel displacement transmission line, STL, encoder and test Funds Requested: $71,657. Total Project for all UHF translators operating on Ch. equipment. In addition, the project will Cost: $95,543. To expand the state 60–69. acquire digital studio equipment, public radio network by constructing a File No. 99029CTB, Eastern New including a video server, router, still new Class A station, WNJZ–FM in Cape Mexico University, Station 52, Portales, store, DVE and ENG kit. The station May Courthouse, operating on 90.3 NM 88130. Contact: Mr. Duane Ryan, serves a population of over 1.1 million MHz, that will provide first public radio Director of Broadcasting, (505) 562– people. services to over 52,000 residents of Cape 2112. Funds Requested: $272,450. Total File No. 99215CRB, New Hampshire May County in southeastern New Jersey. Project Cost: $544,900. To improve Public Radio, Inc., 207 North Main public television station KENW–TV, Ch. New Mexico Street Concord, NH 03301. Contact: Mr. 3, Portales, by replacing old camera Andrew Morrell, Program Director, File No. 99019CTB, Regents of the systems and aquiring a video file server (603) 228–8910. Funds Requested: University of New Mexico and Board of to replace one-inch video tape $50,225. Total Project Cost: $100,450. Education of the City of Al, 1130 recorders. KENW–TV serves about To improve the broadcast quality of the University Blvd NE Albuquerque, NM 350,000 people. state network by replacing the obsolete 87102. Contact: Mr. Jon Cooper, General File No. 99035CRB, Eastern New and failing transmitter at repeater Manager, (505) 277–2121. Funds Mexico University, Station 52, Portales, station WEVH–FM, 91.3 MHz in Requested: $202,428. Total Project Cost: NM 88130. Contact: Mr. Duane Ryan, Hanover, NH. The project will also $404,856. To improve KNME–TV, Ch. 5, Director of Broadcasting, (505) 562– replace recording and playback Albuquerque by replacing analog studio 2112. Funds Requested: $27,860. Total equipment at WEVO–FM, 89.1 MHz in routing switcher and analog video tape Project Cost: $40,480. To expand and Concord, including minidisc players recorders with digital equipment. improve the facilities of public radio and the audio Vault. New Hampshire KNME–TV will also acquire satellite station KENW–FM, 89.5 MHz, in Public Radio serves a population of over reception equipment which will allow Portales, by constructing new translators 900,000 people. the reception and display of PBS ATSC at Fort Sumner (K219DP—91.7 MHz) New Jersey satellite transmissions. This equipment and Conchas Lake (K202CX—88.3 will assist in the digital conversion of MHz). KNEW–FM will also replace its File No. 99052ICTN, Burlington the station which serves about 1,130,922 1978 vintage audio processor. New County College, Pemberton-Browns people. translators will add a first public radio Mills Rd. Pemberton, NJ 08068. Contact: File No. 99026CTB, Regents or the service to about 2,500 people. Dr. Bernard Solomon, Director, Distance University of New Mexico and the File No. 99072CTB, Mescalero Learning at, (609) 894–9311. Funds Board of Education of the City of, 1130 Apache Tribe, 101 Central (P.O. Box Requested: $197,160. Total Project Cost: University Blvd. N.E., Albuquerque, NM 176), Mescalero, NM 88340. Contact: $394,320. To equip a new 87102. Contact: Mr. Jon Cooper, General Mr. Ferris Palmer, Administrator, (505) Telecommunications Center on the Mt. Manager, (505) 277–2121. Funds 671–4494. Funds Requested: $74,993. Laurel Campus of Burlington County Requested: $104,205. Total Project Cost: Total Project Cost: $99,990. To improve College, Pemberton, NJ. The equipment $208,410. To improve the translator the facilities of public television would allow the College to interconnect facilities of public television station translators KO2KR and KO2KQ, in with a consortium of academic KNME–TV, Ch. 5, Albuquerque, by Mescalero by acquiring a studio-to- institutions and thus expand distance replacing and modifying translators at transmitter link to interconnect both learning to a large underserved 12 sites. The frequencies of these translators to efficiently present local population throughout southern New translators must be ‘‘displaced’’ to lower programs. In addition, project will Jersey. In addition to Burlington County frequency channels in order to comply acquire basic origination equipment to College, the consortium participants with FCC mandates regarding the facilitate the production of local include the New Jersey Institute of implementation of digital television. programming beyond the minimum Technology, The University of Medicine Sites affected are: Cimarron (K60AA), level previously available to the tribe. and Dentistry of New Jersey, Gallup (K60BD), Grants (K67CR), Roy Stations serve about 3,000 people. Cumberland Community College, Ocean (K69CG), Las Vegas (K65BQ), Eagle Tail/ File No. 99080ICTN, Crownpoint County College, Salem Community Raton (K20CV), Red River (K03CZ), Institute of Technology, Lower Point College, and Georgian Court College. Mora (K31EO), Santa Rosa (K74BBO), Road, Crownpoint, NM 87313. Contact: File No. 99110CTB, New Jersey Public Sheridan (K69CI), Wagon Mound Mr. James Tutt, President, (505) 786– Broadcasting Authority, 23 South (K68BO), and Chama (K69CH). 4102. Funds Requested: $522,545. Total Stockton Street Trenton, NJ 08625. Translators currently serve about Project Cost: $696,727. To bring Contact: Mr. William Schnorbus, Acting 167,000 people. Northern Arizona University’s Director of Engineering, (609) 777–5162. File No. 99028CTB, Eastern New interactive television distance learning Funds Requested: $796,750. Total Mexico University, Station 52, Portales, system—called NAUNet—to Project Cost: $1,593,500. To convert NM 88130. Contact: Mr. Duane Ryan, Crownpoint Institute of Technology, public station WNJT–TV, Channel 52 in Director of Broadcasting, (505) 562– Crownpoint, New Mexico, which is

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Contact: Mr. Tom VTRs. The stations serve a population of Las Cruces, NM 88003. Contact: Mr. Axtell, General Manager, (702) 799– over 1 million people. Colin Gromatzky, General Manager, 1010. Funds Requested: $101,400. Total File No. 99042CTB, Western New (505) 646–4525. Funds Requested: Project Cost: $156,000. To purchase York Public Broadcasting Association, $17,445. Total Project Cost: $34,890. To equipment that will be part of the 140 Lower Terrace Buffalo, NY 14202. improve public radio station KRWG– operation of four new channels of Contact: Mr. Richard Daly, Senior VP FM, 90.7 MHz, Las Cruces, by replacing Instructional Television Fixed Service Broadcasting, (716) 845–7002. Funds old, worn-out studio-to-transmitter link (ITFS) licensed to the Clark County Requested: $490,333. Total Project Cost: (STL) and audio processor with a digital School District and administered by $980,667. To improve public television STL and compatible digital processor. Station KLVX(TV), which operates over- station WNED–TV, Channel 17 in KRWG–FM serves about 263,000 the-air on Ch. 10 in Las Vegas, NV. The Buffalo, NY, by upgrading to a digital people. project would purchase one Flexicart router and replacing 14 one-inch and File No. 99111CRB, Santa Fe and eight logo generator/inserters. two 3⁄4′′ videotape machines, the Community College, 6401 Richards File No. 99139CRB, Board of Regents/ production switcher and the linear Ave., Santa Fe, NM 87505. Contact: Mr. UCCSN/University of Nevada Las Vegas, editing switcher with digital units. The Barton Bond, Station Manager, (505) P.O. Box 452010 Las Veqas, NV station serves a population of 1.6 428–1319. Funds Requested: $56,697. 891542010. Contact: Mr. Donald Fuller, million people. Total Project Cost: $113,394. To Gen. Mgr., (702) 895–3877. Funds File No. 99068CRB, Long Island improve public radio station KSFR–FM, Requested: $88,825. Total Project Cost: University, Southampton College 90.7 MHz, Santa Fe, by acquiring a new $118,434. To improve public radio Southampton, NY 11968. Contact: Dr. antenna, studio-to-transmitter link station KUNV–FM, 91.5 MHz, Las Wallace Smith, General Manager, (516) converter, digital processor, monitor Vegas, by replacing its 20-year-old 287–8295. Funds Requested: $153,682. and exciter as well as a variety of digital transmitter, antenna, and transmission Total Project Cost: $307,365. To origination equipment. In addition, line. Station serves about 1.3 million improve public radio station WPBX– KSFR–FM will acquire its first satellite people. FM, 88.3 MHz in Southampton, NY, by downlink equipment. KSFR–FM serves File No. 99250CRB, Shoshone-Paiute replacing the damaged and unreliable about 100,000 people. Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, transmitter and antenna. The station is File No. 99207CRB, Board of P.O. Box 219 Owyhee, NV 89832. relocating its transmission facilities to a Education of the City of Albuquerque, Contact: Mr. Herman Atkins, Tribal new site. WPBX serves a population of 2020 Coal SE Albuquerque, NM 87106. Administrator, (775) 757–3211. Funds 3.5 million residents of Long Island, and Contact: Mr. Michael Brasher, General Requested: $233,723. Total Project Cost: the southern region of Connecticut and Manager, (505) 242–7163. Funds $311,631. To activate a new Rhode Island. Requested: $69,291. Total Project Cost: noncommercial FM radio station on File No. 99076CTB, Mountain Lake $92,388. To expand public radio station 88.5 MHz, in Owyhee. New station will Public Telecommunications Council, KANW–FM, 89.1 MHz, Albuquerque by carry the signal of KNBA–FM, One Sesame Street Plattsburgh, NY replacing translators with protected Anchorage, Alaska and programming 12901. Contact: Mr. Howard Lowe, repeater/satellite stations at the from the American Indian Radio on President and General Manager, (518) following sites: Espanola (K212AN— Satellite (AIROS) network . These 563–9770. Funds Requested: $157,440. replaced by 91.1 MHz repeater), Grants programs will be delivered via satellite. Total Project Cost: $209,920. To (K216AN— replaced by 88.1 MHz Initially the station will have 4 hours/ improve public television station repeater) and Santa Rosa (K220BH— day of local programming. New station WCFE–TV, Channel 57 in Plattsburgh, replaced by 91.9 MHz repeater). will provide a first noncommercial FM NY, by replacing the 12-year-old analog Translator stations currently serve about service to about 1,550 Native master control switcher with a digital 26,975 and new protected facilities will Americans. switcher. The station serves a add first service to an additional 1,000 population of 341,000 people. people. New York File No. 99105ICTN, Board of File No. 99005CTB, Public Cooperative Educational Services for the Nevada Broadcasting Council of Central New Sole Supervisory District of O, 179 File No. 99134CTB, Clark County York, Inc., 506 Old Liverpool Road County Route 64 Mexico, NY 13114. School District, 4210 Channel 10 Drive Syracuse, NY 13220. Contact: Mr. John Contact: Mr. Frank House, Executive Las Vegas, NV 89119. Contact: Mr. Tom Duffy, Chief Engineer, (315) 453–2424. Director, (315) 963–4248. Funds Axtell, General Manager, (702) 799– Funds Requested: $75,000. Total Project Requested: $544,191. Total Project Cost: 1010. Funds Requested: $340,857. Total Cost: $150,000. To improve public $725,588. To purchase equipment that Project Cost: $524,395. To improve television station WCNY–TV, Channel would allow the Oswego County public television station KLVX–TV, Ch. 24 in Syracuse, NY, by replacing the BOCES, Mexico, NY, to establish a 10, in Las Vegas, by replacing master control video server. The station distance learning network origination equipment to improve the serves a population of over 1.7 million interconnecting 12 sites located capabilities of the station. Main routing residents of central New York State. throughout Oswego and Fulton switcher, color monitors, pedestals and File No. 99023CTB, St. Lawrence Counties. The project would install camera mounts, prompter mounts, video Valley Educational Television Council, video classrooms in nine public school servers, and related origination Inc., 1056 Arsenal Street Watertown, NY districts, a BOCES site, the State equipment plus a small complement of 13601. Contact: Mr. Thomas Hanley, University of New York College at

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Oswego, and an outreach center of the translator has been operating on Ch. 67; (330) 672–3114. Funds Requested: Cornell Cooperative Extension. The the new translator would operate on Ch. $94,589. Total Project Cost: $155,635. interconnection will be achieved via 63. The Federal Communications To improve the program service of dedicated T–1 high speed data lines Commission recently required the Ch. public radio station WKSU–FM, interconnected with a fiber optic 67 translator to shut down operations operating on 89.7 MHZ in Kent, Ohio, network. because the translator interfered with and is repeater stations in northeast File No. 99138CTB, Long Island the signal of a full-power station that Ohio by constructing a satellite Educational TV Council, Inc., Channel had moved its transmitter and increased interconnection system. The satellite 21 Drive Plainview, NY 11803. Contact: its power. This situation makes the interconnection system will deliver Mr. Terrel Cass, President & General present proposal an emergency WKSU–FM programming to new Manager, (516) 367–2100. Funds application. The project would restore stations proposed for Norwalk and Requested: $493,303. Total Project Cost: public television service to nearly Sandusky, which are the subject of $986,607. To improve public television 47,000 residents of the translators’ PTFP applications 99152 and 99154. station WLIW–TV, Channel 21 in service area immediately to the east of The interconnection will also improve Plainview, New York, by replacing the Cleveland. reliability of program delivery to 21-year-old transmitter with a digital- File No. 99014CTB, Ohio University, existing repeater stations WKSV, ready transmitter and purchasing analog Athens, OH 45701. Contact: Mr. Paul Thompson; WKRJ, New Philadelphia; test equipment. The station serves Witkowski, Associate Director, (740) and WKRW, Wooster and will permit approximately 5.1 million people in 593–4784. Funds Requested: $734,167. the broadcast of programming tailored New York City, Westchester and Total Project Cost: $1,468,335. To to each station’s coverage area. Rockland counties, Long Island, New improve the transmission facilities of File No. 99154CRB, Kent State Jersey and Connecticut. public television station WOUB–TV, University, 1613 East Summit Street File No. 99174CTB, WXXI Public operating on Ch. 20 in Athens, OH, by Kent, OH 44242. Contact: Dr. John Broadcasting Council, 280 State Street replacing an 18 year old transmitter Perry, Executive Director & General M, Rochester, NY 14614. Contact: Mr. with a digital compatible unit. The (330) 672–3114. Funds Requested: Norm Silverstein, President and CEO, project would also purchase a wideband $225,546. Total Project Cost: $300,728. (716) 325–7500. Funds Requested: antenna and tower to enable future To extend the service of public radio $300,000. Total Project Cost: $600,000. conversion of the station to digital station WKSU(FM), Kent, Ohio by To improve public television station broadcasting. The project will ensure constructing an FM repeater station WXXI–TV, Channel 21 in Rochester, continued service to approximately operating on 88.5 MHz in Sandusky. NY, by replacing obsolete and 700,000 people in eastern Ohio and The proposed repeater station will unreliable master control and adjoining areas of West Virginia. provide first public radio service to an production equipment, including master File No. 99120CTB, Greater Dayton estimated 112,000 people in Erie, control and production switchers, one- Public Television, Inc., 110 South Ottawa, Sandusky, Huron and Seneca inch and 3⁄4′′ videotape machines, color Jefferson Street Dayton, OH 45402. counties in Northeast Ohio. monitors and test equipment. The Contact: Mr. David Fogarty, President & File No. 99155CRB, The WOSU station serves a population of 1.2 General Manager, (937) 220–1611. Stations of The Ohio State University, million people. Funds Requested: $299,848. Total 2400 Olentangy River Road Columbus, File No. 99213CRB, St. Lawrence Project Cost: $599,696. To improve the OH 43210. Contact: Mr. Sam Eiler, University, St. Lawrence University facilities of public television station Radio Station Manager, (614) 292–9678. Canton, NY 13617. Contact: Ms. Ellen WPTD, operating on Ch. 16 in Dayton, Funds Requested: $56,330. Total Project Rocco, Station Manager, (315) 229– by replacing three 12 year old studio Cost: $112,660. To improve the 5356. Funds Requested: $71,912. Total cameras and a 15 year old routing production facilities of the WOSU Project Cost: $108,250. To expand the switcher. The new equipment will be public radio stations by purchasing an coverage area of WSLU–FM, 89.5 MHz digital compatible and will assist the audio vault system. The audio vault will in Canton, NY, by installing two station in converting to digital replace audio cart machines and will transmitters and one translator to serve broadcasting. The applicant serves 2.6 permit the introduction of local the communities of Morristown, million people in southwest/west- programming on the applicant’s radio Chateaugay and Old Forge. The new central Ohio and adjacent areas in stations. WOSU serves 1.5 million service will provide first public radio Indiana and Kentucky. people in central Ohio through programming to about 30,000 residents File No. 99152CRB, Kent State broadcasts on public radio stations of these communities. The project also University, 1613 East Summit Street WOSU–FM, 89.7 MHz in Columbus; includes the urgent replacement of two Kent, OH 44242. Contact: Dr. John WOSB–FM, 91.1 MHz in Marion; generators and obsolete recording Perry, Executive Director and General, WOSV–FM, 91.7 MHz in Mansfield; equipment. WSLU currently serves a (330) 672–3114. Funds Requested: WOSE–FM, 91.1 MHz in Coshocton; population of 450,000 people. $161,266. Total Project Cost: $215,022. and WOSP–FM, 91.5 MHz in To extend the service of public radio Portsmouth. Ohio station WKSU(FM), Kent, Ohio by File No. 99185CTB, Public File No. 99013CTB, Educational constructing an FM repeater station Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Television Association of Metropolitan operating on 90.7 MHz in Norwalk, OH. Ohio, 136 Huron Street Toledo, OH Cleveland, 4300 Brookpark Road The new station will provide first public 43604. Contact: Mr. Daniel Niedzwiecki, Cleveland, OH 44134. Contact: Mr. radio service to 52,947 people in Erie, Director of Engineering, (419) 243–3091. Jerrold Wareham, President & CEO, Lorian and Huron counties and Funds Requested: $279,500. Total (216) 739–3850. Funds Requested: additional service to 37,149 in northeast Project Cost: $559,000. To improve the $47,750. Total Project Cost: $95,500. To Ohio. facilities of public television station replace the translator in Thompson, OH, File No. 99153CRB, Kent State WGTE, operating on Ch. 30 in Toledo, of public television station WVIZ(TV); University, 1613 East Summit Street by replacing three 12 year old studio the latter broadcasts on Ch. 25 in Kent, OH 44242. Contact: Mr. John cameras and a 12 year old production Cleveland, OH. The present Thompson Perry, Executive Director and General, switcher. The new equipment will be

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Cleveland, 4300 Brookpark Road, programs, college courses, and To improve the facilities of KOPB–TV, Cleveland, OH 44134. Contact: Mr. continuing education. Second, the operating on Ch. 10 in Portland, OR by Jerrold Wareham, President & CEO, efforts of the College’s Community purchasing a video server, digital (216) 739–3850. Funds Requested: Education Services/Workforce routing switcher, 4 channel SDTV $47,750. Total Project Cost: $95,500. To Development Division in support of improve the facilities of television encoder and automation system. The entrepreneurial businesses would be project will assist in the conversion to translator station W64AK, operating on made available there. Ch. 64 in Ashtabula. The translator digital television broadcasting by the rebroadcasts public television station File No. 99243CRB, Cincinnati applicant and will ensure continued WVIZ, Cleveland. The project will Classical Public Radio, Inc., 1223 public television service to 3 million replace a 25 year old antenna and Central Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45214. residents of northwest Oregon and transmitter with modern equipment Contact: Ms. Cathy Beltz-Williams, southern Washington State. which can be tuned to another Business Manager, (513) 241–8282. File No. 99141IPTN, School District frequency. (As a result of the FCC’s Funds Requested: $47,356. Total Project No. 1 Multnomah County Oregon, P.O. digital television plan, Ch. 64 will Cost: $94,712. To improve the facilities Box 3107 Portland, OR 97208. Contact: eventually be assigned by the FCC for of public radio station WGUC(FM), Ms. Christine Poole-Jones, non-television uses.) The project will operating on 90.9 MHz in Cincinnati, Administrator, (503) 916–3382. Funds ensure continued public television OH by replacing a 16 year old Requested: $166,760. Total Project Cost: service to 110,000 residents of transmitter. The project also will $208,622. To assist School District No. Ashtabula and Lake Counties in purchase a digital 950 MHz studio to 1, Multnomah County, OR—popularly northeast Ohio. transmitter link to replace a fiber optic known as the Portland Public Schools— File No. 99199CRB, Public interconnection. WGUC(FM) serves 1.7 prepare a comprehensive, strategic long- Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest million people in the Cincinnati range telecommunications plan. The Ohio, 136 Huron Street, Toledo, OH metropolitan area in Ohio, Kentucky project would allow the Portland Public 43604. Contact: Mr. Daniel Niedzwiecki, and Indiana. Schools to analyze its existing Director of Engineering, (419) 243–3091. telecommunications and distance File No. 99245CTB, Greater learning technologies and, with this Funds Requested: $62,150. Total Project Cincinnati Television Education Cost: $124,300. To improve the facilities analysis as a base, to achieve the Foundation, 1223 Central Parkway following: (a) outline strategies for of public radio station WGTE–FM, Cincinnati, OH 45214. Contact: Mr. W. operating on 91.3 MHZ in Toledo, OH, consolidating existing technologies into Wayne Godwin, President & General a coordinated infrastructure; (b) provide by purchasing digital production Mgr., (513) 381–4033. Funds Requested: equipment including an audio console, a detailed blueprint for future $129,832. Total Project Cost: $324,581. technology acquisition and use; and (c) audio server, CD, and DAT machines. To improve the production facilities of The applicant provides public radio describe management, resource, public television station WCET–TV, implementation, and training service to 1.2 million residents of operating on Ch. 48 in Cincinnati, OH northwest Ohio and adjacent areas of requirements. by replacing 11′′ and 3⁄4′′ videotape Michigan. File No. 99217ICTN, North Clackamas File No. 99203CTB, Ohio State recorders and audio cart machines with School District, 14211 SE Johnson Road University, 2400 Olentangy River Road, digital videorecorders and a digital Milwaukie, OR 97267. Contact: Dr. Columbus, OH 43210. Contact: Mr. audio server. The equipment will assist Ronald Dexter, Director, Professional Thomas Lahr, Engineering Manager, in the station’s conversion to digital Tech., (503) 653–3813. Funds (614) 292–9678. Funds Requested: broadcasting and ensure continued Requested: $658,000. Total Project Cost: $83,875. Total Project Cost: $167,750. service to 1.5 million people in the $1,337,000. To improve the production To improve the facilities of public Cincinnati metropolitan area. facilities of the distance learning facility television station WOSU–TV, operating Oklahoma of the Owen Sabin Skills Center by on Ch. 34 in Columbus, by purchasing constructing a new video studio. The digital routing and audio switching File No. 99146CTB, Oklahoma applicant reaches over 300,000 people equipment. The project will enable Educational Television Authority, 7403 in Claxton County via cable access WOSU to continue its service to 1.6 North Kelley Avenue, Oklahoma City, channel and serves additional viewers residents of central Ohio and will assist OK 73113. Contact: Mr. Malcolm Wall, by satellite distribution. in the station’s conversion to digital Executive Director, (405) 848–8501. Pennsylvania broadcasting as required by the FCC. Funds Requested: $361,662. Total File No. 99239ICTN, Columbus State Project Cost: $723,324. To improve the File No. 99032CTB, Pennsylvania Community College, 550 East Spring state public television network’s Tulsa State University, 102 Wagner Building Street, Columbus, OH 43215. Contact: news bureau/studio by replacing University Park, PA 168023899. Dr. Kevin May, Admin. Distance Educ., origination, test and other associated Contact: Mr. William Speakman, Acting (614) 287–2589. Funds Requested: equipment. The 1982 studio provides General Manager, (814) 865–3333. $64,532. Total Project Cost: $94,532. To local production from northeast Funds Requested: $104,350. Total allow Columbus State Community Oklahoma. Productions are fed to the Project Cost: $208,700. To augment the College, Columbus, OH, to extend its network for dissemination throughout digital production capability of public video conferencing distance learning the state system which serves about 2.96 station WPSX, ch. 3, University Park, system to the rural and underserved million people. PA, by constructing a Fibre Channel

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To improve the facilities of the Contact: Mr. William Speakman, Acting File No. 99143CTB, WHYY, Inc., 150 Radio Information Service, a radio General Manager, (814) 865–3333. North Sixth Street Philadelphia, PA reading service in Southwestern Funds Requested: $15,744. Total Project 19106. Contact: Mr. John Doran, Chief Pennsylvania, by replacing the STL, the Cost: $20,992. To extend the coverage of Engineer, (215) 351–1271. Funds SCA Generator and an equalizer. The public radio station WPSU, 91.5 MHz, Requested: $502,354. Total Project Cost: project will also purchase 350 SCA University Park, PA, by activating an $1,004,708. To improve the operation of receivers to be donated to potential FM translator at 102.5 MHz in public station WHYY–TV, ch. 12, listeners. The Radio Information Service Huntingdon, PA, to bring the first public Philadelphia, PA, by replacing worn out currently has 6,500 daily listeners. radio signal to about 17,333 residents. and obsolete production equipment, File No. 99060CRB, Northeastern including master control switcher, Puerto Rico Pennsylvania Educational Television routing switcher, video server, encoder, File No. 99103CTB, Ana G. Mendez Association, 70 Old Boston Road monitoring, and test gear. All equipment University System, State Road 176 KM Pittston, PA 18640. Contact: Mr. A. will be digital-capable. The station 0.3 Cupey San Juan, PR 00928. Contact: William Kelly, President/CEO, (570) serves a population of about 7,280,200. Mr. Ariel Diaz, Chief Engineer, (787) 601–1120. Funds Requested: $98,266. File No. 99188CRB, WQED Pittsburgh, 766–2600. Funds Requested: $346,125. Total Project Cost: $196,532. To 4802 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA Total Project Cost: $461,500. To replace improve the signal of public station 15213. Contact: Mr. James Cunninqham, the microwave system that WVIA–FM, 89.9 MHz, Pittston, PA, by Station Manager, (412) 622–1541. Funds interconnects public television station replacing its worn out and obsolete Requested: $68,951. Total Project Cost: WMTJ(TV), which operates on Ch. 40 in antenna and underpowered transmitter. $137,902. To improve the signal of San Juan, PR, to its satellite station, The project will also activate an FM public station WQED–FM, 89.3 MHz, WQTO(TV), which operates on Ch. 26 repeater at 89.7 MHz in Williamsport, Pittsburgh, PA, by replacing its worn in Ponce. Both stations are licensed to PA. The new repeater will use the out and obsolete antenna. The station the Ana G. Mendez University System current transmitter from WVIA–FM in a serves a population of about 1,283,557. (AGMUS). The previous microwave situation in which its power will be File No. 99193IPTN, Crawford County system was irreparably damaged on adequate. The repeater will bring the Regional Alliance, 18257 Industrial September 21, 1998 by Hurricane first public radio signal to about 63,533 Drive Meadville, PA 16335. Contact: Georges. For this reason, the proposal is persons. WVIA–FM presently serves a Mrs. Maryann Martin, Chief Executive considered to be an emergency population of more than one million. Officer, (814) 337–8200. Funds application. Since the hurricane File No. 99071CTB, Northeastern Requested: $75,000. Total Project Cost: devasted the microwave, the Pennsylvania Educational Television $155,000. To assist the Crawford County interconnection has been accomplished Association, 70 Old Boston Road Regional Alliance, Meadville, PA, to by using the AGMUS Instructional Pittston, PA 18640. Contact: Mr. A. plan for the incorporation of distance Television Fixed Service equipment. William Kelly, President/CEO, (570) learning and information technologies This has resulted in a lower-quality 602–1120. Funds Requested: $226,745. into its future Regional Training & public television signal in Ponce and a Total Project Cost: $453,490. To Conference Center. The Alliance is an severe diminishing of the number of improve the operation of public station element of the Crawford County hours of instructional programming the WVIA–TV. ch. 44, Pittston, PA, by Development Corporation. University System is able to offer its acquiring a digital file server and File No. 99224CRB, Public learners in Ponce. automation system. The station serves a Broadcasting of Northwest File No. 99121ICTN, Hispanic population of more than one million. Pennsylvania, Inc., 8425 Peach Street Educational Telecommunications File No. 99075CTB, Independence Erie, PA 16509. Contact: Ms. Thomas System, Highway 1 Experimental Public Media of Philadelphia, Inc., 6070 McLaren, Director of Radio, (814) 864– Station Rio Piedras, PR 00927. Contact: Ridqe Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19128. 3001. Funds Requested: $14,253. Total Dr. Nitza Hernandez, Executive Contact: Ms. Sherri Culver, General Project Cost: $28,506. To improve the Director, (787) 250–0000. Funds Manager, (215) 483–3900. Funds operation of public station WQLN–FM, Requested: $412,562. Total Project Cost: Requested: $262,353. Total Project Cost: 91.3 MHz, Erie, PA, by replacing worn $825,125. To extend the distance $349,805. To improve the operation of out and obsolete logging and automation learning services of the Hispanic public station WYBE, ch. 35, equipment. The station serves a Educational Telecommunications Philadelphia, PA, by acquiring a digital population of about 427,300. System (HETS) by constructing satellite file server and additional video tape File No. 99225CTB, WITF, Inc., 1982 facilities at the John Jay College of recorders, and by replacing obsolete Locust Lane Harrisburg, PA 17105. Criminal Justice in New York City, satellite downlink and studio demod. Contact: Mr. Greg Poland, Senior VP & Miami Dade Community College in The station serves a population of COO, (717) 236–6000. Funds Requested: Miami, and Inter American University 5,500,000. $400,000. Total Project Cost: $2,225,000. and the University of Scared Heart in File No. 99090CTB, WQED Pittsburgh, To purchase the equipment required to San Juan, Puerto Rico. HETS is a 4802 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA allow public television station consortium of nine colleges throughout 15213. Contact: Mr. Jeffrey Rutkowski, WITF(TV), Harrisburg, PA, to initiate the United States which link Hispanic Director, Administration, (412) 622– digital television transmission. college students. 1312. Funds Requested: $969,915. Total WITF(TV) broadcasts its analog signal File No. 99145ICTN, Ponce School of Project Cost: $1,939,831. To improve the on Ch. 33 and will transmit its digital Medicine, P.O. Box 7004 Ponce, PR operation of public station WQED–TV, service on Ch. 36. 00732. Contact: Mr. Ramon Torres-

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Morales, VP of Business Affairs, (787) participation in higher education. The technology. WUTC–FM serves 1 million 848–4254. Funds Requested: $350,000. State Board administers a system of 16 residents in the states of Tennessee, Total Project Cost: $580,229. To allow State technical colleges, whose main North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. the Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, campuses are interconnected by a T–1 File No. 99045CTB, East Tennessee PR, to extend medical education and based distance learning system featuring Public Communications Corporation, training course work to three remote interactive compressed video. The 1611 E. Magnolia Avenue Knoxville, TN health care sites via video project would develop a distance 37917. Contact: Mr. Jim Tindell, teleconferencing. education implementation and President/General Manager, (423) 595– management plan to guide the 0220. Funds Requested: $137,929. Total South Carolina expansion of the State Board’s Project Cost: $275,858. To improve the File No. 99040CTB, South Carolina telecommunication infrastructure to facilities of public television stations Educational Television Commission, ensure that learners, wherever they may WKOP, operating on Ch. 15 in 1101 George Rogers Boulevard live in the State, would have access to Knoxville, TN and WSJK, operating on Columbia, SC 29201. Contact: Mr. Leslie high quality and affordable technical Ch. 2 in Sneedville, TN. The project will Griffin, Vice President-Engineering, education. purchase three new digital studio/field (803) 737–3486. Funds Requested: File No. 99196ICTN, Tri-County cameras to replace 13 year old $364,036. Total Project Cost: $728,073. Technical College, 7900 Highway 76 equipment used by both stations. The To improve the state public television Pendleton, SC 29670. Contact: Ms. project will also replace a 16 year old network’s telecommunications center by Tabatha Thompson, Director of Grants, transmitter remote control system replacing worn-out and obsolete (864) 646–8361. Funds Requested: required for the continued operation of equipment. Equipment being acquired $374,170. Total Project Cost: $498,893. WSJK. The applicant’s stations serve 2 includes master control scheduling To assist Tri-County Technical College, million people in East Tennessee and system, automation system, digital file Pendleton, SC, to establish a distance surrounding areas of North Carolina, server system, non-linear editing system learning network that would Virginia, and Kentucky. and associated test equipment. Public interconnect the College with six high File No. 99127CTB, Greater TV network serves about 3.6 million schools in the College’s service area. Chattanooga Public Television people. The College serves Anderson, Oconee, Corporation, 4411 Amnicola Hwy File No. 99150CRB, South Carolina and Pickens Counties in northwestern Chattanooga, TN 37406. Contact: Mr. Educational Television Commission, South Carolina. The project, which Victor Hogstrom, President/General 1101 George Rogers Boulevard would encompass two high schools in Manager, (423) 629–0045. Funds Columbia, SC 29201. Contact: Mr. each of those counties, would have two Requested: $107,165. Total Project Cost: Thomas Fowler, Vice President, Radio, objectives: (1) to deliver dual-credit $214,330. To improve the production (803) 737–3404. Funds Requested: instruction to high school juniors and facilities of public television stations $102,570. Total Project Cost: $213,080. seniors from College instructors; and (2) WTCI, operating on Ch. 45 in To improve the facilities of the South to permit the high schools to share Chattanooga, TN by replacing obsolete Carolina Educational Radio network by courses among themselves. studio production equipment. The constructing a C-band satellite system to project would purchase digital interconnect the eight stations in the South Dakota videotape recorders, a portable digital network. The satellite system will File No. 99160CTB, South Dakota camera, a non-linear editing system and improve delivery of programing to the Board of Directors for Educational lighting equipment for the station’ stations and will permit broadcast of Telecommunications, Cherry & Dakota studio. The project will help ensure programming directed at each station’s Streets Vermillion, SD 57069. Contact: continued program service to 800,000 local service area. The eight stations in Mr. Donald Forseth, Tech. Services residents of Tennessee, Georgia and the project are WEPR–FM, 90.1 MHz, Coordinator, (605) 677–5861. Funds Alabama and will assist in the station’s Greenville; WNSC–FM, 88.9 MHz, Rock Requested: $200,000. Total Project Cost: conversion to digital broadcasting. Hill; WLTR–FM, 91.3 MHz, Columbia; $400,000. To improve KUSD–TV, Ch. 3, File No. 99208ICTN, Board of WRJA–FM, 88.1 MHz, Sumter; WHMC– in Vermillion, by replacing obsolete, Education of the Memphis City Schools, MF, 90.1 MHz, Conway; WLJK–FM, 89.1 worn-out audio/video router and 2597 Avery Avenue Memphis, TN MHz, Aiken; WJWJ–MF, 89.9 MHz, videotape machines. The new 38112. Contact: Ms. Mary Korff, Interim Beaufort; and WSCI–FM, 89.3 MHz, equipment will support the eventual Grant Writer, (901) 325–5791. Funds Columbia. The applicant provides digital conversion of the state’s public Requested: $477,475. Total Project Cost: public radio service to 4.8 million television system which serves about $954,951. To extend the distance people in South Carolina and adjacent 800,000 people. learning network recently established by areas of Georgia and North Carolina. the Memphis City Schools to an File No. 99159IPTN, South Carolina Tennessee additional 55 schools in the system. The State Board for Technical and File No. 99037CRB, University of network is based on Asynchronous Comprehensive Education, 111 Tennessee at Chattanooga, DEPT 1151 Transfer Mode (ATM) transmission. The Executive Center Drive Columbia, SC Chattanooga, TN 37403. Contact: Dr. project would purchase the ATM 29210. Contact: Dr. Candace Gosnell, John McCormack, Director, (423) 755– equipment for each of the schools. It Associate Exec. Director, (803) 737– 4756. Funds Requested: $32,203. Total would also assist the school system to 9321. Funds Requested: $49,363. Total Project Cost: $64,407. To improve the buy a Ku-Band satellite uplink. The Project Cost: $70,518. To assist the facilities of public radio station WUTC– proposal would represent one element South Carolina State Board for FM, operating on 88.1 MHz in of a multi-phase project the intent of Technical and Comprehensive Chattanooga, by purchasing digital which is to equip all the City’s schools Education (‘‘the State Board’’), audio origination/production equipment for distance learning. The goals are to Columbia, to plan how best to extend its and a studio site auxiliary power extend the benefits of the City’s present distance learning activities so as generator. The project will purchase a educational offerings on a more equal to reach learners who are presently Digital Audio Delivery System as part of basis to all the City’s students and to inhibited by diverse barriers from full the station’s conversion to digital provide easily accessible professional

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Equipment will be used Contact: Mr. Jeffrey Luchsinger, Station File No. 99237CTB, Mid-South Public in the digital conversion of the station Manager, (214) 871–1390. Funds Communications Foundation, 900 and the move to a new Requested: $64,000. Total Project Cost: Getwell Road Memphis, TN 38111. telecommunications center. KUHT–TV $128,000. To improve public radio Contact: Mr. Michael LaBonia, President serves about 4.5 million people. station KERA–FM, 90.1 MHz, in Dallas, & CEO, (901) 458–2521. Funds File No. 99049CTB, Alamo Public by replacing its outdated and Requested: $60,600. Total Project Cost: Telecommunications Council, 501 malfunctioning analog audio record/ $121,200. To improve the production Broadway San Antonio, TX 78215. play equipment with a digital storage facilities of public television station Contact: Mr. Charles Vaughn, Sr. VP and automation system. KERA–FM WKNO–TV, operating on Ch. 10 in Telecommunications, (210) 270–9000. serves about 3.9 million people. Memphis, TN, by replacing four 1’’ Funds Requested: $196,335. Total File No. 99148ICTN, United Star videotape machines with digital units. Project Cost: $392,670. To improve Distance Learning Consortium, Inc., The videotape machines will be used in public television station KLRN–TV, Ch. 3305 North 3rd Suite 307 Abilene, TX the station’s Master Control and will 9, in San Antonio, by augmenting the 79603. Contact: Ms. Glenda Mathis, assist in the station’s conversion to station’s facilities by acquiring digital Executive Director, (915) 672–9499. digital broadcasting. WKNO–TV routing equipment. Equipment will be Funds Requested: $735,376. Total provides service to 1.7 million people in used in its current NTSC broadcasts and Project Cost: $1,470,752. To purchase west Tennessee and adjacent areas of eventually will be used in the Digital TV equipment to support the expansion of Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri. conversion. KLRN–TV serves about 2 the StarNet distance learning network. million people. Digital satellite downlinks will be Texas File No. 99115ICTN, Dallas County purchased for 700 schools in over 40 File No. 99025CTB, Capital of Texas Community College District, LeCroy Ctr. states. Equipment requested also Public Telecommunications Council, for Educ. Telecom. Dallas, TX 75243. includes a satellite uplink to be placed 2504–B Whitis Austin, TX 78705. Contact: Mrs. Pamela Quinn, Asst. at Education Service Center Region 20 Contact: Ms. Mary Beth Rogers, CEO & Chancellor, Ed. Telecom, (972) 669– in San Antonio, TX, and digital President, (512) 471–5561. Funds 6550. Funds Requested: $317,498. Total encoders to be placed at Western Illinois Requested: $279,097. Total Project Cost: Project Cost: $634,996. To provide two- University in Macomb, IL, and at the $558,195. To improve public television way digital video distribution of Agency for Public Telecommunications station KLRU–TV, Ch. 18, in Austin by instructional video to nine sites in Raleigh, NC. replacing old origination equipment throughout Dallas County. Seven of File No. 99166CTB, North Texas with 3 CCD studio-type camera systems, these sites would be member-schools of Public Broadcasting, Inc., 3000 Harry a digital video recorder and a the Dallas County Community College Hines Boulevard Dallas, TX 75201. component measurement set. KLRU–TV District: El Centro College (Dallas); Contact: Ms. Cheryl Craigie, President & serves about 1.23 million people Brookhaven College (Farmers Branch); CEO, (214) 740–9210. Funds Requested: File No. 99034CTB, South Texas Richland College (Dallas); Eastfield $830,400. Total Project Cost: $1,660,800. Public Broadcasting System, Inc., 4455 College (Mesquite); Cedar Valley College To convert public station KERA–TV, Ch. South Padre Island Drive Corpus (Lancaster); Mountain View College 13, in Dallas, to digital broadcasting on Christi, TX 78411. Contact: Mr. Don (Dallas); and North Lake College Ch. 14 by purchasing DTV transmitter, Dunlap, President & General Mgr., (512) (Irving). The remaining sites would be encoder, test equipment and start-up 855–2213. Funds Requested: $422,963. the Bill J. Priest Institute for Economic production equipment. Equipment will Total Project Cost: $563,950. To Development and the R. Jan LeCroy be used with existing DTV antenna improve public television station Center for Educational system funded in 1998. Station serves KEDT–TV, Ch. 16, in Corpus Christi by Telecommunications. The system would about 5.2 million people. replacing and upgrading worn-out expand the applicant’s current video File No. 99176ICTN, Texas State origination, interconnection and test capacity to over 700 classrooms and Technical College, 3801 Campus Dr. equipment to begin digital conversion. would allow for multi-site origination of Waco, TX 76705. Contact: Ms. Greta Equipment includes a digital STL, video programming for distance Hecker, Coordin. Video Productions, digital monitors, non-linear digital education. (254) 867–3300. Funds Requested: editor, still store, digital router and File No. 99131CTB, Brazos Valley $867,134. Total Project Cost: $867,134. various digital interface equipment, Public Broadcasting Foundation, 500 To improve the video production camera pedestals and heads, plus Speight P.S. 7296 Waco, TX 76703. capabilities of Texas State Technical wireless transmitters and beltpacks. Contact: Mr. Kliff Kuehl, General College, Waco. The College transmits KEDT–TV also seeks a steerable 3.8 Manager, (254) 710–3874. Funds instructional programming via a meter satellite dish to obtain Requested: $670,080. Total Project Cost: dedicated educational access channel of educational programming. KEDT–TV $893,442. To improve and extend the the local cable television system. serves about 560,000 people. signal of public television station File No. 99204CTB, El Paso Public File No. 99047CTB, University of KCTF–TV, Ch. 34, in Waco, by replacing Television Foundation, Inc., UTEP Houston, 4513 Cullen Boulevard its faulty and highly unreliable analog Campus Education Building El Paso, TX Houston, TX 77004. Contact: Mr. Jeff transmitter with a dual-cavity 79902. Contact: Mr. Craig Brush, Clarke, CEO & General Manager, (713) transmitter, improved antenna and President and G.M., (915) 747–6500. 749–8202. Funds Requested: $574,546. studio-to-transmitter (STL) link. Funds Requested: $62,100. Total Project Total Project Cost: $1,436,365. To Modifications will provide improved Cost: $82,800. To improve public improve public television station service plus provide first public television station KCOS–TV, Ch. 13, in

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El Paso, by replacing its obsolete 3⁄4′′ will initially broadcast in NTSC but will (Florida A&M Univerity is an HBCU.) If umatic tape machine system with a be converted to DTV at a later time. All implemented, the extended networks digital video file server and related equipment is part of a phased DTV would serve a number of purposes: equipment. KCOS–TV serves about conversion plan. Stations serve about strengthen existing degree programs at 700,000 people. 2,059,148 people. the several participating institutions; File No. 99222ICTN, Alamo Public File No. 99181CRB, Listeners expand the number of their degree Telecommunications Council, 501 Community Radio of Utah, Inc., 230 programs; engage in workforce Broadway San Antonio, TX 78215. South 500 West Suite 105 Salt Lake development in the regions of the Contact: Mr. Charles Vaughn, Sr. VP City, UT 84101. Contact: Mr. John recipient schools; and improve the Telecommunications, (210) 270–9000. Bortel, Pres. and General Manager, (801) technological capabilities of the Funds Requested: $371,650. Total 363–1818. Funds Requested: $94,958. participating institutions. Project Cost: $743,300. To purchase Total Project Cost: $189,916. To File No. 99175CTB, Greater diverse digital archiving and server improve and extend the signal of Washington Educational equipment that would permit public noncommercial radio station KRCL–FM, Telecommunications Association, Inc., television station KLRN (TV)—which 90.9 MHz, Salt Lake City, by replacing 2775 S. Quincy Street Arlinton, VA operates on Ch. 9 in San Antonio, TX— its 17-year-old transmitter, studio-to- 22206. Contact: Mr. Lewis Zager, Vice and Education Service Center Region 20 transmitter link, a variety of old, President Tech., (703) 998–2637. Funds (‘‘ESC Region 20’’)—also based in San obsolete origination equipment and Requested: $1,219,565. Total Project Antonio—to activate an educational acquiring a new satellite dish and Cost: $1,626,087. To continue the content delivery system. The materials spectrum analyzer. KRCL–FM serves conversion to digital broadcasting of disseminated by the proposed system about 1.4 million people. WETA–DTV, operating on Digital would be transmitted over the T–1- Channel 34 in Arlington, VA, by Virginia based STARTNet system administered purchansing a high definition television by ESC Region 20. Project equipment, File No. 99106CTB, Hampton Roads camera, digital high definition editing especially the digital servers, would be Educational Telecommunications equipment and digital test and located at both KLRN (TV) and ESC Association Incorporated, 5200 measurement equipment. The station Region 20, as well as at the eight Hampton Boulevard Norfolk, VA 23508. serves a population of more than 2.7 participating school districts located Contact: Ms. Roberta Baker, Corporate million people. throughout their service area. The eight Secretary, (757) 889–9400. Funds File No. 99231IPTN, Virginia participating districts would be Requested: $600,554. Total Project Cost: Polytechnic Institute & State University, Floresville, Kerrville, Cotulla, Eagle $1,201,108. To convert public Station 1700 Pratt Drive Blacksburg, VA 24061. Pass, Pleasanton, North East, Southside, WHRO–TV, Channel 15 in Norfolk, VA, Contact: Dr. Andrea Kavanaugh, and Judson Independent. Once to digital broadcasting on Channel 16 by Director of Research, (540) 231–5488. implemented, the system would allow purchasing and installing a digital Funds Requested: $101,916. Total teachers to enjoy immediate access to transmitter, antenna, transmission line, Project Cost: $154,337. To help Virginia reference works and other digital media microwave STL and test equipment. The Polytechnic Institute & State University stored on CD–ROM and DVD station serves a population of 1.5 (‘‘Virginia Tech’’), Blacksburg, plan how technologies. In addition, hundreds of million people. to establish distance learning hours of classroom programming would File No. 99107CTB, Shenandoah interconnections in rural Smyth and be accessible from the two main servers Valley Educational Television Floyd Counties, both in southwest at KLRN (TV) and ESC Region 20. These Corporation, 298 Port Republic Road Virginia. The new system would deliver two central participants would facilitate Harrisonburg, VA 22801. Contact: Mr. diverse programing: high school courses timely program delivery to teachers by Maurice Bresnahan, President/General (including Graduate Equivalency Degree making some of the educational Manager, (540) 434–5391. Funds programs) and health care education materials available on demand at any Requested: $227,417. Total Project Cost: and training. time, and others readily available by $454,835. To improve public television appointment over the Wide Area station WVPT–TV, Channel 51 in Virgin Islands Network which would be part of the Harrisonburg, VA, and to begin the File No. 99095CTB, Virgin Islands system. station’s conversion to digital broadcast, Public Television System, P.O. Box by replacing old and obsolete 7879 Charlotte Amalie, VI 00801. Utah equipment with state-of-the-art digital Contact: Ms. Lori Elskoe, General File No. 99073CTB, University of equipment, including the routing Manager, (340) 774–3226. Funds Utah, Office of Sponsored Projects Salt switcher, master control switcher, sync Requested: $175,163. Total Project Cost: Lake City, UT 84102. Contact: Ms. generator, character generator and test $233,550. To purchase portable Lynne Chronister, Director of Sponsored equipment. The station serves a production equipment to allow public Projects, (801) 581–3008. Funds population of more than 475,000 television station WTJX (TV), Charlotte Requested: $461,460. Total Project Cost: people. Amalie, Virgin Islands, to establish an $922,920. To improve public television File No. 99163IPTN, Old Dominion electronic news gathering system. WTJX stations KUED–TV, Ch. 7, Salt Lake City University, Room 145 Norfolk, VA (TV) operates on Ch. 12 and brings the and KULC–TV, Ch. 9, Ogden/Salt Lake 23529. Contact: Dr. Anne Savage, Asso sole public television service to the City, by replacing obsolete, DTV- VP for Academic Affairs, (757) 683– American Virgin Islands. The project incompatible equipment with digital 5314. Funds Requested: $100,575. Total would permit WTJX (TV) to offer its first equipment. New equipment includes Project Cost: $134,100. To help Old local news service to its viewers. automation equipment, digital file Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, and server and router which will be Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Vermont installed in the broadcast center. In FL, to develop a cooperative plan to File No. 99078CTN, Lyndon State addition, a new repeater station will be extend their respective distance learning College, 1001 College Road Lyndonville, activated on Ch. 19 in Richfield to networks to several Historically Black VT 05851. Contact: Ms. Cynthia provide channel protection. Channel Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Baldwin, Professor CAS, (802) 626–

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6256. Funds Requested: $213,705. Total Contact: Mr. Burnill Clark, President & transmission line. The project will Project Cost: $284,940. To replace and CEO, (206) 443–6706. Funds Requested: ensure continued service to 2 million enhance studio equipment at the cable $381,500. Total Project Cost: $763,000. people and assist in the station’s television access production studio at To continue the conversion to digital conversion to digital broadcasting. Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT. broadcasting of KCTS–DTV, operating File No. 99144CRB, Wisconsin The College has been transmitting its on Digital Channel 41 in Seattle, WA, by Educational Communications Board, programming over a dedicated channel purchasing a digital routing switcher 3319 West Beltline Highway Madison, of the local cable television system since and a digital multichannel master WI 537134296. Contact: Mr. Thomas 1980. control switcher. The station serves a Fletemeyer, Executive Director, (608) File No. 99240CTB, Vermont ETV Inc, population of over 3.4 million people. 264–9676. Funds Requested: $112,825. 88 Ethan Allen Ave Colchester, VT File No. 99234CTB, Bates Technical Total Project Cost: $225,650. To 05446. Contact: Mr. Wayne Rosberg, College, 1101 Yakima Avenue South improve the broadcast facilities of Vice President, (802) 655–5276. Funds Tacoma, WA 98405. Contact: Ms. Wisconsin Public Radio by replacing Requested: $623,675. Total Project Cost: Debbie Emond, General Manager, (253) unreliable transmitters at WHLA–FM, $1,247,350. To convert public station 596–1528. Funds Requested: $398,493. 90.3 MHz in La Crosse and WPNE–FM, WVTA–TV, Channel 41 in Colchester, Total Project Cost: $531,324. To extend 89.3 MHz in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The VT, to digital broadcasting on Channel the broadcast signal of KBTC–TV, state network serves a population of 1.6 24 by purchasing and installing a digital Channel 28 in Tacoma, WA, by million people. transmitter, antenna, transmission line, activating a repeater station in File No. 99178CRB, Lac Courte microwave STL, encoder and test Bellingham, operating on Channel 34, Oreilles Ojibwe Public Broadcasting equipment. The station serves a that will provide first public Corporation, 13386 W. Trepania Road population of 750,000 people. broadcasting television programming to Hayward, WI 54843. Contact: Ms. over 175,000 residents of the north Camille Lacapa, Program Director, (715) Washington Puget Sound region of Washington 634–2100. Funds Requested: $99,881. File No. 99012CTB, Spokane School State. Total Project Cost: $199,762. To District #81, 3911 S. Regal Street improve public radio station WOJB–FM, Spokane, WA 99223. Contact: Mr. Wisconsin 88.9 MHz in Hayward, WI, by replacing Claude Kistler, General Manager, (509) File No. 99030IPTN, La Crosse the damaged 16-year-old transmitter and 353–5777. Funds Requested: $144,847. Medical Health Science Consortium, purchasing test equipment. The project Total Project Cost: $289,694. To Inc., 105 Graff Main Hall La Crosse, WI will also replace studio equipment with improve public television station KSPS– 54601. Contact: Dr. Martin Venneman, new DAT machines, CD players, a stereo TV, Channel 7 in Spokane, WA, by Executive Director, (608) 785–8218. generator, microphones, amplifiers and replacing one-inch and 3/4’’ videotape Funds Requested: $125,400. Total speakers. The station serves a machines with a digital video server and Project Cost: $167,200. To help the La population of 129,000 people. purchasing digital test equipment. The Crosse Medical Health Science File No. 99205CTB, Wisconsin station serves a population of 1.3 Consortium, Inc. (LMHSC), La Crosse, Educational Communications Board, million people. WI, plan for the activation of a distance 3319 West Beltline Highway Madison, File No. 99041CRB, Evergreen State learning network. In this proposal, the WI 537134296. Contact: Mr. Thomas College, College Activities Building 301 LMHSC would develop detailed plans Fletemeyer, Executive Director, (608) Olympia, WA 98505. Contact: Mr. for the first phase of a two-stage, long- 264–9676. Funds Requested: $901,240. Michael Huntsberger, General Manager, range plan to establish a regional Total Project Cost: $1,802,480. To (360) 866–6000. Funds Requested: telecommunications network of convert public station WHRM–TV, $77,576. Total Project Cost: $129,294. ‘‘virtual’’ Population Health Centers Channel 20 in Wausau, WI, to digital To expand and improve the facilities of throughout the LMHSC’s service area. broadcasting on Digital Channel 24 by KAOS–FM, operating on 89.3 MHz in The service area encompasses 22 purchasing and installing a digital Olympia, WA, by relocating and counties in southwestern Wisconsin and transmitter, antenna and transmission replacing the transmitter, the antenna, parts of Minnesota and Iowa. The long- line, STL, encoder and test equipment. STL and related equipment. The station range plan’s first phase would center on The station serves a population of will also increase power providing first three Wisconsin communities: Black 478,450. public radio services to over 36,000 River Falls (Jackson Co.); Mauston people, for a total of about 62,000 (Juneau Co.); and Prairie du Chien West Virginia additional listeners. KAOS–FM (Crawford Co.). The LMHSC is a File No. 99135PRB, Educated currently serves 80,000 people. collaborative body comprising the Communications Unlimited, 109 File No. 99050CRB, Washington State University of Wisconsin/La Crosse, Glenwood Avenue Charleston, WV University, 382 Murrow Center Western Wisconsin Technical College, 25312. Contact: Ms. Lisa Miller, Pullman, WA 99164. Contact: Mr. Viterbo College, Gundersen Lutheran Director, (304) 345–7594. Funds Dennis Haarsager, Associate VP & Medical Center, and Franciscan Skemp Requested: $75,000. Total Project Cost: General Manager, (509) 335–6511. Healthcare. $75,000. To plan for the establishment Funds Requested: $74,205. Total Project File No. 99118CTB, Milwaukee Area of a public radio station serving the Cost: $98,940. To extend the services of Technical College District Board, 1036 residents of Charleston, Huntington and the Northwest Public Radio Network by North 8th Street Milwaukee, WI 53233. Beckley, West Virginia. constructing a repeater station in Contact: Mr. Bryce Combs, General File No. 99220CTB, West Virginia Chehalis, operating on 88.9 MHz, Manager, (414) 297–7661. Funds Educational Broadcasting Authority, serving rural western Washington and Requested: $690,611. Total Project Cost: 600 Capitol Street Charleston, WV providing first public radio $1,381,223. To improve the 25301. Contact: Mr. Bill Acker, General programming to over 62,000 residents of transmission facilities of public Manager, (304) 558–3400. Funds the area. television station WMVT–TV, operating Requested: $760,567. Total Project Cost: File No. 99119CTB, KCTS Television, on Ch. 36 in Milwaukee, by replacing $1,521,134. To improve and upgrade the 401 Mercer Street Seattle, WA 98109. the transmitter, antenna and production capability of the State

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Network by replacing the router will replace the current analog population of over 1.8 million residents switcher, a 30-year-old lighting system, microwave interconnection system with of West Virginia. the character generator and the editing a fiber-optic ATM system and purchase Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, system at the Network’s news and and install new character generators at Associate Administrator, Office of public affairs production studio in the Huntington and Morgantown Telecommunications and Information Charleston, WV. In addition, the project stations. The Network serves a Applications. [FR Doc. 99–9950 Filed 4–22–99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510±60±P

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