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SMITH AND FISHER EXHIBIT A ENGINEERING STATEMENT The engineering data contained herein have been prepared on behalf of BALTIMORE (WNUV-TV) LICENSEE, INC., licensee of full-power digital television station WNUV(TV), Channel 25 in Baltimore, Maryland, in support of this amendment to its pending Application for Modification of License to operate the station with the ATSC 3.0 transmission standard (LMS-0000136472). In that application, it is proposed that during the time that the facility will be transmitting in ATSC 3.0, the primary ATSC 1.0 programming of WNUV(TV) will be transmitted by station WMPT(TV), Channel 21 in Annapolis, Maryland. The purpose of this amendment is to show that the vast majority of the Baltimore Designated Market Area (DMA) presently served by WNUV(TV) will continue to receive the same programming on WMPT(TV). Further, the "loss area" created by the move of WNUV(TV)'s CW Network-affiliated primary programming stream to WMPT(TV) is located outside the Baltimore DMA and is served by the CW-affiliated stations licensed to those adjacent DMAs. Exhibit B is a map upon which the WNUV(TV) and WMPT(TV) noise-limited service contours are plotted and includes the outline of the Baltimore, Maryland DMA. As shown, WNUV(TV)’s current service population is 9,710,663 people (according to the 2018 U.S. Census Estimate data), of which WMPT(TV) covers 8,765,195 people (or 90.3%). There are 2,991,066 people residing within the Baltimore, DMA, 99.9% of whom are covered by WMPT(TV)'s noise-limited service contour. Indeed, of the 945,468 people residing in the “loss area” created by the relocation of WNUV(TV)'s primary ATSC 1.0 programming to WMPT(TV), only 3,801 reside within the Baltimore DMA. As shown below, these 3,801 people are covered SMITH AND FISHER EXHIBIT A by the noise-limited service contour of the CW-affiliated station licensed to the neighboring Philadelphia, PA DMA. The counties within the loss area belong to three DMAs other than Baltimore. They are: Harrisburg, PA; Philadelphia, PA; and, Washington, DC. Those DMAs are served by the following CW Television Network Stations, respectively: WHP-TV, Channel 32 in Harrisburg; WPSG(TV), Channel 33 in Philadelphia; and, WDCW(TV), Channel 15 in Washington, D.C. Exhibits C, D, and E are maps on which the loss area is shown with respect to the individual noise-limited service contours of the three aforementioned stations and their respective DMAs. Exhibit F is a map on which the composite contours are plotted. As shown, all but 0.1% of the loss area population created by the move of WNUV(TV)'s primary programming to WMPT(TV)'s facilities is located within the service contours of one or more CW- affiliated stations licensed to a neighboring DMA, and the entirety of that area not covered by these stations is located outside of the Baltimore DMA. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing statements and the attached exhibits are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. KEVIN T. FISHER March 15, 2021 Northumberland Snyder Northampton Schuylkill Contour Population (2018 U.S. Census Estimate Data) Mifflin Lehigh WNUV(TV) : 9,710,663 (3,834,915 HH) Smith and Fisher, LLC Hunterdon WMPT(TV) (Host) : 9,330,726Juniata (3,674,867 HH) Common Area Pop. : 8,765,195 (90.3% of WNUV Contour Pop.) BALTIMORE DMA HuntingdonWNUV Loss Area Pop. : 945,468 (9.7% of WNUV ContourDauphin Pop.) Berks Perry LOSS AREA Lebanon Loss Pop. Within Baltimore DMA : 3,801 (0.4% of Total Loss Pop.) Bucks Loss Pop. Outside Baltimore DMA : 941,667 (99.6% of Total Loss Pop.) Montgomery Cumberland Lancaster LOSS AREA Philadelphia Chester Fulton Franklin York Delaware Adams Camden Gloucester Washington New Castle Salem Carroll Cecil Harford Berkeley Frederick WMPT(TV) CH. 21 Baltimore N/L FCC CONTOUR WNUV(TV) Cumberland Jefferson Baltimore city Howard Kent Clarke Montgomery Loudoun WMPT(TV) Kent Queen Anne's Anne Arundel Warren D.C. Caroline Fairfax Prince George's Fauquier Manassas city Talbot Prince William Sussex Calvert Culpeper WNUV(TV) CH. 25 Charles N/L FCC CONTOUR Stafford Dorchester Wicomico Fredericksburg ci King George Orange Worcester St. Mary's Spotsylvania Westmoreland Somerset Caroline Louisa Essex Richmond EXHIBIT B Northumberland LOSS AREA CREATED BY WNUV(TV) Hanover OPERATING WITH ATSCAccomack 3.0 AND MOVING GoochlandScale 1:1,400,000 King and Queen Lancaster mi PRIMARY PROGRAMMING TO WMPT(TV) 0 102030 Middlesex WITH RESPECT TO BALTIMORE DMA Powhatan Henrico V-Soft Communications LLC ® © New Kent Gloucester Mathews Chesterfield Lycoming Pike Clinton BALTIMORE DMA POPULATION WITHIN WNUV(TV) LOSS AREA Luzerne Smith and Fisher, LLC HARRISBURG DMA SERVED BY WHP-TV IN HARRISBURG DMA LOSS AREA 737,117 Columbia Monroe Montour Union WHP-TV CH. 32 Centre Carbon N/L FCC CONTOUR Northumberland (HARRISBURG, PA) Warren Snyder Northampton Schuylkill Mifflin Lehigh Juniata WHP-TV Huntingdon Berks Perry Dauphin Lebanon Bucks Montgomery Cumberland Lancaster LOSS AREA Philadelphia Chester Fulton Franklin York Delaware WNUV(TV) CH. 25 Adams N/L FCC CONTOUR Camden Gloucester Washington WMPT(TV) CH. 21 New Castle Salem Morgan Carroll Cecil N/L FCC CONTOUR Harford Berkeley Frederick WNUV(TV)Baltimore Cumberland Jefferson Baltimore city Howard Kent Winchester city Clarke Montgomery WMPT(TV) Loudoun Kent Queen Anne's Anne Arundel Warren D.C. Caroline Fairfax Prince George's Fauquier Manassas city Talbot Rappahannock Prince William Sussex Calvert Culpeper Charles Stafford Dorchester Wicomico EXHIBIT C Fredericksburg ci Scale 1:1,400,000 King George LOSS AREA COVERAGE BY WHP-TV Orange Worcester mi St. Mary's 0 102030Spotsylvania CH. 32 - HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA V-Soft Communications LLC ® © Westmoreland Somerset Caroline Louisa Columbia Monroe Montour Union Centre Carbon BALTIMORE DMA POPULATION WITHIN WNUV(TV) LOSS AREA Smith and Fisher, LLC Warren PHILADELPHIA DMA SERVED BY WPSG(TV)Northumberland IN PHILADELPHIA DMA 109,409 LOSS AREA Snyder Northampton Schuylkill Mifflin Lehigh Juniata WPSG(TV) CH. 33 N/L FCC CONTOUR (PHILADELPHIA, PA) Huntingdon Berks Perry Dauphin Lebanon Bucks Montgomery Cumberland Lancaster LOSS AREA Philadelphia WNUV(TV) CH. 25 Chester Fulton Franklin N/L FCC CONTOUR York Delaware Adams Camden Gloucester Washington New Castle Salem Morgan Carroll Cecil Harford Berkeley Frederick Baltimore WNUV(TV) Cumberland Jefferson Baltimore city Howard Kent Winchester city Clarke Montgomery Loudoun WMPT(TV) Kent Queen Anne's Anne Arundel Warren D.C. Caroline Fairfax Prince George's Fauquier ManassasWMPT(TV) city CH. 21 Talbot Rappahannock PrinceN/L William FCC CONTOUR Sussex Calvert Culpeper Charles Stafford Dorchester Wicomico Fredericksburg ci King George Orange Worcester St. Mary's Spotsylvania Westmoreland Somerset Caroline Louisa EXHIBIT D Scale 1:1,400,000 Essex Richmond LOSS AREA COVERAGE BY WPSG(TV) mi 0 102030 NorthumberlandCH. 33 - PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA V-Soft Communications LLC ® © Hanover Accomack Goochland King and Queen Lancaster Northumberland Snyder Northampton BALTIMORE DMA POPULATION WITHIN WNUV(TV) LOSS AREASchuylkill Smith and Fisher, LLC WASHINGTON D.C. DMAMifflin SERVED BY WDCW(TV) IN WASHINGTON DMA Lehigh LOSS AREA 97,848 Juniata Blair Huntingdon Berks Perry Dauphin Lebanon Montgomery Cumberland WNUV(TV) CH. 25 Lancaster Bedford LOSS AREA N/L FCC CONTOUR Chester Fulton Franklin York Delaware Adams WDCW(TV) CH. 15 N/L FCC CONTOUR (WASHINGTON, D.C.)Washington New Castle Salem Morgan Carroll Cecil Harford Berkeley Frederick WNUV(TV)Baltimore Jefferson Baltimore city Howard Kent Frederick Clarke Montgomery WMPT(TV) Loudoun Kent Queen Anne's Anne Arundel Warren D.C. Caroline Fairfax Prince George's Fauquier Manassas city Talbot Rappahannock Prince William Sussex Page Calvert Culpeper Charles Madison Stafford Dorchester Wicomico Greene Fredericksburg ci WMPT(TV) CH. 21 King George Orange N/L FCC CONTOUR Worcester St. Mary's Spotsylvania Westmoreland Somerset Caroline Louisa Essex Richmond Fluvanna Northumberland EXHIBIT E Accomack Scale 1:1,400,000 Hanover LOSS AREA COVERAGE BY WDCW(TV) Goochland King and Queen mi CH.Lancaster 15 - WASHINGTON, D.C. 0 102030 Middlesex V-Soft Communications LLC ® © Powhatan Henrico Cumberland New Kent Northumberland Snyder Northampton Schuylkill Total Loss AreaMifflin Pop. : 945,468 SmithLehigh and Fisher, LLC Pop. Covered By 1 or More CW Stations : 944,374 (99.9%) Hunterdon Juniata Pop. Not Covered by Any CW Station : 1,094 (0.1%) WHP-TV Noise-Limited Service Contour Huntingdon Dauphin WDCW(TV)Berks Noise-Limited Service Contour BALTIMORE DMA Perry Lebanon WPSG(TV) Noise-Limited Service ContourBucks LOSS AREA Montgomery Cumberland Lancaster LOSS AREA Philadelphia Chester Fulton Franklin York Delaware Adams Camden Gloucester Washington New Castle Salem Carroll Cecil Harford Berkeley Frederick WMPT(TV) CH. 21 Baltimore N/L FCC CONTOUR WNUV(TV) Cumberland Jefferson Baltimore city Howard Kent Clarke Montgomery Loudoun WMPT(TV) Kent Queen Anne's Anne Arundel Warren D.C. Caroline Fairfax Prince George's Fauquier Manassas city Talbot Prince William Sussex Calvert Culpeper Charles WNUV(TV) CH. 25 Stafford Dorchester N/L FCC CONTOUR Wicomico Fredericksburg ci King George Orange Worcester St. Mary's Spotsylvania Westmoreland Somerset Caroline Louisa Essex Richmond Northumberland Hanover EXHIBITAccomack F GoochlandScale 1:1,400,000 King and Queen Lancaster mi LOSS AREA COVERAGE BY COMBINED 0 102030 Middlesex ADJACENT-MARKET CW STATIONS Powhatan Henrico V-Soft Communications LLC ® © New Kent Gloucester Mathews Chesterfield.