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[email protected] June 29, 2006 VIA ELECTRONIC FILING & HAND DELIVERY Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, Esq. Secretary Federal Communications Commission Portals II - 12th Street Lobby Filing Counter - TW-A325 445 12th Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20554 Re: WCOV-TV Facility ill No. 73642 Request for Waiver ofJuly 1, 2006 ReplicationlMaximization Deadline MB Docket No. 03-15 Dear Ms. Dortch: Woods Communications Corporation ("Woods"), permittee ofWCOV-DT, Montgomery, Alabama (the "Station"), by its attorneys, hereby respectfully requests a waiver ofthe Commission's July 1, 2006 replication/maximization interference protection deadline. In support, Woods respectfully submits the following: 1. WCOV-TV currently operates on NTSC Channel 20. Its current DTV channel is Channel 16 and its tentative DTV Channel Designation is Channel 16. See Tentative Digital · - Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, Esq. June 29,2006 Page 2 Channel Designationsfor Stations Participating in the First and Second Rounds ofthe DTV Channel Election Process, DA 06-1082, released May 23,2006 (Attachment A).\ 2. In its Second DTVPeriodic Review Report and Orde?, the Commission adopted a July 1,2006 replication/maximization interference protection deadline for all DTV licenses not subject to the July 1, 2005 deadline. The Commission stated that, in cases where a station was unable to meet the applicable deadline due to "circumstances beyond a station's control," it would "grant extensions ofthe applicable replication or maximization interference protection deadline on a six-month basis ifgood cause is shown.,,3 To receive such a waiver, broadcasters were required to make a showing "similar to that required to obtain a waiver ofthe DTV construction deadlines." See Report and Order, ~ 87.