27662 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 97 / Tuesday, May 20, 1997 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE applicant. Comments must be sent to Ch. 7, Anchorage, AK, and provides the PTFP at the following address: NTIA/ only public television service to over National Telecommunications and PTFP, Room 4625, 1401 Constitution 300,000 residents of south central Information Administration Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230. Alaska. The purchase of a new earth [Docket Number: 960205021±7110±04] The Agency will incorporate all station has been necessitated by the comments from the public and any failure of the Telstar 401 satellite and RIN 0660±ZA01 replies from the applicant in the the subsequent move of Public applicant's official file. Broadcasting Service programming Public Telecommunications Facilities Alaska distribution to the Telstar 402R satellite. Program (PTFP) Because of topographical File No. 97001CRB Silakkuagvik AGENCY: National Telecommunications considerations, the latter satellite cannot Communications, Inc., KBRW±AM Post and Information Administration, be viewed from the site of Station's Office Box 109 1696 Okpik Street Commerce. KAKM±TV's present earth station. Thus, Barrow, AK 99723. Contact: Mr. a new receive site must be installed ACTION: Notice of applications received. Donovan J. Rinker, VP & General away from the station's studio location SUMMARY: The National Manager. Funds Requested: $78,262. in order for full PBS service to be Telecommunications and Information Total Project Cost: $104,500. On an restored. Administration (NTIA) previously emergency basis, to replace a transmitter File No. 97205CRB Kotzebue announced the solicitation of grant and a transmitter-return-link and to Broadcasting Inc., 396 Lagoon Drive applications for the Public purchase an automated fire suppression P.O. Box 78 Kotzebue, AK 99752. Telecommunications Facilities Program system for public radio station KBRW± Contact: Ms. Suzy Erlich, General AM, which provides the only (PTFP) for planning and construction Manager. Funds Requested: $123,750. noncommercial radio signal to the grants for public telecommunications Total Project Cost: $165,000. To residents of the North Slope of Alaska. facilities. This notice announces the list improve the facilities of public radio The station's transmission system was of applications received and notifies any station KOTZ±AM, operating on 720 completely destroyed by fire on October interested party that it may file KHz in Kotzebue by replacing obsolete 16, 1996. production equipment. The project comments with the Agency supporting File No. 97037CRB Kodiak Public or opposing an application. would provide digital audio storage and Broadcasting Corp., KMXT±FM 620 editing equipment, an audio console, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Egan Way Kodiak, AK 99615. Contact: digital cart machines and audio Dennis Connors, Director, Public Mr. Dave Perkins, General Manager. processing, monitoring and test Telecommunications Facilities Program, Funds Requested: $17,605. Total Project equipment. The station serves 8,500 telephone: (202) 482±5802; fax: (202) Cost: $35,210. To improve the signal residents of northwest Alaska. 482±2156. Information about the PTFP quality of translators operated by can also be obtained electronically via KMXT±FM, operating on 100.1 FM, in Alabama Internet (send inquiries to http:// Kodiak, by adding a satellite receive File No. 97089CTB Alabama www.ntia.doc.gov). capability at each of the five sites and Educational Television Comm, Alabama SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By a C-band uplink in Kodiak. The satellite Public Television 2112 11th Avenue Federal Register notice dated November delivery would replace a 3.5 KHz phone South Suite 400 Birmingham, AL 8, 1996, the NTIA, within the line which currently feeds the 35205±2884. Contact: Mr. Philip Department of Commerce, announced translators. The translators serve the Hutcheson, Deputy Director/CFO. that the program was soliciting grant communities of Old Harbor, Ahkiok, Funds Requested: $192,903. Total applications, and that the closing date Larsen Bay, Karluk and Port Lions, all Project Cost: $385,806. To improve the for receipt of applications was 5 p.m. on Kodiak Island. Alabama Public Television Network, EST, February 12, 1997 1. File No. 97057CTB University of serving approximately 4,000,000 people In all, the program received 220 Alaska, KUAC±TV 201 Theatre Building throughout the state, by replacing 30- applications from 44 states, the District 312 Tanana Drive Fairbanks, AK 99775± year old microwave antennas at seven of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 5620. Contact: Mr. Jerry Brigham, sites of the statewide interconnection Puerto Rico and American Samoa. The General Manager. Funds Requested: system, the 30-year old lighting system total amount of funds requested by the $163,682. Total Project Cost: $244,302. at the network's production studio in applicants is $49.9 million. To improve the facilities of public Montgomery, and acquiring a video Notice is hereby given that the PTFP television station KUAC±TV, operating server for the Network Operations received applications from the following on Ch. 9 in Fairbanks, by purchasing Center in Birmingham, AL. organizations. The list includes all two local insertion servers and upgrade applications received. Identification of a video router. The equipment will help Arkansas any application only indicates its localize PSA and other material on File No. 97129CRB Arkansas State receipt. It does not indicate that it has Alaska One, the public television University, KASU±FM 104 Cooley been accepted for review, has been service distributed statewide via Street P.O. Box 2160 State University, determined to be eligible for funding, or satellite to other public television AR 72467. Contact: Mr. William that an application will receive an stations in the state. McGinley, Station Manager. Funds award. File No. 97141CTB Alaska Public Requested: $177,852. Total Project Cost: Any interested party may file Telecomm., Inc., Station KAKM±TV $237,136. To activate a new public radio comments with the Agency supporting 3877 University Drive Anchorage, AK station on 88.7 MHZ in Mountain or opposing an application and setting 99508. Contact: Ms. Susan S. Reed, Home, AZ. Station will repeat the signal forth the grounds for support or President/General Manager. Funds of KASU±FM, State University, but will opposition. PTFP will forward a copy of Requested: $91,550. Total Project Cost: also have some local origination any opposing comments to the $183,100. To purchase a satellite capability. New station will provide first television receive-only earth station for service to 107,422 and additional 1 61 FR 57982 (Nov. 8, 1996). station KAKM±TV, which operates on service to about 23,965 people. Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 97 / Tuesday, May 20, 1997 / Notices 27663 File No. 97159CTB Arkansas public television station KAET±TV, Ch. City, operating on 91.9 MHZ, that will Educational TV Commission, 350 South 8, in Tempe by replacing old origination providing the first public radio service Donaghey Conway, AR 72032. Contact: equipment and in so doing begin the with local origination capabilities to Ms. Susan Howarth, Executive Director. conversion to digital television. about 13,000 residents of Del Norte Funds Requested: $524,928. Total Equipment being requested includes a County, California. Project Cost: $1,049,857. To improve the video file server, 7 audio spot record/ File No. 97053ICTN Shasta College, state's public television network by playback machines, an audio/video Far Northern CA Com Col Consort. establishing a new production and routing switcher and a digital signal 11555 Old Oregon Trail P.0. Box 496006 distance learning studio in Little Rock, analyzer. KAET±TV provides service to Redding, CA 96049±6006. Contact: Dr. augmenting the origination equipment about 2.97 million people. James Poulsen, Dir/Off. of Ext'd Educ. & in Studio B, acquiring equipment to File No. 97149CRB The Hopi T/C. Funds Requested: $112,500. Total convert an uplink truck to a basic Foundation, Highway 264 Marker 367± Project Cost: $225,000. To purchase remote production truck, and replacing 9 P.O. Box 705 Hotevilla, AZ 86030. nine codec teleconferencing systems to an old character generator in the main Contact: Ms. Barbara Poley, Executive expand the network of the Far Northern production/editing control room (Studio Director. Funds Requested: $310,658. California Community College Distance A). The network serves about 2.35 Total Project Cost: $414,211. To activate Education Consortium. The Consortium million people. a new public radio station on 89.1 MHZ comprises Shasta College, Butte College, File No. 97161CTN Arkansas in Hotevilla. Project will serve about the College of the Siskiyous, and Lassen Educational TV Commission, 350 South 10,000 people on or near the Hopi College. The teleconferencing systems Donaghey Conway, AR 72032. Contact: Reservation. would be placed at The Shasta Regional Ms. Susan Howarth, Executive Director. File No. 97163ICTN Northern Arizona Occupational Program High School, Funds Requested: $525,771. Total University, Educational Systems South Redding; the Shasta Community Project Cost: $1,051,543. To expand the Development Comm. Bldg #16/Room Health Center, Redding; the Hill applicant's statewide distance learning 123 Corner Osborne & Tormey Ave. Country Community Health Center, satellite delivery system by conversion Flagstaff, AZ 86011. Contact: Mr. Round Mountain; libraries in the to digital transmission