Technical Summary

WNPX-TV Franklin, Tennessee Channel 32 550 kW 364.8 (HAAT)

ION Media License Company, LLC (“ION”) licensee of television station WNPX-TV, Facility ID 28468, Franklin, Tennessee (the “Station”) submits this Construction Permit Modification application to allow it to relocate its transmitter from the currently authorized site (FCC LMS File No. 0000034404) to a site that will accommodate post-repack operations.

This application is necessary because ION does not have access to its current tower for post-repack operations. Following the Commission’s assignment of post-repack facilities to WNPX-TV, ION was unable to reach accommodation with the tower landlord that would permit the station to continue operating from its current site. This forced ION to identify a new site for the station’s post-repack operations.

Before selecting the proposed tower location, ION performed a comprehensive analysis of available tower sites in the Nashville market. In the immediate vicinity of the current tower site, ION’s market analysis found no acceptable alternatives that would provide equivalent interference-free coverage as compared to the Station’s pre-auction or authorized post-auction facilities. ION was, however, able to identify an acceptable tower site to the northeast of the current authorized site.

The new tower is located 30 kilometers to the northeast of the current site. Accordingly, the Station’s proposed noise limited service contour (“NLSC”) results in some areas of service gain and loss. Figure 1 shows the loss area and the stations predicted to serve the loss areas using the Commission’s standard prediction methodology. Under this analysis, the total size of the WNPX-TV loss area would be 211,531 persons over an area of 6,863.6 sq. km. WNPX-TV also would have a gain area of 88,398 persons and 2,769.6 sq. km. Thus, under the Commission’s traditional counter prediction methodology, WNPX-TV would have a net loss area of 123,133 persons and 4,094 sq. km. WNPX-TV currently provides an over-the-air signal to 2,218,232 persons in its service area, so the predicted service loss using 50/90 curves would represent approximately 5.55% of WNPX-TV’s service population.

Figure 1 also demonstrates that the Commission’s 50/90 curves predict that all of the loss area would remain well served by 5 or more over-the-air full-power television stations.

The Commission’s 50/90 curves also predict that, within the gain area, following construction of all repack facilities in this market, 24,608 persons would receive only 3 or 4 services. See Figure 2. If this application is approved, WNPX-TV would add an additional service for persons in these areas. Figure 3 indicates the number of services that would be available in the gain area following WNPX-TV’s move to the proposed site.

ION has reviewed the impact of this application on low power and Class A television stations in the Nashville DMA. The application does not create harmful interference to any low- power television station that participated in the post-auction displacement window that occurred in 2018.

ION’s proposed relocation of WNPX-TV is in the public interest and should be granted. First, ION’s pre-repack tower site is unavailable for post-repack operations, and the current proposal is ION’s best solution to implementing its reassignment to Channel 32. Given the loss of its current tower site, grant of authority to construct at the proposed location is necessary to ensure that ION can timely complete construction of the station’s facilities by the October 18, 2019 Phase 6 transition deadline. Second, WNPX-TV would add a fourth and fifth service to a large number of persons (24,608) in the post-repack gain area. Third, the requested tower site change is necessary for WNPX-TV to continue serving the vast majority of its viewers in the Nashville market. Fourth, as a practical matter, very few viewers are likely to lose access to the programming available on WNPX-TV. ION network programming will remain available on area cable and satellite providers throughout the loss area, and approximately 87% of the viewers in the loss area subscribe to one of such services.

For the foregoing reasons, WNPX-TV requests that the staff promptly grant this Construction Permit Modification, as herby amended. If the application is not granted, ION’s ability to complete its transition to Channel 32 operations before the close of Phase 6 will be jeopardized.

Figure 1

Tabulation of other NLSC Services Considered

Call Sign Channel Community of License State WAAY-TV 32 Huntsville AL WAFF-D 48 Huntsville AL WAGA-TV 27 Atlanta GA WATC-DT 41 Atlanta GA WATE-TV 26 Knoxville TN WATL-D 25 Atlanta GA WBIR-TV 10 Knoxville TN WBKO-D 13 Bowling Green KY WBNA-D 8 Louisville KY WBTV-D 23 Charlotte NC WBXX-TV 20 Crossville TN WCNC-TV 22 Charlotte NC WCTE-D 22 Cookeville TN WCYB-TV 5 Bristol VA WDEF-TV 12 Chattanooga TN WDKY-TV 31 Danville KY WDSI-TV 14 Chattanooga TN WELF-TV 16 Dalton GA WEMT-D 38 Greeneville TN WETP-TV 41 Sneedville TN WFLI-TV 42 Cleveland TN WGCL-TV 19 Atlanta GA WGGS-TV 16 Greenville SC WGTA-D 24 Toccoa GA WGTV-D 8 Athens GA WHIQ-D 24 Huntsville AL WHNS-D 21 Greenville SC WHNT-TV 19 Huntsville AL WHSG-TV 44 Monroe GA WHTN-D 38 Murfreesboro TN WJFB-D 44 Lebanon TN WJHL-TV 11 Johnson City TN WJZY-D 47 Belmont NC WKAS-D 26 Ashland KY WKGB-TV 48 Bowling Green KY WKHA-D 16 Hazard KY WKLE-D 42 Lexington KY WKMR-D 15 Morehead KY WKNX-TV 7 Knoxville TN WKON-D 44 Owenton KY WKOP-TV 17 Knoxville TN WKPI-TV 24 Pikeville KY WKPT-TV 27 Kingsport TN WKRN-TV 27 Nashville TN

WKSO-TV 14 Somerset KY WKYT-TV 36 Lexington KY WKYU-TV 18 Bowling Green KY WKZT-TV 43 Elizabethtown KY WLEX-TV 39 Lexington KY WLFB-D 40 Bluefield WV WLJC-TV 7 Beattyville KY WLOS-D 13 Asheville NC WMYA-TV 14 Anderson SC WNAB-D 23 Nashville TN WNEH-D 18 Greenwood SC WNGH-TV 33 Chatsworth GA WNKY-D 16 Bowling Green KY WNPT-D 8 Nashville TN WNPX-TV 36 Cookeville TN WNSC-TV 15 Rock Hill SC WNTV-D 9 Greenville SC WPBA-D 21 Atlanta GA WPCH-TV 20 Atlanta GA WPGD-TV 33 Hendersonville TN WPXA-TV 31 Rome GA WRCB-D 13 Chattanooga TN WSB-TV 39 Atlanta GA WSMV-TV 10 Nashville TN WSPA-TV 7 Spartanburg SC WTCI-D 29 Chattanooga TN WTNZ-D 34 Knoxville TN WTVC-D 9 Chattanooga TN WTVF-D 25 Nashville TN WTVQ-DT 40 Lexington KY WUNE-TV 17 Linville NC WUNW-D 27 Canton NC WUPA-D 43 Atlanta GA WUPX-TV 21 Richmond KY WUVG-DT 48 Athens GA WUXP-TV 21 Nashville TN WVLR-D 48 Tazewell TN WVLT-TV 30 Knoxville TN WVVA-D 46 Bluefield WV WXIA-TV 10 Atlanta GA WYFF-D 36 Greenville SC WYMT-TV 12 Hazard KY WZDX-D 41 Huntsville AL WZTV-D 15 Nashville TN

*Licensed Authorization

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Tabulation of other NLSC Services Considered

Call Sign Channel Community of License State

KBSI-D.C 36 Cape Girardeau MO KFVS-TV.C 11 Cape Girardeau MO WAAY-TV.C 17 Huntsville AL WAFF-D.C 15 Huntsville AL WATE-TV-A 26 Knoxville TN WATN-TV-A 25 Memphis TN WAVE-D.C 36 Louisville KY WBBJ-TV.C 35 Jackson TN WBIR-TV-A 10 Knoxville TN WBKI-D.C 16 Salem IN WBKO-A 13 Bowling Green KY WBNA-A 8 Louisville KY WBUY-TV-A 26 Holly Springs MS WBXX-TV.C 31 Crossville TN WCTE-A 22 Cookeville TN WDEF-TV.C 8 Chattanooga TN WDKA-D.C 25 Paducah KY WDKY-TV.C 19 Danville KY WDRB-D.C 32 Louisville KY WDSI-TV-A 14 Chattanooga TN WEHT-D.C 12 Evansville IN WELF-TV.C 28 Dalton GA WEVV-TV.C 28 Evansville IN WFIE-D.C 26 Evansville IN WFIQ-A 22 Florence AL WFLI-TV.C 23 Cleveland TN WGWW-A 9 Anniston AL WHAS-TV-A 11 Louisville KY WHDF-D.C 2 Florence AL WHIQ-A 24 Huntsville AL WHNT-TV-A 19 Huntsville AL WHTN-D.C 16 Murfreesboro TN WJFB-D.C 25 Lebanon TN WJKT-D.C 21 Jackson TN WKGB-TV.C 29 Bowling Green KY WKLE-D.C 35 Lexington KY WKMA-TV.C 31 Madisonville KY WKMJ-TV.C 34 Louisville KY WKMU-D.C 17 Murray KY WKNX-TV-A 7 Knoxville TN WKOH-D.C 17 Owensboro KY WKOP-TV.C 29 Knoxville TN WKPC-TV.C 30 Louisville KY WKPD-D.C 23 Paducah KY WKRN-TV-A 27 Nashville TN WKSO-TV.C 17 Somerset KY WKYT-TV.C 21 Lexington KY WKYU-TV-A 18 Bowling Green KY WKZT-TV.C 23 Elizabethtown KY WLEX-TV.C 28 Lexington KY WLJT-DT-A 14 Lexington TN WLKY-D.C 14 Louisville KY WLMT-A 31 Memphis TN WMAE-TV.C 9 Booneville MS WNAB-D.C 30 Nashville TN WNGH-TV.C 4 Chatsworth GA WNIN-A 9 Evansville IN WNKY-D.C 24 Bowling Green KY WNPT-D.C 7 Nashville TN WPGD-TV-A 33 Hendersonville TN WPSD-TV.C 19 Paducah KY WPXA-TV.C 16 Rome GA WPXH-TV.C 33 Gadsden AL WPXK-TV.C 18 Jellico TN WPXX-TV-A 33 Memphis TN WRCB-A 13 Chattanooga TN WSIL-TV-A 34 Harrisburg IL WSIU-TV-A 8 Carbondale IL WSMV-TV-A 10 Nashville TN WTCI-D.C 35 Chattanooga TN WTCT-D.C 30 Marion IL WTJP-TV-A 26 Gadsden AL WTNZ-D.C 15 Knoxville TN WTVC-A 9 Chattanooga TN WTVF-D.C 36 Nashville TN WTVQ-DT.C 27 Lexington KY WTVW-D.C 22 Evansville IN WTWV-A 23 Memphis TN WUXP-TV-A 21 Nashville TN WVLR-D.C 36 Tazewell TN WVLT-TV.C 34 Knoxville TN WVUT-D.C 31 Vincennes IN WZDX-D.C 18 Huntsville AL WZTV-D.C 20 Nashville TN WUPX-TV-A 25 Richmond KY

*Post Auction Authorization