[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
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Department of Commerce





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Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP); Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration
[Docket Number: 960205021-7110-04]
RIN 0660-ZA01


Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP)

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of applications received.

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SUMMARY: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA) previously announced the solicitation of grant applications for 
the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) for planning 
and construction grants for public telecommunications facilities. This 
notice announces the list of applications received and notifies any 
interested party that it may file comments with the Agency supporting 
or opposing an application.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Connors, Director, Public 
Telecommunications Facilities Program, telephone: (202) 482-5802; fax: 
(202) 482-2156. Information about the PTFP can also be obtained 
electronically via Internet (send inquiries to http://
www.ntia.doc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By Federal Register notice dated November 8, 
1996, the NTIA, within the Department of Commerce, announced that the 
program was soliciting grant applications, and that the closing date 
for receipt of applications was 5 p.m. EST, February 12, 1997 
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    In all, the program received 220 applications from 44 states, the 
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and American 
Samoa. The total amount of funds requested by the applicants is $49.9 
million.
    Notice is hereby given that the PTFP received applications from the 
following organizations. The list includes all applications received. 
Identification of any application only indicates its receipt. It does 
not indicate that it has been accepted for review, has been determined 
to be eligible for funding, or that an application will receive an 
award.
    Any interested party may file comments with the Agency supporting 
or opposing an application and setting forth the grounds for support or 
opposition. PTFP will forward a copy of any opposing comments to the 
applicant. Comments must be sent to PTFP at the following address: 
NTIA/PTFP, Room 4625, 1401 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20230.
    The Agency will incorporate all comments from the public and any 
replies from the applicant in the applicant's official file.

Alaska

    File No. 97001CRB Silakkuagvik Communications, Inc., KBRW-AM Post 
Office Box 109 1696 Okpik Street Barrow, AK 99723. Contact: Mr. Donovan 
J. Rinker, VP & General Manager. Funds Requested: $78,262. Total 
Project Cost: $104,500. On an emergency basis, to replace a transmitter 
and a transmitter-return-link and to purchase an automated fire 
suppression system for public radio station KBRW-AM, which provides the 
only noncommercial radio signal to the residents of the North Slope of 
Alaska. The station's transmission system was completely destroyed by 
fire on October 16, 1996.
    File No. 97037CRB Kodiak Public Broadcasting Corp., KMXT-FM 620 
Egan Way Kodiak, AK 99615. Contact: Mr. Dave Perkins, General Manager. 
Funds Requested: $17,605. Total Project Cost: $35,210. To improve the 
signal quality of translators operated by KMXT-FM, operating on 100.1 
FM, in Kodiak, by adding a satellite receive capability at each of the 
five sites and a C-band uplink in Kodiak. The satellite delivery would 
replace a 3.5 KHz phone line which currently feeds the translators. The 
translators serve the communities of Old Harbor, Ahkiok, Larsen Bay, 
Karluk and Port Lions, all on Kodiak Island.
    File No. 97057CTB University of Alaska, KUAC-TV 201 Theatre 
Building 312 Tanana Drive Fairbanks, AK 99775-5620. Contact: Mr. Jerry 
Brigham, General Manager. Funds Requested: $163,682. Total Project 
Cost: $244,302. To improve the facilities of public television station 
KUAC-TV, operating on Ch. 9 in Fairbanks, by purchasing two local 
insertion servers and upgrade a video router. The equipment will help 
localize PSA and other material on Alaska One, the public television 
service distributed statewide via satellite to other public television 
stations in the state.
    File No. 97141CTB Alaska Public Telecomm., Inc., Station KAKM-TV 
3877 University Drive Anchorage, AK 99508. Contact: Ms. Susan S. Reed, 
President/General Manager. Funds Requested: $91,550. Total Project 
Cost: $183,100. To purchase a satellite television receive-only earth 
station for station KAKM-TV, which operates on Ch. 7, Anchorage, AK, 
and provides the only public television service to over 300,000 
residents of south central Alaska. The purchase of a new earth station 
has been necessitated by the failure of the Telstar 401 satellite and 
the subsequent move of Public Broadcasting Service programming 
distribution to the Telstar 402R satellite. Because of topographical 
considerations, the latter satellite cannot be viewed from the site of 
Station's KAKM-TV's present earth station. Thus, a new receive site 
must be installed away from the station's studio location in order for 
full PBS service to be restored.
    File No. 97205CRB Kotzebue Broadcasting Inc., 396 Lagoon Drive P.O. 
Box 78 Kotzebue, AK 99752. Contact: Ms. Suzy Erlich, General Manager. 
Funds Requested: $123,750. Total Project Cost: $165,000. To improve the 
facilities of public radio station KOTZ-AM, operating on 720 KHz in 
Kotzebue by replacing obsolete production equipment. The project would 
provide digital audio storage and editing equipment, an audio console, 
digital cart machines and audio processing, monitoring and test 
equipment. The station serves 8,500 residents of northwest Alaska.

Alabama

    File No. 97089CTB Alabama Educational Television Comm, Alabama 
Public Television 2112 11th Avenue South Suite 400 Birmingham, AL 
35205-2884. Contact: Mr. Philip Hutcheson, Deputy Director/CFO. Funds 
Requested: $192,903. Total Project Cost: $385,806. To improve the 
Alabama Public Television Network, serving approximately 4,000,000 
people throughout the state, by replacing 30-year old microwave 
antennas at seven sites of the statewide interconnection system, the 
30-year old lighting system at the network's production studio in 
Montgomery, and acquiring a video server for the Network Operations 
Center in Birmingham, AL.

Arkansas

    File No. 97129CRB Arkansas State University, KASU-FM 104 Cooley 
Street P.O. Box 2160 State University, AR 72467. Contact: Mr. William 
McGinley, Station Manager. Funds Requested: $177,852. Total Project 
Cost: $237,136. To activate a new public radio station on 88.7 MHZ in 
Mountain Home, AZ. Station will repeat the signal of KASU-FM, State 
University, but will also have some local origination capability. New 
station will provide first service to 107,422 and additional service to 
about 23,965 people.

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    File No. 97159CTB Arkansas Educational TV Commission, 350 South 
Donaghey Conway, AR 72032. Contact: Ms. Susan Howarth, Executive 
Director. Funds Requested: $524,928. Total Project Cost: $1,049,857. To 
improve the state's public television network by establishing a new 
production and distance learning studio in Little Rock, augmenting the 
origination equipment in Studio B, acquiring equipment to convert an 
uplink truck to a basic remote production truck, and replacing an old 
character generator in the main production/editing control room (Studio 
A). The network serves about 2.35 million people.
    File No. 97161CTN Arkansas Educational TV Commission, 350 South 
Donaghey Conway, AR 72032. Contact: Ms. Susan Howarth, Executive 
Director. Funds Requested: $525,771. Total Project Cost: $1,051,543. To 
expand the applicant's statewide distance learning satellite delivery 
system by conversion to digital transmission and the establishment of 
25 community electronic learning centers throughout the state of 
Arkansas.

American Samoa

    File No. 97023CTB American Samoa Government, Office of Public 
Information KVZK-TV Pago Pago, AS 96799. Contact: Mrs. Vaoita Savali, 
Acting Director. Funds Requested: $122,095. Total Project Cost: 
$122,095. To improve the facilities of public television station KVZK-
TV, operating on Ch. 2 which serves the 57,000 residents of American 
Samoa. The application would replace an obsolete routing switcher, 
establish means for stereo monitoring and acquire needed test 
equipment.
    File No. 97137ICTN Government of American Samoa, AS PEACESAT 
Alliance (ASPETA) Office of the Governor Pago Pago, AS 96799. Contact: 
Mr. Frank Pritchard, Federal Programs Officer. Funds Requested: 
$389,800. Total Project Cost: $389,800. To activate a new service for 
distance education by purchasing a digital satellite system to serve 
American Samoa. The system will provide compressed digital video and be 
affiliated with the Pan-Pacific Educational and Communications 
Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT) program headquartered in Hawaii.

Arizona

    File No. 97016CTB Arizona State University, KAET Channel 8 Stauffer 
Hall, B Wing, Tenth St. P.O. Box 871405 Tempe, AZ 85287-1405. Contact: 
Mr. Ben Fasano, Sponsored Projects Officer. Funds Requested: $102,131. 
Total Project Cost: $204,263. To improve public television station 
KAET-TV, Ch. 8, in Tempe by replacing old origination equipment and in 
so doing begin the conversion to digital television. Equipment being 
requested includes a video file server, 7 audio spot record/playback 
machines, an audio/video routing switcher and a digital signal 
analyzer. KAET-TV provides service to about 2.97 million people.
    File No. 97149CRB The Hopi Foundation, Highway 264 Marker 367-9 
P.O. Box 705 Hotevilla, AZ 86030. Contact: Ms. Barbara Poley, Executive 
Director. Funds Requested: $310,658. Total Project Cost: $414,211. To 
activate a new public radio station on 89.1 MHZ in Hotevilla. Project 
will serve about 10,000 people on or near the Hopi Reservation.
    File No. 97163ICTN Northern Arizona University, Educational Systems 
Development Comm. Bldg #16/Room 123 Corner Osborne & Tormey Ave. 
Flagstaff, AZ 86011. Contact: Mr. Edward G. Groenhout, Interim VP/
Instit. Advancement. Funds Requested: $878,198. Total Project Cost: 
$1,351,075. To extend the duplex microwave-based, two-way interactive 
distance learning network of Northern Arizona University--called 
NAUNet--to Chinle Unified School District, Ganado School District, Red 
Mesa School District, and to the Hualapai Library at Peach Springs; all 
these sites are in Arizona. All the locations will receive video 
classroom and production control equipment. Chinle Unified School 
District will also receive hub equipment. Chinle, Ganado, and Red Mesa 
are communities on the Navajo Indian Reservation; Peach Springs is on 
the Hualapai Indian Reservation.

California

    File No. 97003CTB Community Television of Southern CA, KCET (TV) 
4401 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90027. Contact: Mr. Donald G. 
Youpa, Executive Vice President. Funds Requested: $753,930. Total 
Project Cost: $1,507,861. To improve and upgrade the facilities of 
KCET-TV, Channel 28 in Los Angeles (CA), serving an audience of over 18 
million people, by replacing aging and obsolete equipment including the 
routing system, signal converters, master control switcher and machine 
control system.
    File No. 97038CRB Humboldt State University, KHSU Radio Humboldt 
State University Arcata, CA 95521. Contact: Ms. Jill Paydon, General 
Manager. Funds Requested: $78,675. Total Project Cost: $104,900. To 
extend the signal of KHSU-FM, 90.5 MHZ in Arcata, CA, by constructing a 
satellite studio and a repeater station in Crescent City, operating on 
91.9 MHZ, that will providing the first public radio service with local 
origination capabilities to about 13,000 residents of Del Norte County, 
California.
    File No. 97053ICTN Shasta College, Far Northern CA Com Col Consort. 
11555 Old Oregon Trail P.0. Box 496006 Redding, CA 96049-6006. Contact: 
Dr. James Poulsen, Dir/Off. of Ext'd Educ. & T/C. Funds Requested: 
$112,500. Total Project Cost: $225,000. To purchase nine codec 
teleconferencing systems to expand the network of the Far Northern 
California Community College Distance Education Consortium. The 
Consortium comprises Shasta College, Butte College, the College of the 
Siskiyous, and Lassen College. The teleconferencing systems would be 
placed at The Shasta Regional Occupational Program High School, South 
Redding; the Shasta Community Health Center, Redding; the Hill Country 
Community Health Center, Round Mountain; libraries in the communities 
of Oroville and Orland; Siskiyou Union High School; Yreka Union High 
School; Trinity High School, Weaverville; and Fall River High School, 
Burney.
    File No. 97066CTB N. California Educ'l TV Assoc., Inc, Broadcast/
Engineering 603 N. Market Street Redding, CA 96003. Contact: Mr. 
Michael Lampella, Operations Manager. Funds Requested: $784,594. Total 
Project Cost: $1,046,126. To improve the facilities of KIXE-TV, Channel 
9 in Redding, by replacing obsolete and unreliable analog origination 
and test equipment with state-of-the-art digital equipment including 
studio cameras, videotape recorders, video switcher, video effects 
unit, character generator, still store system, file server and 
miscellaneous ancillary equipment.
    File No. 97074CRB Monterey Bay Public Brdcstg Fdn., KAZU-FM 176 
Forest Avenue Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Contact: Mr. Peter Williams, 
Station Manager. Funds Requested: $35,062. Total Project Cost: $46,749. 
To augment and enhance the facilities of KAZU-FM, operating on 90.3 MHZ 
in Pacific Grove (CA) by establishing a remote recording mobile unit 
equipped with state-of-the-art, digital equipment to meet national 
broadcast standards.
    File No. 97078ICTB Kern Educational T/C Consortium, 1300 17th 
Street/City Centre Bakersfield, CA 93301-4533. Contact: Mr. Larry R. 
Ciecalone, Director of Broadcasting. Funds Requested: $1,118,429. Total 
Project Cost: $1,491,239. To establish a noncommercial television 
station in Bakersfield, CA, which would bring a first public TV signal 
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995,000 residents of that area. Of these, approximately 195,000 
residents would receive the new station's signal as a ``first public TV 
signal''. In addition to some nationally-distributed public television 
programming, the station would transmit a vast amount of instructional 
programming from the Kern Educational Telecommunications Consortium, 
which has its headquarters in Bakersfield. The new station will also 
incorporate into its schedule programming targeted towards the 
Hispanic-American population, which constitutes approximately 30% of 
the total population of the station's proposed service area.
    File No. 97081ICTN Monterey County Office of Education, Instruct'l 
Resources & Technology. 901 Blanco Circle Salinas, CA 93901. Contact: 
Mr. Michael Mellon, Dir/Instruc. Resources & Tech. Funds Requested: 
$684,313. Total Project Cost: $1,368,626. To establish a distance 
learning system that will serve over 138 schools, plus residences and 
businesses, in Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz 
Counties, CA. The system will be based on two channels of ITFS, and 
extended by microwave and low-power television stations.
    File No. 97088CRB Rural California Broadcasting Corp., KRCB-FM 5850 
Labath Avenue Rohnert Park, CA 94928. Contact: Ms. Nancy Dobbs, Chief 
Executive Officer. Funds Requested: $54,275. Total Project Cost: 
$72,367. To improve and upgrade the origination facilities of KRCB-FM, 
91.1 MHZ in Rohnert Park (CA) by replacing old and unreliable studio 
equipment including the audio console, the modulation monitor, the 
storage delivery system, DAT recorders, and microphones.
    File No. 97101CTB KTEH Foundation, 1585 Schallenberger Road San 
Jose, CA 95131. Contact: Mr. Gary S. Martinez, Grants Associate. Funds 
Requested: $719,039. Total Project Cost: $1,438,078. To upgrade and 
improve the facilities of KTEH-TV, Channel 54 in San Jose by replacing 
the 22-year-old transmitter, the transmission line, the antenna and the 
routing and master control switchers.
    File No. 97107ICTN Kern Educational T/C Consortium, 1300 17th 
Street/City Centre Bakersfield, CA 93301-4533. Contact: Dr. Daniel 
Darnell, President/Cerro Coso Com. Coll. Funds Requested: $796,318. 
Total Project Cost: $2,132,018. To extend the Kern County distance 
learning microwave system into rural Inyo and Mono Counties in order to 
bring the first such services to nearly 30,000 isolated rural 
residents, and to provide interactive educational opportunities as well 
as Internet access to educational institutions at all levels--K-12, 
community college, and university.
    File No. 97113IPTN California State Univ./Stanislaus, Associate VP 
Academ. Affairs Ofc 801 West Monte Vista Avenue Turlock, CA 95382. 
Contact: Ms. Maithreyi Manoharan, Associate VP Info Technology. Funds 
Requested: $54,648. Total Project Cost: $54,648. To develop a 
telecommunications plan for the potential use of appropriate 
technologies in a distance learning network among California State 
University-Stanislaus, public schools, community colleges and service 
agencies in an isolated and economically-disadvantaged area in central 
California that includes 6 counties and would focus particularly on 
Merced County.
    File No. 97118ICTN Oxnard School District, Prog. for Instruct'l 
Excellence 1051 South A Street Oxnard, CA 93030. Contact: Mr. Richard 
Duarte, Assistant Superintendent. Funds Requested: $42,927. Total 
Project Cost: $85,855. To purchase production equipment that would 
allow the Oxnard, CA, school district to originate Spanish-language 
programming and caption-based educational programming for residents of 
the City of Oxnard and surrounding areas. The programming will be 
distributed via cable television channels. The programming will target 
children in grades K-8.
    File No. 97125CRB Nevada City Community Broadcast Grp, 401 Spring 
Street Nevada City, CA 95959. Contact: Mr. Brian Terhorst, General 
Manager. Funds Requested: $50,491. Total Project Cost: $100,982. To 
improve and upgrade the signal of KVMR-FM, 89.5 MHZ in Nevada City (CA) 
by replacing the old and failure prone transmitter, antenna, feedline 
and tower. KVMR will also purchase a stereo generator for the station's 
broadcast studio and install a satellite downlink facility to bring the 
first nationally distributed programming to the community.
    File No. 97127CTB Los Angeles Unified School District, KLCS-TV 1061 
West Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012. Contact: Mr. Tom Mossman, 
Station Manager. Funds Requested: $559,370. Total Project Cost: 
$1,118,740. To improve the signal and enhance the transmission 
capabilities of KLCS-TV, Channel 58 in Los Angeles (CA) by replacing 
the old and failure prone 24-year-old transmitter and by establishing a 
fiber optic link with the ETN facilities at the Los Angeles County 
Office of Education.
    File No. 97130 Fullerton Interfaith Productions, 409 Pebble Beach 
Place Fullerton, CA 92835. Contact: Mr. Ed Lillibridge, Owner. Funds 
Requested: $100,000. Total Project Cost: $100,000. Production oriented 
project.
    File No. 97133CTB Bet-Nahrain, Inc., KBSV-TV23 P.O. Box 4116 3119 
South Central Ave Modesto, CA 95307. Contact: Dr. Sargon Dadesho, 
Director of Mass Media. Funds Requested: $95,000. Total Project Cost: 
$128,000. To improve the facilities of KBSV-TV, Channel 23 in Ceres 
(CA) by replacing old and unreliable basic equipment including the 
master control switcher, four VTRs and two cameras.
    File No. 97146CTB KQED, Inc., KQED-TV 2601 Mariposa Street San 
Francisco, CA 94110. Contact: Ms. Judy Holme, Associate Director. Funds 
Requested: $379,651. Total Project Cost: $759,302. To upgrade and 
improve the facilities of KQED-TV, Channel 9 in San Francisco by 
replacing old and unreliable equipment including 11 to 18 year old 
production videotape systems and the production audio console.
    File No. 97151CRB Santa Monica Community College Dist, KCRW 1900 
Pico Boulevard Santa Monica, CA 90405-1628. Contact: Ms. Ruth Seymour, 
General Manager. Funds Requested: $221,293. Total Project Cost: 
$295,058. To expand the services of KCRW-FM, operating on 88.1 MHZ in 
Santa Monica, by constructing a repeater station in Mojave, operating 
on 88.7 MHZ, which will provide first public radio services to 
approximately 83,000 residents.
    File No. 97152CTB California Community Television Net, KCAH (TV) 
559 E. Alisal Street, #106 Salinas, CA 93905. Contact: Ms. Arlene 
Kimata, Corporate Secretary. Funds Requested: $323,497. Total Project 
Cost: $431,330. To improve and expand the signal of KCAH-TV, Channel 25 
in Salinas, by replacing the transmitter and antenna. The stronger 
signal will reach new areas in the Central Coastal California region 
and the South Bay area, providing first public television service to 
approximately 198,000 residents of Santa Clara, San Benito, Monterey 
and Santa Cruz counties.
    File No. 97190CRB San Diego State University Fdn., KPBS-FM 5200 
Campanile Drive San Diego, CA 92182. Contact: Ms. Susan Holloway, 
Director, Admin. Services. Funds Requested: $230,114. Total Project 
Cost: $306,819. To expand and improve the signal of KPBS, operating on 
89.5 MHZ in San Diego (CA) by relocating and replacing the aging 
transmission chain with digital state-of-the-art equipment. This 
upgrade will improve service to KPBS' current listeners and will 
provide first public radio service to about 168,000 residents of the 
greater San Diego area.

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    File No. 97197ICTN San Diego Co. Superint. of Schools, 6401 Linda 
Vista Road San Diego, CA 92111. Contact: Dr. Bruce Braciszewski, 
Director ITV/Communications. Funds Requested: $133,429. Total Project 
Cost: $266,857. To purchase a video matrix switcher for the San Diego 
County Office of Education that will allow the Office to expand the 
number and type of courses that it offers to teachers and students in 
San Diego County, CA. The courses are transmitted via ITFS.
    File No. 97200ICTN California State Un. Fresno Fdn., 4910 N. 
Chestnut Avenue Fresno, CA 93726. Contact: Dr. Daniel Griffin, Assoc. 
Dir. Grants Research. Funds Requested: $873,020. Total Project Cost: 
$1,754,762. To extend the Valley Educational Network (VEN) to 12 
additional school sites. VEN is an integrated voice, data and video 
network providing college and K-12 distance education programming to 
educational institutions in Madera, Fresno, Kings and Tulare Counties.

Colorado

    File No. 97035CTB Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting, 1089 Bannock 
Street Denver, CO 80204. Contact: Mr. James Morgese, General Manager. 
Funds Requested: $389,039. Total Project Cost: $518,718. To 
interconnect the facilities of public television stations KRMA-TV, Ch. 
6, in Denver and KTSC-TV, Ch. 8, in Pueblo by installing a two-way 
microwave interconnection. KRMA-TV will also acquire computer 
automation equipment to provide a distinct program feed to Pueblo. Two 
stations cover the entire state of Colorado, approximately 3.9 million 
people.
    File No. 97044CRB North Fork Valley Public Radio Inc, KVNF-FM 213 
Grand Avenue P.O. Box 1350 Paonia, CO 81428. Contact: Ms. Kristy 
McFarland, Station Manager. Funds Requested: $92,511. Total Project 
Cost: $123,348. To extend the signal of public radio station KVNF-FM, 
90.9 MHZ, in Paonia by activating a new repeater station in Montrose on 
89.1 MHZ. Station will provide first public radio service to about 
9,868 people and an additional service to about 22,000 more.
    File No. 97064CTB Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting, 1089 Bannock 
Street Denver, CO 80204. Contact: Mr. James Morgese, General Manager. 
Funds Requested: $206,500. Total Project Cost: $413,000. To improve 
public television station KRMA-TV, Ch. 6, in Denver, by replacing 10 
videotape recorders with new digital equipment. Current equipment was 
purchased between 1983 and 1994. KRMA-TV serves approximately 3.9 
million people.
    File No. 97071CRB Crested Butte Mountain Educational, KBUT-FM P.O. 
Box 308 801 Butte Avenue Crested Butte, CO 81224. Contact: Ms. Jackie 
Scalzo, General Manager. Funds Requested: $180,840. Total Project Cost: 
$241,120. To improve and expand the coverage area of public radio 
station KBUT-FM, 90.3 MHZ, in Crested Butte by relocating the 
transmitter site to Sunlight Ridge which is 800 ft. higher than the 
current location. Project will replace the 11-year-old transmission 
system and old, worn out origination and interconnection equipment. 
KBUT-FM currently serves about 10,401 people and relocation will add 
about 926 more.
    File No. 97121CRB Equal Representation of Media Advoc, KRZA-FM 528 
9th Street Alamosa, CO 81101. Contact: Ms. Kim Allison, Station 
Manager. Funds Requested: $10,968. Total Project Cost: $14,625. To 
improve public radio station KRZA-FM, 88.7 MHZ, in Alamosa by re-
aligning the existing antenna and replacing old, worn-out origination 
equipment with a new telephone hybrid interconnect, cassette players, 
speakers, CD players and Mini-disk players. KRZA-FM, a community radio 
station which has been on the air since 1986, provides service to about 
75,000 people.
    File No. 97124CTB Front Range Educational Media Corp., KBDI-TV 2900 
Welton St., First Floor Denver, CO 80205. Contact: Mr. Richard James, 
Grants Manager. Funds Requested: $181,209. Total Project Cost: 
$317,909. To improve and expand public television station KBDI-TV, Ch. 
12, in Denver by acquiring a new master control router, a master 
control switcher, replacing the 100 watt translator that serves 
Colorado Springs with a 1 kilowatt unit, and acquiring a telemetry 
system. KBDI-TV serves about 2.1 million people and will add an 
additional service to about 400,000 more.
    File No. 97147ICTN National Technological University, 700 Centre 
Avenue Ft. Collins, CO 80526. Contact: Dr. Lionel Baldwin, President. 
Funds Requested: $294,170. Total Project Cost: $392,230. To activate an 
interactive learning environment for individuals at home which combines 
Internet, personal computer and satellite delivered compressed digital 
video technology.
    File No. 97201CRB KUTE Incorporated, KSUT-FM Four Corners Public 
Radio P.O. Box 737 123 Capote Ignacio, CO 81137. Contact: Mr. Carlos 
Sena, General Manager. Funds Requested: $55,989. Total Project Cost: 
$74,655. To improve the facilities of public radio station KSUT-FM, 
91.3 MHZ, Ignacio, by acquiring local origination equipment for a new 
studio which will be fully dedicated to the affairs, education and 
cultural preservation of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. In addition, 
project will acquire a studio-to-transmitter link (STL) to permit a 
new, second station, 90.1 MHZ, located on Missionary Ridge, to be 
programmed with a different public radio signal. Programming for both 
stations will originate from the KSUT-FM studios.

Connecticut

    File No. 97195CTB Simsbury Community Television, 754 Hopmeadow 
Street P.O. Box 767 Simsbury, CT 06070. Contact: Mrs. Elise Sirman, 
President. Funds Requested: $10,349. Total Project Cost: $13,799. To 
upgrade the production capabilities of Simsbury Community Television, 
which transmits its community access programming over a dedicated 
channel of the Simsbury cable television system.
    File No. 97218CTN West Hartford Community TV, Inc., WHC-TV 50 South 
Main Street West Hartford, CT 06107. Contact: Ms. Cheryl Fine, 
Executive Director. Funds Requested: $250,000. Total Project Cost: 
$312,500. To establish video production studios at Hall High School and 
at Conard High School, both in the City of West Hartford, CT. The 
studios would originate programming to be transmitted over two 
dedicated community access channels of the city's cable television 
system.

District of Columbia

    File No. 97144CTB Howard University, WHMM 2222 Fourth Street NW 
Washington, DC 20059. Contact: Mr. M. J. Watkins, General Manager. 
Funds Requested: $425,549. Total Project Cost: $851,098. To improve 
public television station WHMM-TV, operating on Channel 32 in 
Washington, DC, by replacing the routing switcher, master sync and 
timing system with distribution amplifiers, TV demodulator, video 
processing amplifiers, and a non-linear editing system. The project 
includes upgrading by acquiring the Secondary Audio Program and 
Auxiliary Audio Program Transmission System, virtual recorder system, 
broadcast color monitors, and test equipment.
    File No. 97150ICTN Soundprint Media Center Inc., 4000 Brandywine 
Street NW Suite 620 Washington, DC 20016. Contact: Ms. Moira Rankin, 
President. Funds Requested: $298,554. Total Project Cost: $510,348. To 
expand the services provided by the ``Education

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Connection,'' a distance learning project which is intended to provide 
at-risk schools (K-12) with multimedia, interactive, Internet and 
satellite-delivered video conferencing capability. The project will 
provide Education Connection programming to 58 additional schools. The 
Education Connection is a partnership of the applicant and public 
television stations (KCET-TV Los Angeles, Louisiana Public 
Broadcasting, Mississippi Educational TV, WHYY-TV Wilmington, and WHRO-
TV Norfolk). The project includes a satellite uplink and video 
conferencing studio at Soundprint, and satellite receive downlinks, 
computers and ITFS equipment at school sites.
    File No. 97171IPTN Assoc. of Jesuit Colleges & Univ., 1 Dupont 
Circle Suite 405 Washington, DC 20036-1110. Contact: Dr. William 
Husson, Dean of Professional Studies. Funds Requested: $58,410. Total 
Project Cost: $147,706. To plan for a telecommunications system that 
will establish an interconnected network of the 28 colleges and 
universities in the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, 
for a nationwide distance learning and training service among these 
colleges/universities and each of their surrounding communities.

Florida

    File No. 97010CRB University of Florida, WUFT-FM/WJUF-FM 2208 
Weimer Hall University Of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611. Contact: Mr. 
Henri Pensis, Station Manager. Funds Requested: $26,753. Total Project 
Cost: $53,506. To install automation equipment at WUFT-FM, operating on 
89.1 MHZ in Gainesville, FL, to maintain 24-hour-a-day programming in a 
cost-effective manner. WUFT-FM currently serves approximately 1,700,000 
people in the Gainesville area.
    File No. 97018CRB Florida Institute of Technology, WFIT-FM 150 W. 
University Blvd Melbourne, FL 32901. Contact: Mr. David Kershaw, 
General Manager. Funds Requested: $27,614. Total Project Cost: $36,819. 
To improve its facilities and provide first public radio service to 
approximately 13,000 people, WFIT-FM, operating on 89.5 MHZ in 
Melbourne, FL, will raise its antenna height, increase its power from 
2,350 Watts to 8,000 Watts, and install equipment for remote 
transmitter control.
    File No. 97030CRB School Board of Dade County, WLRN/FM Radio 172 NE 
15th Street Miami, FL 33132. Contact: Mrs. Laurel Long, Coordinator, 
Finance/Admin. Funds Requested: $54,986. Total Project Cost: $109,973. 
WLRN-FM, 91.3 MHZ, serving approximately 3,900,000 people in an area 
that includes Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and the Florida Keys, 
will replace its outdated and unreliable transmission system.
    File No. 97061CTB South Florida Public Telecomm., WXEL-TV 3401 S. 
Congress Ave. Boynton Beach, FL 33426. Contact: Mr. Philip Dicomo, V. 
P., Ext. Affairs. Funds Requested: $185,269. Total Project Cost: 
$370,538. To improve public television station WXEL-TV, Channel 42 in 
Boynton Beach, FL, serving approximately 4,400,000 people, by replacing 
obsolete three-quarter inch and one-inch video recorders with digital 
video recorders and a video server system for a more efficient on-air 
recording and playback operation.
    File No. 97075CRB WJCT, Inc., WJCT-FM 100 Festival Park Avenue 
Jacksonville, FL 32202. Contact: Mr. William Dresser, President and 
General Mgr. Funds Requested: $92,850. Total Project Cost: $185,701. To 
improve public radio station WJCT-FM, 89.9 MHZ in Jacksonville, FL, by 
replacing outdated and unreliable 25-to-30-year old reel-to-reel, audio 
cartridge, and cassette equipment with a digital audio storage system, 
replacing the transmitter control link, and acquiring the capability of 
ISDN connectivity for effective remote production and interconnection 
to other NPR stations. WJCT-FM provides public radio service to 
approximately 1,600,000 people in the Jacksonville area.
    File No. 97108CRB Nathan B. Stubblefield Foundation, WMNF-FM 1210 
East Martin Luther King Blvd Tampa, FL 33603. Contact: Mr. Richard 
Eiswerth, Station Manager. Funds Requested: $23,600. Total Project 
Cost: $47,200. To improve WMNF-FM, operating on 88.5 MHZ , and serving 
approximately 1,300,000 people in the Tampa, FL area, by replacing 
outdated and unreliable master control, studio, and studio-to-
transmitter link equipment.
    File No. 97119CTB University of Florida, WUFT-TV Weimer Hall 
University Of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611. Contact: Mr. Richard 
Lehner, General Manager. Funds Requested: $164,680. Total Project Cost: 
$329,360. To improve public television station WUFT-TV, Channel 5 in 
Gainesville, FL, serving approximately 2,000,000 people, by replacing 
13-year old one-inch videotape machines with digital video recorders-
editors for master control recording, editing, and playback operations.
    File No. 97132ICTN Okaloosa-Walton Community College, 100 College 
Boulevard Niceville, FL 32578. Contact: Mr. Glenn Tripplett, Dir./
Learning Resources Ctr. Funds Requested: $118,935. Total Project Cost: 
$158,580. To establish three video classrooms for the Okaloosa-Walton 
Distance Learning Consortium of Northwest Florida, which will be 
interconnected by Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS). The 
classrooms will be located at the Niceville Campus of Okaloosa-Walton 
Community College, the Instructional Technology Center of the Walton 
County School District, and Shalimar Elementary School, which is part 
of the Okaloosa County School District.
    File No. 97138CTB Brevard Community College, WBCC-TV 1519 Clearlake 
Road Cocoa, FL 32922. Contact: Mr. Joe Williams, General Manager, WBCC. 
Funds Requested: $715,382. Total Project Cost: $1,480,971. WBCC-TV, 
Channel 68 in Cocoa, FL, serving approximately 1,000,000 people, will 
replace a 10-year old obsolete transmitter with a digital transmitter, 
and will acquire a mobile digital production system as an interim 
control room and also as a remote production unit.
    File No. 97153CTB University of South Florida, Division of Public 
Broadcasting 4202 Fowler Avenue, Svc 0001 Tampa, FL 33620. Contact: Mr. 
William Buxton, Station Manager. Funds Requested: $41,812. Total 
Project Cost: $83,624. To replace its outdated and unreliable optical 
disc units, WUSF-TV, Channel 16, serving approximately 3,500,000 people 
in the Tampa, FL area, will install a video spot player for on-air 
station break operations.
    File No. 97173CTB Florida State University, WFSU-TV 1600 Red Barber 
Plaza Tallahassee, FL 32310. Contact: Mrs. Donna Landrum, Business 
Manager. Funds Requested: $105,525. Total Project Cost: $211,050. To 
improve WFSU-TV in Tallahassee and WFSG-TV in Panama City, FL, serving 
approximately 600,000 people, by replacing a 16-year old analog routing 
switcher with a digital/analog routing switcher.
    File No. 97175CTB WJCT Inc., WJCT-TV 100 Festival Park Avenue 
Jacksonville, FL 32202. Contact: Mr. William Dresser, President and 
General Manager. Funds Requested: $177,541. Total Project Cost: 
$355,082. To improve public television station WJCT-TV, Channel 7 in 
Jacksonville, FL, by replacing four, 12-year old one-inch videotape 
machines for recording, on-air playback, and post-production 
operations. WJCT-TV provides public television service to approximately

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1,600,000 people in the Jacksonville area.
    File No. 97196CTB Florida West Coast Public Broadcast, WEDU 1300 
North Boulevard Tampa, FL 33607. Contact: Ms. Elsie Garner, Sr. Vice 
President & COO. Funds Requested: $650,000. Total Project Cost: 
$1,850,000. To ensure the continuation of public television service to 
approximately 4,000,000 people in the Tampa Bay area, WEDU-TV, Channel 
3 in Tampa, FL, will construct a tower which is critically needed in 
order to relocate the station's primary transmission facility for 
uninterrupted service, to prepare for tower requirements in the 
transition to digital television, and to provide co-location tower 
space to public radio and television stations WUSF-FM and WUSF-TV.

Hawaii

    File No. 97022CTB Hawaii Public Broadcasting Auth., KHET-TV 2350 
Dole Street Honolulu, HI 96822. Contact: Mrs. Karen Yamamoto, 
Administration/Finance Mgr. Funds Requested: $26,750. Total Project 
Cost: $53,000. To improve the facilities of Hawaii Public Television by 
replacing three transmitter shelters which house public television 
translators serving the island of Kauai. The translators serve 
residents in the vicinity of the communities of Anahola, Kaumakani, and 
Princeville/Hanalei.
    File No. 97024CTB Hawaii Public Broadcasting Auth., KHET-TV 2350 
Dole Street Honolulu, HI 96822. Contact: Mrs. Karen Yamamoto, 
Administrative/Finance Mgr. Funds Requested: $118,000. Total Project 
Cost: $236,000. To improve the facilities of public television repeater 
station KMEB-TV, operating on Ch. 10 on the island of Maui, by 
replacing an obsolete transmitter. KMEB-TV serves 300,000 people on the 
island of Maui and also feeds a series of translators which serve the 
Big Island of Hawaii.

Iowa

    File No. 97033PTB Iowa Public Broadcasting Board, Iowa Public 
Television 6450 Corporate Drive Johnston, IA 50131. Contact: Mr. Dennis 
Malloy, Director, Dev & Community Rel. Funds Requested: $66,500. Total 
Project Cost: $133,000. To plan for the re-engineering needed to 
convert the transmissions of Iowa Public Television, Johnston, IA, to 
advanced television by the year 2003. Iowa PTV serves a population of 
about 2,841,688.
    File No. 97123CTN City of Sioux City, City Hall/Orpheum Electric 
Bldg. 520 Pierce Street, P.O. Box 447 Sioux City, IA 51102-0447. 
Contact: Mr. D. Craig Whitehead, City Manager. Funds Requested: 
$102,495. Total Project Cost: $136,660. To establish a studio 
production facility that would originate public service programming to 
be transmitted over a dedicated cable television channel to the 
residents of the City of Sioux City, IA, and surrounding Woodbury 
County.
    File No. 97184CRB Kirkwood Community College, KCCK 6301 Kirkwood 
Boulevard SW P.O. Box 2068 Cedar Rapids, IA 52404. Contact: Mr. Steven 
Carpenter, Station Manager. Funds Requested: $45,420. Total Project 
Cost: $113,549. To improve the transmission and production capabilities 
of public radio station KCCK, 88.3 MHZ, Cedar Rapids, IA, by replacing 
its worn-out and obsolete transmitter, antenna and transmission line 
and by replacing its audio recording equipment with a hard-disk non-
linear storage and editing system.

Idaho

    File No. 97076PTB Idaho Public Television, KAID 1455 North Orchard 
Boise, ID 83706. Contact: Ms. K. Gail Richardson, Grants Officer. Funds 
Requested: $326,725. Total Project Cost: $326,725. To plan for Idaho 
Public Television (1) to upgrade the existing statewide analog 
microwave system to digital; (2) to develop an implementation plan for 
the conversion of the statewide IPTV system to ATV; (3) to develop a 
fundraising plan to fund the cost of ATV conversion for the statewide 
system. Idaho PTV serves a population of about 1,133,034 from five 
stations across the state.
    File No. 97180CRB Idaho State University, College of Business 
Campus Box 8020 Pocatello, ID 83209-8020. Contact: Dr. Paul Dishman, 
Assistant Professor. Funds Requested: $168,544. Total Project Cost: 
$229,437. To activate a public radio station operating at 91.1 MHZ in 
Pocatello, Idaho. The new station will provide the first public radio 
signal to about 13,678 persons, of whom approximately 2,100 are Native 
Americans on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. It will provide the 
first local public radio signal to about 58,397 persons. The station 
will be staffed and operated primarily by students.
    File No. 97191CRB Idaho State Board of Education, BSU Radio Network 
BSU Radio/SMITC 213 1910 University Drive Boise, ID 83725. Contact: Dr. 
James Paluzzi, General Manager. Funds Requested: $63,772. Total Project 
Cost: $85,030. To activate a public radio repeater station on 88.5 MHZ 
in Burley, Idaho, to bring the first public radio signal to about 
33,317 persons in the region often referred to as the ``Mini-Cassia'' 
region, including the communities of Burley, Paul, Rupert, Heyburn, 
Declo, Albion, and Malta, Idaho. The new station will carry the 
programing of the Boise State University radio network.

Illinois

    File No. 97029CRB Bradley University, WCBU Radio 1501 West Bradley 
Avenue Peoria, IL 61625. Contact: Mr. Anthony Dean, Station Manager. 
Funds Requested: $169,399. Total Project Cost: $225,866. To improve the 
operation of public radio station WCBU, 89.9 MHZ, Peoria, by replacing 
obsolete and worn-out items of production equipment, including a hard 
disk storage system, mixing consoles, CD players, and audio cassette 
recorders. The station serves a population of about 300,000.
    File No. 97045CRB University of Illinois/Springfield, WUIS/WIPA 
Shepherd Road Building L 130 Springfield, IL 62707. Contact: Mr. David 
Anderson, General Manager. Funds Requested: $122,230. Total Project 
Cost: $244,460. To improve the operation of public radio station WUIS, 
91.9 MHZ, Springfield, IL, by replacing worn-out and obsolete 
production equipment, including audio consoles, minidisk recorders/
players, CD players, microphones, and telephone hybrids. WUIS and its 
repeater, WIPA, 89.3 MHZ, Pittsfield, IL, provide service to a combined 
population of 1,063,912 persons.
    File No. 97063CTB Window to the World Communications, WTTW 5400 
North St. Louis Avenue Chicago, IL 60625. Contact: Mr. Martin J. 
McLaughlin, Vice President, Corp Affairs. Funds Requested: $268,340. 
Total Project Cost: $536,680. To improve the operation of public 
television station WTTW, Ch. 11, Chicago, IL, by replacing items of 
production equipment, including video tape recorders, a character 
generator, and a srtill store. The station serves a population of about 
10.5-million people.
    File No. 97122CTB University of Illinois, WILL-TV 1110 West Main 
Street Urbana, IL 61801. Contact: Ms. Danda Tish Beard, Director/Grants 
& Corp Support. Funds Requested: $160,000. Total Project Cost: 
$320,000. To improve the operation of public television station WILL-
TV, Ch. 12, Urbana, IL, by replacing worn-out and obsolete equipment, 
including an automation system and a routing switcher. The station 
serves a population of about 1.3-million persons.
    File No. 97215CRB University of Illinois, WILL-AM 1110 West Main 
Street Urbana, IL 61801. Contact: Ms.

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Danda Tish Beard, Director/Grants & Corp Support. Funds Requested: 
$7,438. Total Project Cost: $14,876. To improve the transmission system 
of public radio station WILL-AM, 580 KHz, Urbana, IL, by replacing its 
worn-out and unrepairable directional antenna monitor and the 
associated remote control units. The station serves a population of 
about 10,350,456 persons.

Indiana

    File No. 97082CTB Metropolitan Indianapolis Pub Bdcst, WFYI 
TelePlex 1401 North Meridian Street Indianapolis, IN 46202. Contact: 
Mr. Lloyd Wright, President & General Manager. Funds Requested: 
$312,500. Total Project Cost: $625,000. To improve the operation of 
public station WFYI-TV, Ch. 20, Indianapolis, IN, by replacing three 
worn-out and obsolete cameras and related equipment. The station serves 
a population of about 2 million persons.
    File No. 97085CRB Indiana University, WFIU Radio-TV Center 
Bloomington, IN 47405-6901. Contact: Dr. Barrie Zimmerman, Director/
Opns & Engineering. Funds Requested: $16,041. Total Project Cost: 
$32,082. To extend the signal of public radio station WFIU, 103.7 MHZ, 
Bloomington, IN, by activating a translator at 106.1 MHZ in Kokomo, IN, 
to bring the first public radio signal to about 50,000 persons. WFIU 
presently serves a population of about 600,000.
    File No. 97091CTB Ball State University, WIPB E. F. Ball Building 
Ball State University Muncie, IN 47306. Contact: Mrs. Alice J. Cheney, 
General Manager. Funds Requested: $237,988. Total Project Cost: 
$475,976. To improve the operation of public television station WIPB, 
Ch. 49, Muncie, IN, by replacing three worn-out and obsolete cameras 
with their related equipment and by acquiring a local insertion server. 
The station serves a population of about 980,000.
    File No. 97182CTB Michiana Public Broadcasting Corp., WNIT 2300 
Charger Boulevard Elkhart, IN 46514. Contact: Ms. Trina Cutter, 
President/General Manager. Funds Requested: $67,484. Total Project 
Cost: $89,979. To improve the operation of public television station 
WNIT, Ch. 34, Elkhart, IN, by replacing worn-out and obsolete video 
tape recorders with a digital video server. The station serves a 
population of about 881,600.
    File No. 97204CTB Tri-State Public Teleplex, Inc., WNIN-TV 405 
Carpenter Street Evansville, IN 47708. Contact: Mr. David L. Dial, 
President. Funds Requested: $40,521. Total Project Cost: $81,042. To 
improve the operation of public station WNIN-TV. Ch. 9, Evansville. IN, 
by replacing worn-out and obsolete items of production equipment, 
including a character generator, camera pedestals, and a lighting 
package. The station serves a population of about 750,000 persons.

Kansas

    File No. 97013CTB Washburn University of Topeka, KTWU-TV 1700 S.W. 
College Avenue Topeka, KS 66621. Contact: Mr. Robert Fidler, Director 
of Operations. Funds Requested: $415,174. Total Project Cost: $830,349. 
To improve public television station KTWU-TV, Ch. 11, Topeka by 
replacing a 19 year old television transmitter, transmitter line and 
associated equipment. KTWU-TV serves about 1.26 million people.
    File No. 97040CTB Kansas Public Telecom. Service, In, 320 West 21st 
St. N. Wichita, KS 67203. Contact: Mr. Dale Heckel, VP/Dir. Operations. 
Funds Requested: $42,500. Total Project Cost: $85,000. To improve 
public television station KPTS-TV, Ch. 8, in Wichita by purchasing a 
new editor. This equipment will provide additional editing capability 
and begin the conversion to ATV. KPTS-TV provides service to about 
387,773 people.
    File No. 97188CRB The Kanza Society Inc., KANZ-FM 210 North Seventh 
Garden City, KS 67846. Contact: Ms. Kathleen Holt, Project Director. 
Funds Requested: $19,341. Total Project Cost: $38,682. To extend the 
signal of KANZ-FM (91.1 MHZ) in Garden City, KS by activating two FM 
translators in Washburn, TX (91.3 MHZ) and Amarillo, TX (94.9 MHZ). The 
Washburn facility will be fed by satellite and the Amarillo translator 
will receive its signal off-air from the Washburn translator. Stations 
will provide first nationally distributed public radio service to about 
164,132 people.
    File No. 97189CRB The Kanza Society Inc., KANZ-FM 210 North Seventh 
Garden City, KS 67846. Contact: Ms. Kathleen Holt, Project Director. 
Funds Requested: $33,292. Total Project Cost: $66,088. To improve and 
extend public radio station KANZ-FM, 91.1 MHZ, in Garden City by 
activating a new FM translator in Hugoton (92.3 MHZ) and acquiring a 
digital audio automation system that will enhance the station's 
production capabilities and allow it to extend its hours of operation. 
The Hugoton translator will provide a first public radio service to an 
additional 4,390 people.
    File No. 97202CRB Wichita State University, KMUW-FM 3317 E. 17th 
Street Wichita, KS 67208. Contact: Mr. Mark McCain, General Manager. 
Funds Requested: $43,040. Total Project Cost: $86,080. To improve the 
facilities of public radio station KMUW-FM, on 89.1 MHZ, in Wichita by 
replacing an Uninterrupted Power Supply, upgrading the transmitter 
remote control system, replacing analog production equipment with 
digital recording and editing equipment and replacing the station's 
remote recording and broadcast equipment. KMUW-FM provides service to 
about 650,000 people. in south central KS.
    File No. 97211CRB Kansas State University of Agricult, KKSU-AM Room 
2 Fairchild Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506. Contact: 
Mr. Larry Jackson, KKSU-AM Station Manager. Funds Requested: $10,800. 
Total Project Cost: $21,600. To improve public radio station KKSU-AM, 
580 KHz, in Manhattan by replacing outdated remote transmission 
equipment, improving telephone audio broadcast capability and 
establishing a digital audio studio. KKSU-AM serves about 5.4 million 
people in most of KS and parts of ND, MO, IA and OK.

Kentucky

    File No. 97077CRB Murray State University, WKMS Price Doyle Fine 
Arts Building 15th & Olive Streets Murray, KY 42071. Contact: Mrs. Kate 
B. Lochte, Station Manager. Funds Requested: $27,450. Total Project 
Cost: $36,600. To extend the signal of public radio station WKMS, 91.3 
MHZ, Murray, KY, by activating translators on 92.1 MHZ in Paducah, KY, 
and on 99.5 MHZ in Paris, TN. The new translators will bring the first 
public radio signal to about 43,213 persons. WKMS serves about 278,000 
persons from its existing facilities.
    File No. 97087CRB Kentucky Public Radio (dba Public Radio 
Partnership) 301 York Street Louisville, KY 40203. Contact: Ms. Kathi 
Ellis, Grant Writer. Funds Requested: $344,959. Total Project Cost: 
$689,919. To improve the operation of the three public radio stations 
operated by Kentucky Public Radio--WFPL, 89.3 MHZ, WUOL, 90.5 MHZ, and 
WFPK, 91.9 MHZ--in Louisville, KY, by replacing worn-out and obsolete 
equipment, including two STL's, audio consoles, CD players, a CD 
recorder, compressor-limiters, DAT recorders, a hard-disk storage and 
editing system, microphones, patch bays, speakers, and a routing 
switcher. The three stations serve a population of about 3,057,566.
    File No. 97096IPTN The Center for Rural Development, 2292 South 
Highway 27 Suite 300 Somerset, KY 42501. Contact: Mrs. Hilda Legg, 
Executive Director & CEO. Funds

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Requested: $150,000. Total Project Cost: $200,000. To develop a plan 
for a video production and distribution facility that will be managed 
by the Center for Rural Development in Somerset, KY, through the 
cooperation of educational institutions, government agencies and 
corporate donors, to provide distance learning and training courses and 
economic development programs particularly to Kentucky's underdeveloped 
southern and eastern rural counties.
    File No. 97142CTB Kentucky Educational Television, 600 Cooper Drive 
Lexington, KY 40502. Contact: Mrs. Virginia G. Fox, Executive Director. 
Funds Requested: $85,647. Total Project Cost: $171,295. To improve the 
operation of Kentucky Educational Television (KET) by refurbishing the 
antennas of WKGB, Ch. 53, Bowling Green, and WKON, Ch. 52, Owenton, 
both Kentucky, and by acquiring a package of test equipment for WKLE, 
Ch. 46, Lexington. KET serves a population of about 3,700,000 from 
fifteen full-power stations and five translators.
    File No. 97179CTN Kentucky Educational Television, 600 Cooper Drive 
Lexington, KY 40502. Contact: Mrs. Virginia Fox, Executive Director. 
Funds Requested: $602,425. Total Project Cost: $1,204,850. To equip 
five state universities with satellite uplinks for the distribution of 
distance learning programing using the state owned satellite 
transponder to 1700 downlink sites within the state.

Louisiana

    File No. 97021ICTN Orleans Parish Public Schools, Consolidated 
Programs 3500 General DeGaulle Dr. Room 232 New Orleans, LA 70114. 
Contact: Dr. James Lloyd, Compliance Officer. Funds Requested: 
$439,500. Total Project Cost: $605,500. To purchase the equipment 
necessary to asist the Orleans Parish Public Schools--in a partnership 
with public television station WLAE-TV, Ch. 32, New Orleans--to 
activate an ITFS system that would allow the school system to transmit 
diverse instructional programming to 130 schools in the greater New 
Orleans area. The project would also purchase the equipment for a 
remote production van.
    File No. 97042ICTN New Orleans Educ. T/C Consortium, 2929 S. 
Carrollton Avenue New Orleans, LA 70118. Contact: Mr. Robert J. Lucas, 
Executive Director. Funds Requested: $85,303. Total Project Cost: 
$170,606. To extend the present ITFS-based distance learning network of 
the eight-college New Orleans Educational Telecommunications Consortium 
to the newly-established Slidell Campus of Delgado Community College as 
well as to the Stennis Space Center in nearby Mississippi.
    File No. 97052CTB Greater New Orleans ETV Fdn., WYES-TV 916 Navarre 
Avenue New Orleans, LA 70124. Contact: Mr. Randall Feldman, President & 
General Mgr. Funds Requested: $177,332. Total Project Cost: $354,665. 
To improve public television station WYES-TV, operating on Channel 12 
in New Orleans, LA, by replacing the worn-out antenna feedlines, on-air 
playback VCR's, the old digital effects generator, and waveform 
monitors.
    File No. 97070CTB Educational Broadcasting Foundation, WLAE-TV 2929 
S. Carrollton Ave. New Orleans, LA 70118. Contact: Mr. John Pela, 
Station Manager. Funds Requested: $101,637. Total Project Cost: 
$203,275. To improve public television station WLAE-TV, operating on 
Channel 32 in New Orleans, LA, by replacing the master control 
equipment and activating creation of a new educational cable channel, 
which is a Special Application project in the category of Distance 
Learning Development.

Massachusetts

    File No. 97165CRB University of Massachusetts, WUMB-FM Radio 100 
Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125. Contact: Ms. Patricia Monteith, 
General Manager. Funds Requested: $110,803. Total Project Cost: 
$158,290. To extend and improve the signal of public radio station 
WFPB-FM, operating on 91.9 MHZ in Falmouth, MA, by replacing the 
transmitter, antenna and transmission line and providing first public 
radio service to over 48,000 residents of Upper and Mid Barnstable 
county.

Maryland

    File No. 97067CTB Maryland Public Broadcasting Commis, 11767 Owings 
Mills Boulevard Owings Mills, MD 21117. Contact: Mr. Robert Hoerr, 
Chief Engineer. Funds Requested: $219,800. Total Project Cost: 
$439,600. To improve the facilities of the State network, Maryland 
Public Broadcasting will replace the 23-year-old antenna and 
transmission line at WMPT-TV, Channel 22 in Annapolis, which provides 
public television services to over 6 million residents of Maryland.
    File No. 97084CRB Salisbury State University Fdn., WSCL FM Route 13 
(p.o. Box 2596) Caruthers Hall Salisbury, MD 21801. Contact: Mr. Fred 
Marino, General Manager. Funds Requested: $149,451. Total Project Cost: 
$229,925. To extend the signal of WSCL-FM, operating on 89.5 MHZ in 
Salisbury (MD) by constructing a repeater station serving Ocean City, 
operating on 90.7 MHZ. The new station will provide first public radio 
service to about 350,000 permanent and seasonal residents of Worcester 
County, Maryland and Sussex County, Delaware.
    File No. 97154ICTN Chesapeake Regional Network, Inc., 269 Trinity 
Church Road Northeast, MD 21901. Contact: Mr. Douglas Donley, 
President. Funds Requested: $60,685. Total Project Cost: $84,285. To 
construct a four-channel ITFS facility to transmit instructional 
programming to the primary and secondary schools of the Cecil Co. 
Public School system. Cecil County is located in Maryland between 
Baltimore and Philadelphia.
    File No. 97178CTN Community TV of Prince George's, Production 
Department 9475 Lottsford Road Suite 125 Largo, MD 20774. Contact: Ms. 
Sherry Byrne, Executive Director. Funds Requested: $440,000. Total 
Project Cost: $587,000. To replace worn-out production equipment and to 
purchase mobile studio equipment for Community Television of Prince 
George's, Largo, MD. The applicant's service is transmitted over the 
cable television system serving Prince George's County, MD.

Maine

    File No. 97055CRB Maine Public Broadcasting Corp., 65 Texas Avenue 
Bangor, ME 04401. Contact: Mr. Gil Maxwell, Director of Engineering. 
Funds Requested: $30,387. Total Project Cost: $60,774. To improve the 
facilities of the state network, Maine Public Broadcasting will replace 
the 21-year-old transmitter at WMEM-FM, operating on 106.1 MHZ, serving 
the residents of Aroostook County, Maine.
    File No. 97062CTB Maine Public Broadcasting Corp., 65 Texas Avenue 
Bangor, ME 04401. Contact: Mr. Gil Maxwell, Director of Engineering. 
Funds Requested: $150,000. Total Project Cost: $300,000. To improve 
broadcast facilities within the State network and to meet current 
industry standards, Maine Public Broadcasting will replace 12-year-old 
studio VTRs with DVC Pro format tape machines.

Michigan

    File No. 97026ICTN Northern Michigan University, Learning Resources 
Center Elizabeth Harden Drive Marquette, MI 49855. Contact: Mr. Scott 
K. Seaman, Director of Learning Resources. Funds Requested: $225,000. 
Total Project Cost: $450,000. To install microwave to provide for two-
way interactive video and audio as well as data transmission between 
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11 sites in a system terminating at Northern Michigan University, 
Marquette; Michigan Technological University, Houghton; and Bay de Noc 
Community College, Escanaba. The project will allow for T-1 service 
over video at all 11 installations. It will also interconnect the 
Keweenaw Bay Indian Tribe, Baraga, and the Hannahville Indian Tribe, 
LaBranche, by T-1 and construct distance learning classrooms on those 
Reservations.
    File No. 97028ICTN Dickinson-Iron ISD, 1074 Pyle Drive Kingsford, 
MI 49802. Contact: Mrs. Mary L. Brien, Superintendent. Funds Requested: 
$253,367. Total Project Cost: $337,823. To install video classrooms in 
10 high schools and two intermediate school districts, all located in 
extremely rural areas of Northern Michigan. The project will allow 
these schools to participate in a two-way interactive distance learning 
network interconnected by optical fiber.
    File No. 97041CRB Detroit Board of Education, WDTR 5057 Woodward 
Avenue Detroit, MI 48202. Contact: Mr. Clifford E. Cox, Deputy 
Superintendent. Funds Requested: $449,163. Total Project Cost: 
$598,884. To improve the operation of public radio station WDTR, 90.0 
MHZ, Detroit, MI, by replacing worn-out and obsolete transmission and 
production equipment, including the transmitter, consoles, and other 
items. The station serves a population base of about 3,968,575.
    File No. 97115PTB Central Michigan University, CMU Public 
Broadcasting Public Broadcasting Center 3965 E. Broomfield Road Mt. 
Pleasant, MI 48859. Contact: Mr. Randall G. Kapenga, Director of 
Technical Services. Funds Requested: $68,407. Total Project Cost: 
$91,259. To plan for the conversion to Advanced Television by WCMU-TV, 
Ch. 14, Mt. Pleasant, MI, which serves a population of about 1,115,000. 
The plan will look at relocation, consolidation, cooperative 
construction, and educational outreach potential while maintaining the 
objective of universal coverage at sustainable operational expense.
    File No. 97116CRB Central Michigan University, CMU Public 
Broadcasting Public Broadcasting Center 3965 East Bloomfield Road Mt. 
Pleasant, MI 48859. Contact: Mr. Thomas Hunt, Director of Radio. Funds 
Requested: $37,827. Total Project Cost: $75,655. To improve the 
production capacity of public station WCMU-FM, 89.5 MHZ, Mt. Pleasant, 
MI, by replacing worn-out and obsolete items of production equipment, 
including an audio console, CD players, jack panels, and DAT recorders 
and by acquiring a non-linear digital editing system. CMU Radio serves 
a population base of about 2,192,550.

Minnesota

    File No. 97012CTB Northern Minnesota Public TV, KAWE/KAWB 1500 
Birchmont Drive, Box Number 9 Bemidji, MN 56601. Contact: Mr. Bill 
Sanford, Director of Engineering. Funds Requested: $48,928. Total 
Project Cost: $65,237. To improve public television station KAWB-TV, 
operating on Channel 22 in Brainerd, MN, by providing the first local 
origination service to Central Minnesota. The other towns in the 
coverage area are Crosby, Staples, Breezy Point, Baxter, Pequot Lakes 
and Nisswa, MN.
    File No. 97046CTB West Central Minnesota ETV, Pioneer Public 
Television 120 West Schlieman Avenue Appleton, MN 56208. Contact: Mr. 
Ansel Doll, General Manager. Funds Requested: $190,260. Total Project 
Cost: $380,520. To activate a repeater public television station K69HG, 
operating on Channel 69, in Fergus Falls, MN providing first signal to 
50,714 potential viewers in West Central Minnesota.
    File No. 97093CRB Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Red Lake 
Tribal Council, Tribal Headquarters Building Red Lake, MN 56671. 
Contact: Mr. Bobby Whitefeather, Tribal Chairman. Funds Requested: 
$163,675. Total Project Cost: $287,150. To activate a full service 
public radio station operating on 94.1 MHZ in Red Lake, MN, providing 
the first local service utilizing local originated programming which is 
pertinent to the Indian way of life. This proposed station will serve 
5,817 people on the Reservation and to 45,007 others in the surrounding 
region.
    File No. 97131ICTN Asian Media Access Inc., 730 Hennepin Avenue 
Room 812 C/o Metropolitan State University Minneapolis, MN 55403. 
Contact: Mrs. Ange Hwang, Executive Director. Funds Requested: 
$140,708. Total Project Cost: $281,416. The applicant is requesting 
funding to acquire broadcast quality production equipment to establish 
an Asian American Production Studio at Metropolitan State University in 
Minneapolis, MN, to produce educational programs for local and national 
PBS stations and through the ITV system at MSU, reaching communities in 
greater Minnesota.
    File No. 97148CRB Niijii Broadcast Corporation, Route 1 Box 291 
Ponsford, MN 56575. Contact: Ms. Pam Ellis, Project Staff. Funds 
Requested: $289,167. Total Project Cost: $385,557. To activate a first 
signal, full service public radio station operating on 89.1 MHZ for the 
White Earth Ojibwe Reservation in Northwest Minnesota, providing 
service for 9,400 unserved, potential listeners.
    File No. 97156CRB Minnesota Public Radio, 45 E 7th Street St Paul, 
MN 55101. Contact: Mr. Ron Hall, Research Assistant. Funds Requested: 
$290,005. Total Project Cost: $580,010. To improve the network of 
Minnesota Public Radio, in particular KNOW-FM, operating on 91.1 MHZ in 
Minneapolis-St. Paul and KSJN-FM, operating on 99.5 MHZ in Minneapolis, 
by replacing one audio console, 9 Studer B67 reel-to-reel tape 
machines, cart machines and one transmitter for KCCM-FM in Fargo/
Moorhead. Also requested is digital audio library and a spectrum 
analyzer, which are upgrades.
    File No. 97168ICTN Stephen/Argyle School District, Educational 
Television Project 705 Lincoln Avenue P. O. Box 279 Argyle, MN 56713. 
Contact: Mr. Mark Kroulik, Principal. Funds Requested: $17,907. Total 
Project Cost: $23,876. To establish a production studio for the 
Stephen/Argyle School District, Argyle, MN. The programming will be 
transmitted over a dedicated educational channel--Channel 16--of the 
local cable television system.

Missouri

    File No. 97051CTB Public Television 19, Inc., KCPT 125 East 31st 
Street Kansas City, MO 64108. Contact: Ms. Brenda Williams, Grant 
Coordinator. Funds Requested: $328,475. Total Project Cost: $656,950. 
To improve the broadcast signal of public television station KCPT, Ch. 
19, Kansas City, MO, by replacing its unreliable transmitter. The 
station serves a population base of about 1,600,000.
    File No. 97114CRB New Wave Corporation, KOPN 915 East Broadway 
Columbia, MO 65201-4857. Contact: Mr. Steve Spencer, General Manager. 
Funds Requested: $65,686. Total Project Cost: $131,373. To improve the 
operation of public radio station KOPN, 89.5 MHZ, Columbia, MO, by 
replacing its unreliable transmitter, STL, and an audio console and by 
acquiring a hard-disk, non-linear editing and audio storage system. The 
station serves a population base of about 146,865.
    File No. 97198CTB St. Louis Regional Ed & PTV Commiss, 6996 
Millbrook Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63130. Contact: Mr. Michael 
Hardgrove, President & CEO. Funds Requested: $202,470. Total Project 
Cost: $404,940. To improve the production and operational facilities of 
public television station KETC, Ch. 9, St. Louis, MO, by replacing 
worn-out and obsolete items of origination and test equipment, 
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a video monitor, loudspeakers, a waveform monitor, and a digital audio 
monitor. The items will complement the station's move into a new 
building. The station serves a population base of 3,000,000.
    File No. 97199CTB St. Louis Regional Ed & PTV Commiss, 6994 
Millbrook Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63130. Contact: Mr. Michael 
Hardgrove, President & CEO. Funds Requested: $1,681,670. Total Project 
Cost: $2,242,228. To extend the signal of public television station 
KETC, Ch. 9, St. Louis, MO, by activating a full-power repeater on 
channel 36 in Jefferson City, MO. The new station will bring the first 
public television signal to about 340,758 persons. KETC presently 
serves a population base of about 3,000,000.
    File No. 97209CRB Double Helix Corporation, KDHX 3504 Magnolia St. 
Louis, MO 63118. Contact: Ms. Marge Reese, Development Director. Funds 
Requested: $3,719. Total Project Cost: $7,438. To augment the 
operational capacity of public radio station KDHX, 88.1 MHZ, St. Louis, 
MO, by acquiring the equipment with which to originate remote 
broadcasts. The station serves a population base of 2,500,000.

Montana

    File No. 97009CTB Whitehall Low Power TV, Inc., 309 East Legion 
Avenue Whitehall, MT 59759-1504. Contact: Mr. Edward Folkwein, Manager. 
Funds Requested: $97,988. Total Project Cost: $130,650. To improve the 
facilities of Low Power public television station K52CE operating on 
Ch. 52 in Whitehall, by purchasing television production studio 
equipment to provide locally originated programs. The station serves 
3,000 residents of Whitehall and areas of Jefferson and Madison 
Counties.

North Carolina

    File No. 97110ICTN Central Piedmont Community College, 1201 
Elizabeth Ave. P.O. Box 35009 Charlotte, NC 28235. Contact: Ms. Cynthia 
Erickson, Dir./Resource Development. Funds Requested: $100,039. Total 
Project Cost: $200,077. To install a second video classroom at Central 
Piedmont Community College to allow the College to expand its distance 
learning programming, which is distributed via a dedicated channel on 
the local cable television system.
    File No. 97164CTB The University of North Carolina, Center for 
Public Television 10 TW Alexander Drive Research Triangle Park, NC 
27709. Contact: Mrs. Joyce Ledbetter, Director of Finance. Funds 
Requested: $1,574,523. Total Project Cost: $4,890,000. To improve 
broadcast operations and extend its coverage area to include 
approximately 779,000 potential new viewers in the state's northeast 
region, the University of North Carolina Center for Public TV will 
replace critical transmission equipment and construct a taller tower at 
WUND-TV, Channel 2, in Columbia, NC.

North Dakota

    File No. 97019CTB Prairie Public Broadcasting, Inc, 207 North 5th 
Street P.O. Box 3240 Fargo, ND 58108-3240. Contact: Mrs. Kathleen 
Pavelko, President & CEO. Funds Requested: $66,915. Total Project Cost: 
$133,830. To improve public television station KFME-TV, operating on 
Channel 13 in Fargo, ND, by replacing two worn-out 14-year-old one inch 
tape machines, six \3/4\'' tape machines and two distribution 
amplifiers.

Nebraska

    File No. 97170ICTN A*DEC Corporation, C218 Animal Science Building 
University Of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE 68583. Contact: Dr. Janet Poley, 
President/CEO. Funds Requested: $375,000. Total Project Cost: $750,000. 
To establish a teleport at Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO, 
which will permit expansion of the A*DEC services via multi-channel 
compressed digital video.
    File No. 97192CTB Nebraska Educational Telecomm., 1800 N. 33rd 
Street P.O. Box 83111 Lincoln, NE 68501-3111. Contact: Mr. Rod Bates, 
Secretary. Funds Requested: $428,176. Total Project Cost: $856,353. To 
improve the Nebraska ETV Network by replacing for the mother station, 
KRNE-TV, operating on Channel 12 in Lincoln, NE, the obsolete and 
unreliable tape based audio editing system with a disk based digital 
audio work station, and the original lighting equipment in the main 
production studio. The project also includes replacing the tube-type 
VHF transmitter at KRNE-TV in Merriman, NE.
    File No. 97193CRB Nebraska Educational Telecomm., 1800 N. 33rd 
Street P.O. Box 83111 Lincoln, NE 68501-3111. Contact: Mr. Rod Bates, 
Secretary. Funds Requested: $29,500. Total Project Cost: $59,000. To 
improve the Nebraska Educational Telecommunication Network of nine 
public radio stations; the mother station, KUCV-FM, operating on 90.9 
MHZ in Lincoln, NE, has requested replacing the worn-out tape based 
audio editing equipment and the old NAB cartridge machines. Also 
requested is an upgrade of the telephone system by acquiring the 
supplement of its simple, single line telephone coupler.

New Hampshire

    File No. 97002CTB University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Public 
Television Route 155A So./Mast Road PO Box 1100 Durham, NH 03824. 
Contact: Mr. Robert Ross, Director of Engineering. Funds Requested: 
$255,000. Total Project Cost: $510,000. To improve the facilities of 
the State network by replacing 13-year-old studio cameras and 10-year-
old field equipment at the network's broadcast center in Durham, New 
Hampshire.

New Jersey

    File No. 97058IPTN Burlington County College, Pemberton-Browns 
Mills Road County Route 530 Pemberton, NJ 08068. Contact: Ms. Lisa 
Dichiara-Platt, Exe. Assist. to the President. Funds Requested: 
$90,000. Total Project Cost: $120,000. To design a technology plan for 
a new telecommunications facility that will connect a consortium of 
seven colleges in an interactive network to provide distance learning 
and workforce training to an underserved population in four counties of 
Southern New Jersey.
    File No. 97136CRB Burlington County College, County Route 530 
Pemberton-Browns Mills Road Pemberton, NJ 08068. Contact: Mr. Drew 
Jacobs, Program/Operations Manager. Funds Requested: $43,478. Total 
Project Cost: $57,971. To extend its signal and bring reliable public 
radio services to the entire population of Burlington County, non-
commercial radio station WBZC-FM, operating on 88.9 MHZ in Pemberton, 
will activate two translators, one in Burlington/Beverly, operating on 
95.1 MHZ, and one in Palmyra/Riverton, operating on 107.5 MHZ. These 
new translators will serve approximately 276,000 residents of the 
western edge of the county.
    File No. 97157CRB New Jersey Public Broadcasting Auth, CN 777 25 
South Stockton Street Trenton, NJ 08625. Contact: Mr. Robert Prindible, 
Deputy Director of Finance & A. Funds Requested: $145,792. Total 
Project Cost: $194,390. To extend and improve the State network by 
constructing a new transmitting system and STL for WNJM-FM, 88.9 MHZ in 
Manahawkin and WNJZ-FM, 90.3 MHZ in Cape May Court House. The new 
facilities will provide the first public radio service to over 26,000 
residents and additional service to about 81,000 people in southeastern 
New Jersey.

New Mexico

    File No. 97027CRB Alamo Navajo School Board, Inc., KABR-AM P.O. Box 
907 Magdalena, NM 87825. Contact: Ms.

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Lynda Middleton, Administrative Assistant. Funds Requested: $8,250. 
Total Project Cost: $11,000. To improve the facilities of noncommercial 
public radio station KABR-AM, 1500 kHz, in Magdalena by replacing some 
equipment in the on-air control room with an audio storage system. This 
will permit the transition to automated broadcasting and permit an 
increase in the number of broadcast hours without increasing the staff 
size. KABR-AM serves about 11,000 people in west central NM.
    File No. 97080ICTN San Juan College, 4601 College Blvd. Farmington, 
NM 87402. Contact: Dr. Nelle Moore, Director/Grant Development. Funds 
Requested: $340,030. Total Project Cost: $453,374. To install a 
digital, single-channel ITFS system for San Juan College, Farmington, 
to allow the College to transmit diverse educational programming to 
learners throughout the extreme northwest corner of New Mexico. Because 
of the proposed system's digital technology, the College will be able 
to transmit simultaneously six channels of programming.
    File No. 97145CRB Southern New Mexico Radio Foundation, 1505 
Crescent Drive Alamogordo, NM 88310. Contact: Mr. Robert Flotte, 
President. Funds Requested: $194,941. Total Project Cost: $259,921. To 
activate a new noncommercial educational FM radio station on 91.7 MHZ, 
in Alamogordo to provide first local origination to approximately 
54,700 people. Studios will be located on the Alamorgordo branch campus 
of New Mexico State University.
    File No. 97166CTN Hispanic Educational Telecomm., University Of New 
Mexico Scholes Hall Albuquerque, NM 87203. Contact: Mr. Donald Fischer, 
Program Manager. Funds Requested: $840,606. Total Project Cost: 
$1,120,808. To expand participation in the Hispanic Educational 
Telecommunications System (HETS) project by construction of VSAT 
satellite terminals and origination classrooms at eight colleges 
serving Hispanic students: Lehman College and John Jay College of 
Criminal Justice in New York State; University of Texas-Brownsville; 
Kings River Community College in California; Miami Dade Community 
College and Florida International University in Florida; Ana G. Mendez 
University and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Puerto Rico.
    File No. 97207IPTN Gallup-McKinley County Schools, P.O. Box 1318 
Gallup, NM 87305. Contact: Mr. Robert Gomez, Superintendent. Funds 
Requested: $66,119. Total Project Cost: $87,069. Conduct a study to 
determine the feasibility of alternative technologies for an 
interactive network among 31 public schools, 17 Bureau of Indian 
Affairs schools, and 6 locations of the University of New Mexico for a 
distance learning and training service in the 5000-square-mile rural 
McKinley County in northwest New Mexico.

Nevada

    File No. 97032PRB Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley, Tribal 
Headquarters Idaho/Nevada Stateline Highway P.O. Box 219 Owyhee, NV 
89832. Contact: Mr. Herman Atkins, Tribal Administrator. Funds 
Requested: $75,166. Total Project Cost: $75,166. To conduct planning 
activities for the establishment of a non-commercial radio station that 
will provide first public radio service to approximately 1,500 
residents of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Owyhee, Nevada.
    File No. 97092CTB Clark County School District, KLVX-TV 4210 
Channel 10 Drive Las Vegas, NV 89119. Contact: Mr. Tom Axtell, General 
Manager. Funds Requested: $423,175. Total Project Cost: $694,100. To 
expand and improve the broadcast capabilities of KLVX-TV, Channel 10 in 
Las Vegas by activating four translators and a microwave relay system 
that will provide first public television service to over 16,000 
residents of Southern Nevada. In addition, KLVX will replace six camera 
pedestals and heads, the main routing switcher, and the transmitter 
waveform monitor and will upgrade its transmitter with a backup visual 
and aural exciters to reduce outages.
    File No. 97112CRB University of Nevada-Las Vegas, KUNV-FM RADIO 
91.5 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89154. Contact: Mr. Don 
Fuller, Interim General Manager. Funds Requested: $49,912. Total 
Project Cost: $99,912. To improve the facilities of KUNV-FM, operating 
on 91.5 MHZ in Las Vegas, Nevada by replacing 15-year old equipment 
including the on-air and production audio consoles and remote recording 
equipment. In addition, KUNV proposes to install a satellite downlink 
to provide national and regional programming to the community.
    File No. 97206CRB Univ. of Nevada-Reno, KUNR 88.7-FM Public Radio 
University of Nevada, Reno Mail Stop 294 Reno, NV 89557. Contact: Ms. 
Mary Husemoller, Director of Sponsored Projects. Funds Requested: 
$96,787. Total Project Cost: $129,049. To extend the signal of KUNR-FM, 
operating on 88.7 MHZ in Reno by establishing a series of satellite-fed 
translators in northern Nevada and the California's eastern Sierra. 
Translators will be placed in Truckee, CA; Tahoe-Donner, CA; South Lake 
Tahoe, CA/NV; Bridgeport, CA; Lee Vining, CA; Mammoth Lakes, CA; Lone 
Pine, CA; Fallon, NV; Eureka, NV; Crescent Valley, NV; and Wendover, 
UT/NV. The project will provide first public radio service to an 
estimated 77,584 people.

New York

    File No. 97007CTB Educational Broadcasting Corporation, Thirteen/
WNET 356 West 58th Street New York, NY 10019. Contact: Mr. Kenneth 
Devine, Managing Dir. of Fac. Funds Requested: $304,900. Total Project 
Cost: $762,250. To improve public television station WNET, operating on 
Channel 13 in New York City, NY by replacing the 17 year old, 25 KW 
transmitter, which is increasingly unreliable and exceedingly costly to 
keep in operation.
    File No. 97020CRTB Public Bdcstg Council of Central NY, WCNY 506 
Old Liverpool Road P. 0. Box 2400 Syracuse, NY 13220. Contact: Mr. John 
Duffy, Chief Engineer. Funds Requested: $98,000. Total Project Cost: 
$196,000. To improve the facilities of the public television station 
and the three public radio stations the applicant operates (WCNY-TV Ch. 
24, WCNY-FM 91.3 MHZ, WUNY-FM and WJNY-FM), by replacing key obsolete 
TV and FM broadcasting equipment, including an FM transmitter, two \1/
2\'' digital video recorders, six audio distribution amps and one video 
distribution amp.
    File No. 97036CTB WSKG Public T/C Council, 601 Gates Road Vestal, 
NY 13850. Contact: Mr. Michael J. Ziegler, President & CEO. Funds 
Requested: $1,703,250. Total Project Cost: $2,271,000. To activate a 
repeater non-commercial TV station on channel 57 in Waverly, NY, 
providing first signal to the towns of Waverly, Elmira, Watkins Glen. 
Ithaca in New York and Tioga, Mansfield, Sayre and Bradford 
Pennsylvania, serving 191,160 unserved potential viewers.
    File No. 97039CTB WMHT Educational Telecommunications, WMHT-TV & 
WMHO-TV P.O. Box 17 17 Fern Avenue Schenectady, NY 12301-0017. Contact: 
Ms. Elizabeth Hood, Station Manager. Funds Requested: $222,925. Total 
Project Cost: $445,850. To improve public television station WMHT, 
operating on Channel 17, in Schenectady, NY by replacing outdated and 
unreliable equipment in its television on-line post production suite.
    File No. 97049CRB Research Foundation of SUNY, WBFO-FM Sponsored 
Programs Admin. Ub 520 Lee Entrance Amherst, NY 14228. Contact:

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Mr. Bradley Bermudez, Sponsored Programs Assoc. Funds Requested: 
$73,280. Total Project Cost: $146,561. To extend and improve public 
radio station WBFO-FM, operating on 88.7 MHZ in Amherst, NY, by 
increasing the power to the transmitter from 20 KW ERP to 50 KW ERP, 
necessitating a new transmitter and antenna and by replacing old, worn-
out and malfunctioning audio, local production and on-air equipment 
with digital audio systems.
    File No. 97054ICTN Hunter College, CUNY, 695 Park Avenue New York, 
NY 10021. Contact: Mr. Robert Buckley, Campus Rep. RF-CUNY. Funds 
Requested: $368,512. Total Project Cost: $737,024. To construct a 
multiple function distance learning facility which will include a 
satellite downlink, production studio, and video conferencing 
capability. The facility will utilize ISDN and T-1 interconnections to 
link to the City of New York I-NET system and CUNY systems.
    File No. 97068CRB WSKG Public T/C Council, 601 Gates Road Vestal, 
NY 13850. Contact: Mr. Michael Ziegler, President/CEO. Funds Requested: 
$111,960. Total Project Cost: $149,280. To activate a repeater public 
radio station on 90.1 MHZ in Ithaca, NY, providing first signal to 
Ithaca and the surrounding rural region, which will serve 81,506 
unserved potential listeners.
    File No. 97079CTB Long Island Educational TV Council, WLIW-21 
Channel 21 Drive Plainview, NY 11803. Contact: Mr. Terrel Cass, 
President. Funds Requested: $360,000. Total Project Cost: $720,000. To 
improve public television station WLIW-TV, operating on Channel 21, in 
Plainview, NY, by replacing the 24 year old broadcast antenna, 
transmission line and associated testing equipment, and replacing 
problematic editing equipment for local and national productions.
    File No. 97083CRB Western New York Public Brdcg., WNED-FM 140 Lower 
Terrace Buffalo, NY 14202. Contact: Mr. Richard Daly, Sr VP 
Broadcasting. Funds Requested: $198,968. Total Project Cost: $397,936. 
To improve public radio station WNED-FM, operating on 94.5 MHZ in 
Buffalo, NY, by replacing a severely impaired nearly 40 year old tower, 
damaged antenna and transmission line, and an inadequate 19 year old 
transmitter.
    File No. 97090CTB Mountain Lake Public Telecomm., WCFE-TV/Channel 
57 One Sesame Street Plattsburgh, NY 12901. Contact: Mr. Howard Lowe, 
President & General Mgr. Funds Requested: $56,780. Total Project Cost: 
$115,878. To improve public Television station WCFE-TV, operating on 
Channel 57 in Plattsburgh, NY, by replacing a worn-out routing switcher 
and terminal equipment.
    File No. 97103ICTN The Sage Colleges, 45 Ferry Street Troy, NY 
12180-4115. Contact: Dr. David Bonner, Dir./Distance Learning & T/Med. 
Funds Requested: $417,280. Total Project Cost: $2,327,080. To purchase 
diverse distance learning equipment to allow an expansion of the 
Adirondack Area Network, a network that embraces extensive telemedicine 
and video conferencing activities among numerous health and education 
entities throughout that area.
    File No. 97111ICTN Ulster County BOCES, 175 County Route 32 North 
New Paltz, NY 12561. Contact: Ms. Jane Bullowa, Ass't Supt./Instruct'l 
Serv. Funds Requested: $13,961. Total Project Cost: $18,615. To expand 
the applicant's satellite capability through the purchase of a digital 
C-and Ku-band satellite downlink. The applicant serves 101,617 students 
in a three-county region.
    File No. 97117CTN Bronx Commun. Cable Progrm'ng Corp., (BRONXNET) 
250 Bedford Park Blvd. West Bronx, NY 10468. Contact: Mr. James T. 
Carney, Executive Director. Funds Requested: $186,038. Total Project 
Cost: $372,076. To upgrade the production facilities of the BRONXNET 
community access cable television studios with digital equipment. 
BRONXNET transmits its programming over four cable TV channels to 
approximately 224,000 homes in the Bronx section of New York City. The 
new equipment will allow BRONXNET to produce programming that will 
reach new audiences among the traditionally unserved and underserved 
populations of that area.
    File No. 97120ICTN Research Foundation-CUNY, Lehman College 250 
Bedford Park Blvd. West Bronx, NY 10468-1589. Contact: Ms. Barbara 
Bralver, Director, Grants & Contracts. Funds Requested: $165,514. Total 
Project Cost: $331,028. To establish a digital video studio at Lehman 
College, which is located in the Bronx of New York City. The 
educational programming that would be produced at the studio would be 
distributed via a number of technologies to varied learning audiences.
    File No. 97134PRB WJPZ Radio Inc, WJPZ-FM 316 Waverly Avenue 
Syracuse, NY 13210. Contact: Ms. Jaime Bell, General Manager. Funds 
Requested: $71,013. Total Project Cost: $94,685. Planning activities to 
explore a possible equipment configuration and cost to improve the 
station.
    File No. 97139ICTN State University of New York, Empire State 
College One Union Avenue Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Contact: Mr. 
William Ferrero, VP for Administration. Funds Requested: $792,534. 
Total Project Cost: $1,056,712. To expand a collegiate level Internet-
based distance learning system to enable underserved students with an 
Internet connection--with some videoconferencing applications--in 
urban, suburban, and rural locations access to degree programs 
regardless of place and time.
    File No. 97158PTB The Progressive Tenants Association, 330 
Greenwich Street Hempstead, NY 11550. Contact: Ms. Stephanie Morris, 
Chief Executive Officer. Funds Requested: $175,000. Total Project Cost: 
$225,000. Applicant seeks funding to establish plans to construct a 
non-commercial TV station in Hempstead, NY. The goal will include fund 
raising, financing, seeking investors, hiring staff and consultants, 
and creating training programs to meet the underserved need of the 
Black Community in Nassau County.
    File No. 97162CRB WXXI Public Broadcasting Council, WXXI-AM 280 
State Street Rochester, NY 14614. Contact: Mr. Norm Silverstein, 
President & CEO. Funds Requested: $89,295. Total Project Cost: 
$178,590. To activate an FM full service station, WXXN, operating on 
90.9 MHZ, in Spencerport, NY in order to extend the applicant's news 
and public affairs programming to unserved areas between Rochester and 
Buffalo numbering approximately 30,000 potential listeners, who receive 
no public radio signal.
    File No. 97172CTN African American Media Network Ltd, 434 Nassau 
Rd. Roosevelt, NY 11575. Contact: Mr. Andre Guilty, Executive Director. 
Funds Requested: $80,913. Total Project Cost: $107,885. To establish a 
video production studio to originate programming that would be 
transmitted over the local cable television system in Roosevelt, NY. 
The applicant intends to produce programming that would meet the needs 
and interests of the African-American population of Nassau Co., NY.
    File No. 97208ICTN Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES, P.O. Box 665 
212 County Highway 103 Johnstown, NY 12095. Contact: Dr. Geoffrey 
Davis, District Superintendent. Funds Requested: $205,852. Total 
Project Cost: $274,470. To install video classrooms at seven sites in 
the service area of the Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery Board of Cooperative 
Education Services, in central New York State. The equipment will 
assist the BOCES in establishing a fiber optics-based, fully 
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classrooms will be located at the BOCES site, at sites in each of five 
BOCES school districts, and at Fulton-Montgomery Community College.
    File No. 97210CRB Long Island University, WPBX--88.3 FM Southampton 
College Southampton, NY 11968. Contact: Mr. Tim Bishop, Provost. Funds 
Requested: $88,083. Total Project Cost: $176,166. To improve public 
radio station WPBX-FM, operating on 88.3 MHZ in Southampton, NY, by 
replacing old obsolete and failing origination equipment in its on-air 
control room and primary production studio.
    File No. 97212CRB Colleges of The Seneca, WEOS (FM) 300 Pulteney 
Street Geneva, NY 14456. Contact: Mr. Michael Black, General Manager. 
Funds Requested: $30,500. Total Project Cost: $61,000. To improve 
public radio station WEOS-FM, operating on 89.7 MHZ in Geneva, NY, by 
replacing cart machines and upgrading Master Control by the acquisition 
of an audio storage device. Also requested is a digital editing work-
station for upgrading the studio and adding 6 microphones and stands.
    File No. 97216ICTN Northport-East Northport U.F.S.D., 110 Elwood 
Road Northport, NY 11768. Contact: Mr. Thomas O'Donnell, Director, LRE. 
Funds Requested: $72,700. Total Project Cost: $145,400. To establish 
three teaching and learning piloting centers--in Albany, Kingston, and 
Northport--to provide all 951 public and nonpublic school communities 
in New York State with instructional programs intended to advance all 
students' achievements in new learning standards established by the New 
York State Board of Regents.

Ohio

    File No. 97006CRB Miami University, WMUB Williams Hall Second Floor 
Spring and Oak Streets Oxford, OH 45056. Contact: Dr. Steven M. DeLue, 
Interim General Manager. Funds Requested: $47,636. Total Project Cost: 
$95,272. To improve the transmission quality of public radio station 
WMUB, 88.5 MHZ, Oxford, OH, by replacing its 20-year-old STL to 
complement the recent installation of a new transmitter. In addition, 
the project will improve the program origination capacity of the 
station by replacing worn-out and obsolete items of studio equipment, 
including a console, DAT recorders, CD players, an automation system, a 
cassette deck, and microphones and by acquiring a non-linear audio 
storage and editing system. The station serves a population base of 
about 312,302.
    File No. 97017CTB Ohio University, Telecommunications Center WOUB-
TV 9 South College Street Athens, OH 45701. Contact: Mr. Paul 
Witkowski, Interim Director. Funds Requested: $274,022. Total Project 
Cost: $548,044. To improve the production capability of public station 
WOUB-TV, Ch. 20, Athens, OH, by replacing three worn-out and obsolete 
camera systems and by acquiring a non-linear hard-disk editing system. 
The station serves a population of about 950,000.
    File No. 97155CTB Greater Dayton Public Television, WPTD 110 South 
Jefferson Street Dayton, OH 45402. Contact: Mr. David M. Fogarty, 
President and General Manager. Funds Requested: $104,753. Total Project 
Cost: $209,506. To improve the operation of public television station 
WPTD, Ch. 16, Dayton, OH, by replacing various items of worn-out and 
obsolete equipment, including a routing switcher, a character 
generator, and monitors and by acquiring a non-linear editing system. 
The station serves a population of about 2,632,738.
    File No. 97174CTB ETV Assoc. of Metropolitan Cleveland, WVIZ 4300 
Brookpark Road Cleveland, OH 44134. Contact: Mr. Jerry F. Wareham, 
President/General Manager. Funds Requested: $177,250. Total Project 
Cost: $354,500. To improve the operation of public television station 
WVIZ, Ch. 25, Cleveland, OH, by replacing worn-out and obsolete 1'' and 
\3/4\'' videotape machines with a robotic digital tape cartridge 
storage system and by expanding the capacity of its master control 
switcher. The station serves a population of about 3,700,000.
    File No. 97185CTB The Ohio State University, WOSU Stations 2400 
Olentangy River Road Columbus, OH 43210. Contact: Mr. Tom Lahr, TV 
Engineering Manager. Funds Requested: $135,847. Total Project Cost: 
$271,694. To improve the operation of public television station WPBO, 
Ch. 42, Portsmouth, OH, by replacing the 24-year-old STL connecting it 
to its main station, WOSU-TV, Ch. 34, Columbus, and by establishing 
remote control of WPBO from WOSU-TV. The stations serve a population of 
384,000.
    File No. 97186CTBN Greater Cincinnati TV Edu'l Fndn, WCET 1223 
Central Parkway Cincinnati, OH 45214. Contact: Mr. W. Wayne Godwin, 
President & General Manager. Funds Requested: $108,707. Total Project 
Cost: $217,415. To improve the operation of public television station 
WCET, Ch. 48, Cincinnati, OH, by acquiring a digital non-linear tape 
editing system and a package of production equipment to enable the 
station to expand its educational and instructional programs. The 
station serves a population of about 1,500,000 in Ohio, Kentucky, and 
Indiana.

Oklahoma

    File No. 97048IPTN Murray State College, One Murray Campus 
Tishomingo, OK 73460. Contact: Mr. Dennis Toews, VP Planning & 
Research. Funds Requested: $33,750. Total Project Cost: $45,000. A 
consortium that includes Murray State College and seven public school 
systems, will develop a plan for a two-way interactive video network to 
provide distance learning services in a rural, economically 
disadvantaged three-county area of Southeast Oklahoma and the Chickasaw 
Nation.
    File No. 97059ICTN Oklahoma State University, Educational 
Television Services Telecommunications Center Stillwater, OK 74078-
0585. Contact: Dr. Glade Presnal, Senior Project Manager. Funds 
Requested: $199,733. Total Project Cost: $399,466. To install a 
compressed video classroom and video bridge on the main campus of 
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, to transmit instructional 
programming statewide. The University plans to use the equipment to 
offer courses in the areas of health care management, engineering 
management, teacher certification, educational specialist, 
telecommunications management, Mvskodke (Creek and Seminole ) language 
and culture, and Native American community-based employability skills 
training.

Oregon

    File No. 97011CRB The KBOO Foundation, 20 S.E. 8th Avenue Portland, 
OR 97214. Contact: Ms. Suzanne White, Station Manager. Funds Requested: 
$38,950. Total Project Cost: $77,900. To improve the production 
facilities of public radio station KBOO-FM, operating on 90.7 MHZ in 
Portland, OR by replacing equipment in the on-air control room, 
including a mixing console, disk storage and compressor/limiter. The 
station serves 1.6 million people in the greater Portland area.
    File No. 97099CTB Southern Oregon Public Television, 34 South Fir 
Street Medford, OR 97501. Contact: Mr. William Campbell, President/CEO. 
Funds Requested: $62,325. Total Project Cost: $83,100. To improve the 
production capability of public television station KSYS-TV, operating 
on Ch. 8 in Medford, by replacing three inoperable cameras. The 
applicant is currently using cameras on loan from a local school. KSYS 
serves 160,000 residents of southwest Oregon and northern California.

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    File No. 97104CRTB Oregon Public Broadcasting, OPB Administration 
7140 SW Macadam Ave. Portland, OR 97219. Contact: Ms. Debbi Hinton, Sr. 
Vice President. Funds Requested: $59,853. Total Project Cost: $119,706. 
To improve services provided to the visually and aurally handicapped 
residents of Oregon. Stereo and SAP equipment will be added to the 
applicant's statewide public television system., including stations in 
Portland (KOPB-TV), Corvallis (KOAC-TV), Eugene (KEPB-TV), and La 
Grande (KTVR-TV). The television stations would distribute the 
applicant's Golden Hours Reading Service statewide.
    File No. 97105CRB Oregon Public Broadcasting, OPB Administration 
7140 SW Macadam Ave Portland, OR 97219. Contact: Ms. Debbi Hinton, Sr. 
Vice President. Funds Requested: $89,965. Total Project Cost: $179,930. 
To improve the facilities of public radio station KOPB-FM, operating on 
91.5 MHZ in Portland and KOAC-AM, operating on 550 KHz in Corvallis. 
The project would replace aging analog audio routing systems with 
digital systems. The stations provide radio service to 2,712,500 
residents of Oregon.

Pennsylvania

    File No. 97094CRB The Pennsylvania State University, WPSU 102 
Wagner Building University Park, PA 16802-3899. Contact: Mr. Mark D. 
Erstling, General Manager. Funds Requested: $40,066. Total Project 
Cost: $53,422. To extend the coverage of public radio station WPSU, 
91.5 MHZ, University Park, PA, by activating translators at 104.7 MHZ 
in Clearfield, at 92.1 MHZ in DuBois, and at 95.1 MHZ in Treasure Lake, 
PA, to bring the first public radio signal to about 24,036 persons. 
WPSU presently serves a population of about 364,769.
    File No. 97100CTB WQED Pittsburgh, WQED-TV 4802 Fifth Avenue 
Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Contact: Mr. Jeffrey E. Rutkowski, Director, 
Administrative Svcs. Funds Requested: $98,828. Total Project Cost: 
$197,656. To improve the operation of public station WQED-TV, Ch. 13, 
Pittsburgh, PA, by replacing four worn-out and obsolete analog video 
tape recorders with composite digital recorders. The station serves a 
population of about 3,250,000.
    File No. 97109IPTN Titusville Redevelopment Authority, 144 W. 
Spring Street 2nd Fl. PO Box 425 Titusville, PA 16354. Contact: Mr. 
James Allyn, Executive Director. Funds Requested: $29,600. Total 
Project Cost: $29,600. To assess current and future alternative 
technological systems and needs that might be feasible for a potential 
interconnected network among government agencies, educational 
institutions, and business organizations in Titusville, PA and eight 
surrounding municipalities.
    File No. 97143CRB The Pennsylvania State University, WPSU 102 
Wagner Building University Park, PA 16802-3899. Contact: Mr. Mark D. 
Erstling, General Manager. Funds Requested: $32,412. Total Project 
Cost: $64,825. To improve the operation of public radio station WPSU, 
91.5 MHZ, University Park, PA, by replacing items of worn-out and 
obsolete production equipment, including an audio console, minidisk 
system, DAT recorders, CD players, a telephone hybrid, monitoring 
speakers, and microphones and by acquiring a non-linear hard-disk audio 
storage and editing system. The station serves a population of about 
364,769.
    File No. 97167ICTN Crawford County Regional Alliance, R.D. 2 Dunham 
Road Meadville, PA 16335. Contact: Mrs. Maryann Martin, Dir. of Grant 
Administration. Funds Requested: $74,338. Total Project Cost: $152,250. 
To purchase video conferencing equipment to allow for workforce 
training and education in Crawford County, which is a rural and 
isolated area in northwest Pennsylvania. The equipment would be located 
in the William J. Bainbridge Technology Center, in Meadville. The 
emphasis would be on the skills training and upgrading for the area's 
tool and machine industry workforce. Much of the course work would be 
transmitted from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania 
State University at Erie.
    File No. 97183CRB Pittsburgh Community Bdcstg, Inc., WYEP 2313 East 
Carson Street Pittsburgh, PA 15203. Contact: Mr. Lee J. Ferraro, 
General Manager. Funds Requested: $104,762. Total Project Cost: 
$139,683. To improve the operation of public radio station WYEP, 91.3 
MHZ. Pittsburgh, PA, by replacing items of worn-out and obsolete 
production equipment, including audio consoles, microphones, patch 
bays, and DAT recorders, and by acquiring an 8-track audio tape 
recorder, a digital cart system, and a non-linear editing system. The 
station serves a population of about 1,300,000.
    File No. 97214CRB WQED Pittsburgh, WQED-FM 4802 Fifth Avenue 
Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Contact: Mr. Jim Cunningham, Station Manager. 
Funds Requested: $89,043. Total Project Cost: $118,724. To extend the 
signal of public station WQED-FM, 89.3 MHZ, Pittsburgh, PA, by 
activating a repeater at 88.3 MHZ in Oil City, PA, to serve about 
56,184 persons.

Puerto Rico

    File No. 97031CTB Puerto Rico Public Brdcstg Corp., Office of 
Planning & Dev. 570 Hostos Avenue Baldrich San Juan, PR 00919. Contact: 
Mrs. Alba Rivera, Acting Dir., Dev. & Planning. Funds Requested: 
$192,455. Total Project Cost: $384,910. To improve the facilities of 
WIPR-TV, operating on Ch. 6 in San Juan, by establishing a translation 
and dubbing center to translate educational and instructional 
programming into Spanish. The programs will be available to the 3.5 
million people served by the applicant as well as educators and public 
broadcasters on the mainland serving Hispanic audiences.

South Carolina

    File No. 97005ICTN South Carolina ETV Commission, 1101 George 
Rogers Boulevard P. 0. Box 11000 Columbia, SC 29201. Contact: Mr. 
Ronald Schoenherr, Senior Vice President. Funds Requested: $359,296. 
Total Project Cost: $718,592. To construct a locally-programmed, four-
channel ITFS distance learning system to serve Williamsburg County, in 
eastern South Carolina. The system will primarily serve the educational 
needs of the elementary, middle, secondary and vocational schools in 
the county, a total of 15 schools and over 7,000 students. The system 
will also offer adult education courses to benefit the entire 
population of the county. The proposed system will be part of the South 
Carolina Educational Television Commission's expanding statewide 
telecommunications network.
    File No. 97060ICTN Trident Technical College, P.O. Box 118067 
Charleston, SC 29423-8067. Contact: Ms. Cindy Schirle, Grants 
Coordinator. Funds Requested: $134,611. Total Project Cost: $420,658. 
To expand the applicant's broadcast video capabilities through the 
activation of a Ku-band analog uplink and teleconferencing center.
    File No. 97217IPTN Coastal Carolina University, 755 Highway 544 
Conway, SC 29526. Contact: Dr. Richard Moore, Assistant VP, Grants & 
SR. Funds Requested: $92,906. Total Project Cost: $122,495. To develop 
a comprehensive telecommunications plan for Georgetown County, SC, that 
will incorporate higher education institutions including Coastal 
Carolina University's Georgetown campus, government offices, social 
service agencies, and businesses in a cooperative distance learning 
network to provide educational courses and job-

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South Dakota

    File No. 97140CTB S. Dak. Board of Dir. for Education, Cherry & 
Dakota Streets Vermillion, SD 57069-5000. Contact: Mr. Don Forseth, 
Coord. Tech. Services. Funds Requested: $319,000. Total Project Cost: 
$638,000. To improve public television station KQSD-TV, Ch. 11, in 
Lowry by replacing a 23-year old television transmitter and associated 
equipment. Station serves about 35,000 people.

Tennessee

    File No. 97014CRB University of Tennessee, WUTC-FM, Division of 
University 104 Cadek Hall 615 McCallie Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37403. 
Contact: Dr. John McCormack, Director. Funds Requested: $36,759. Total 
Project Cost: $73,519. To improve operations and ensure dependable 
coverage, the University of Tennessee's WUTC-FM, operating on 88.1 MHZ 
in Chattanooga, will replace its transmitter and modify its antenna.
    File No. 97072CRB Cossitt Library, WYPL, Memphis Public Library 
1850 Peabody Avenue Memphis, TN 38104. Contact: Mr. Steven Terry, 
General Manager. Funds Requested: $217,430. Total Project Cost: 
$434,861. To extend the signal of public radio station WYPL-FM, 
operating on 89.3 MHZ in Memphis, by relocating the transmitter and 
increasing the station's power. This improvement will provide a first 
service to three counties in Tennessee, six counties in Arkansas, and 
two counties in Mississippi, with a combined population of 
approximately 86,000, and will increase the area of the station's Radio 
Reading Service to approximately 500,000 additional people in Tennessee 
and surrounding states.
    File No. 97135CTB Metropolitan Board of Public Educat, WDCN-TV 161 
Rains Avenue Nashville, TN 37203. Contact: Mr. Robert Shepherd, 
Executive VP & GM. Funds Requested: $95,000. Total Project Cost: 
$270,000. To improve the facilities of public television station WDCN-
TV, Channel 8 in Nashville, TN, serving approximately 1,300,000 people, 
by replacing the 20-year old studio lighting control and dimmer system.

Texas

    File No. 97004CRB The University of Texas at Austin, KUT Radio 
Communications Building B 2504 Whitis Street Austin, TX 78712. Contact: 
Mr. Dana Whitehair, Technical Operations Mgr. Funds Requested: $75,405. 
Total Project Cost: $100,541. To provide the first public radio service 
to 145,665 residents of Bosque, Falls and McLennan Counties by 
constructing an FM repeater station in Waco operating on 88.9 MHZ. The 
station will also provide additional public radio service to 192,777 
residents of Bell, Coryell, Falls, McLennan and Milam Counties. The 
station will rebroadcast the program service of KUT-FM, 90.5 MHZ. in 
Austin and will be fed by satellite delivery.
    File No. 97008CTB Alamo Public T/C Council, KLRN 501 Broadway San 
Antonio, TX 78215. Contact: Mr. Charles Vaughn, Sr. VP 
Telecommunications. Funds Requested: $97,768. Total Project Cost: 
$195,536. To improve public television station KLRN-TV, Ch. 9, in San 
Antonio by acquiring a standby studio-to-transmitter (STL) microwave 
link, additional router switch cards, digital audio recording and 
editing equipment and replacing two worn out \3/4\'' videocassette 
recorders. KLRN-TV provides a public television service to 
approximately 2 million people.
    File No. 97015CTB Capital of Texas Public T/C Council, KLRU-TV 
2504-B Whitis Street Austin, TX 78705. Contact: Mr. Bill Arhos, 
President. Funds Requested: $96,697. Total Project Cost: $193,395. To 
improve public television station KLRU-TV, Ch. 18, in Austin by 
replacing old, obsolete editing equipment with a non-linear editing 
system and related equipment. New equipment will significantly improve 
the station's tape editing efficiency. KLRU-TV serves approximately 1.2 
million people.
    File No. 97043ICTB Laredo Community College, West End Washington 
Laredo, TX 78040. Contact: Mr. Blas Casteneda, Exec. Assist. to the 
President. Funds Requested: $419,820. Total Project Cost: $559,765. To 
activate a public television station, which will operate on ch. 39 and 
bring the first public television service to over 130,000 residents of 
Laredo, TX, and the surrounding area.
    File No. 97050CTB South Texas Public Brdcstg. System, 4455 South 
Padre Island Drive Suite 38 Corpus Christi, TX 78411. Contact: Mr. Don 
Dunlap, President & General Mgr. Funds Requested: $151,050. Total 
Project Cost: $201,400. To improve public television station KEDT-TV, 
Ch. 16, in Corpus Christi by replacing old, obsolete dissemination 
equipment (spread spectrum data link and monitoring equipment) and 
origination equipment (local break insertion equipment, audio 
production equipment and a lighting update package). KEDT-TV provides 
the only public television service to about 500,000 people in Corpus 
Christi plus 12 counties.
    File No. 97086CRB Texas Educational Broadcasting Coop, 304 East 5th 
Street Austin, TX 78701. Contact: Ms. Jenny Wong, General Manager. 
Funds Requested: $13,500. Total Project Cost: $21,500. To improve 
public radio station KOOP-FM, 91.7 MHZ, in Austin by replacing old, 
obsolete equipment including a modulation monitor, an audio console and 
cabinet, 3 cassette recorders, a turntable, 2 headphones and 2 
microphones. KOOP-FM provides service to about 500,000 people in Austin 
and Travis County.
    File No. 97095ICTN Amarillo Junior College District, 2408 S. 
Jackson P.O. Box 447 Amarillo, TX 79109. Contact: Ms. Joyce Herring, 
General Manager/KACV-TV. Funds Requested: $334,645. Total Project Cost: 
$446,194. To assist a consortium of four West Texas post-secondary 
academic institutions deploy the first phase of an educational and 
instructional videoconferencing network that would serve the Texas 
Panhandle. The four schools are: Amarillo College, Amarillo; Clarendon 
College, Clarendon; Frank Phillips College, Borger; and West Texas a & 
M University, Canyon.
    File No. 97098IPTN San Antonio Fight. Back/United Way, 850 E. 
Drexel San Antonio, TX 78210. Contact: Ms. Beverly Watts Davis, 
Executive Director. Funds Requested: $256,812. Total Project Cost: 
$342,416. To plan for the conversion of a general-purpose building in 
San Antonio, TX, to a telecommunications center, primarily for the 
production and distribution of educational and community service 
programming through cable television access channels.
    File No. 97106CTB North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc, 3000 Harry 
Hines Blvd. Dallas, TX 75201. Contact: Mr. Clyde Miller, Vice Pres. & 
Chief Eng. Funds Requested: $45,000. Total Project Cost: $90,000. To 
improve public television station KERA-TV, Ch. 13, in Dallas by 
replacing a nine-year old semi-automatic video cart machine playback 
system with a new video hard drive server. KERA-TV provides public 
television service to about 5 million people.
    File No. 97128ICTN The Univ. of Texas--Pan American, COSERVE/CEED 
1201 W. University Drive Edinburg, TX 78539. Contact: Mr. Roland 
Arriola, Executive Director. Funds Requested: $326,415. Total Project 
Cost: $435,220. To purchase remote video production equipment to 
activate a community access system the programs of which will be 
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television channels in the communities of Edinburg, Rio Grande City, 
and Mercedes, all located in extreme south Texas.
    File No. 97169CRB Texas Tech University, KOHM P.O. Box 43082 102 
Mass Communications Building Lubbock, TX 79409. Contact: Dr. Clive 
Kinghorn, General Manager. Funds Requested: $10,000. Total Project 
Cost: $20,100. To improve public radio station KOHM-FM, 89.1 MHZ, in 
Lubbock by replacing a nine-year-old audio console. KOHM-FM provides 
the only public radio service to approximately 260,000 people.
    File No. 97177CTB University of Houston, KUHT-TV (Houston Public 
TV) 4513 Cullen Boulevard Houston, TX 77004. Contact: Mr. Jeff Clarke, 
CEO & General Manager. Funds Requested: $511,240. Total Project Cost: 
$1,278,099. To improve public television station KUHT-TV, Ch. 8, in 
Houston by replacing a 13-year-old transmitter and an outdated on-air 
routing switcher. KUH-TV provides the only public TV signal to about 
4.2 million people in metropolitan Houston and surrounding communities.
    File No. 97181ICTN Alliance for Higher Education, Lb 107 Suite 250 
17103 Preston Road Dallas, TX 75248. Contact: Dr. Harvey Stone, Dir. 
for Network Programming. Funds Requested: $1,408,591. Total Project 
Cost: $2,817,182. To expand the service area of the Alliance 
Information Network. The project will purchase digital equipment to 
link 23 institutions via T-1 lines to the network. The Alliance 
Information Network is constructing a fiber optic network to serve the 
higher education, K-12 schools and health care systems in the Dalles-
Fort Worth Metroplex.
    File No. 97203ICTN Houston Community College System, 22 Waugh Drive 
P.O. Box 7849 Houston, TX 77270-7849. Contact: Dr. Charles Orsak, Dir./
Research & Development. Funds Requested: $711,028. Total Project Cost: 
$1,422,056. To purchase head-end, production, and editing equipment 
that would activate a cable television access channel and bring diverse 
educational and municipal programming to the city of Stafford, TX.
    File No. 97219ICTN San Saba Independent School Dist., INFO-NET 607 
West Storey St. San Saba, TX 76877. Contact: Mr. Johnny W. Clawson, 
Superintendent. Funds Requested: $341,950. Total Project Cost: 
$516,950. To extend the INFO-NET distance learning system to four 
additional school districts in central Texas. The new INFO-NET members 
would be the Evant, Lometa, Richland Springs, and San Saba Independent 
School Districts. The INFO-NET system currently consists of eight rural 
central Texas school districts. With the additional districts, the 
INFO-NET system would serve the following counties: McCulloch, Mills, 
San Saba, Coryell, Hamilton, and Lampasas.

Utah

    File No. 97034CRB Utah State University of Agriculture, KUSU-FM 
8505 University Blvd Logan, UT 84322-8505. Contact: Mr. Bryan Earl, 
Development Director. Funds Requested: $9,112. Total Project Cost: 
$12,150. To extend the signal of public radio station KUSU-FM, 91.5 
MHZ, in Logan, by constructing a new FM translator on 100.1 MHZ in 
Roosevelt. The new translator will provide first service to about 
10,250 people.
    File No. 97069CTB University of Utah, Media Services 101 Wasatch 
Drive Eccles Broadcast Center--Room 1 Salt Lake City, UT 84112. 
Contact: Mr. Edward Ridges, Associate Director. Funds Requested: 
$150,665. Total Project Cost: $286,266. To improve and extend the 
facilities of public television stations KUED-TV (Ch. 7) and KULC-TV 
(Ch. 9) in Salt Lake City by replacing seven old TV translators: K56AE 
(Heber City-Wasatch County); KO7JV (Circleville-Piute County); K21EI 
(Beryl/Modena/Newcastle-Iron County); K56AZ (Antimony-Piute County); 
K56BP (Hatch-Garfield County); K30DE (Apple Valley-Washington County); 
K46DF (Paren.-Iron County). Project will add two new TV translators at 
Orderville-Kane County (Ch. 21) and Spencer Bench/Alton-Kane County 
(Ch. 54). Project will also connect KULC-TV and KUED-TV translators and 
the fiber optic network via microwave in Washington and Iron counties. 
In addition, project will replace an unreliable audio and visual 
exciter on the KULC-TV transmitter. Stations serve about 1.7 million 
people and two new translators will add first service to about 975 
people.

Virginia

    File No. 97126ICTN SW Virginia Educ. & Training Netwrk, 15856 
Porterfield Highway P.O. Box 1987 Abingdon, VA 24212-1987. Contact: Mr. 
Bruce Mathews, Executive Director. Funds Requested: $49,644. Total 
Project Cost: $99,289. To establish a video classroom for the Southwest 
Virginia Education and Training Network. The classroom, which would be 
located at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon, 
would be one of a network of such video classrooms under development by 
the Network. All the classrooms will be interconnected by fiber optic 
cable in a broadband, digital, switched service provided by the 
telephone companies.
    File No. 97187ICTN Old Dominion University, Academic Television 
Services Room 228 Education Building Norfolk, VA 23529. Contact: Dr. 
J.C. Phillips, Director Academic TV. Funds Requested: $204,760. Total 
Project Cost: $409,520. To expand the service to the TELETECHNET 
distance learning project to six additional regions of Virginia. 
Satellite receive equipment will be placed at educational institutions 
in Big Stone Gap, Fredericksburg, Chester County, Hampton, Herndon, and 
Suffolk, VA. The project will also purchase equipment to permit 
extension of the TELETECHNET, through closed captioning, to the hearing 
impaired, ESL (English as a second language) and learning disabled 
population of Virginia.
    File No. 97213CRB Clinch Valley College/U. of VA, Office of College 
Relations 1 College Avenue Wise, VA 24293. Contact: Mr. Scott Pippin, 
Director of College Relations. Funds Requested: $155,620. Total Project 
Cost: $282,085. To provide first or improved public radio services to 
about 35,000 residents of the southwestern corner of the state of 
Virginia by constructing a Class a radio station in Wise (VA), 
operating on 90.5 MHZ.

Washington

    File No. 97025CRB KSER Foundation, KSER Community Radio 14920 Hwy 
99 #150 Lynnwood, WA 98037. Contact: Mr. John Thielke, President. Funds 
Requested: $10,650. Total Project Cost: $14,200. To improve the 
facilities of KSER-FM, 90.7 MHZ in Lynnwood, Washington, by replacing 
analog origination equipment with digital equipment, including DAT 
recorders, microphones, headphones and a digital audio editing station.
    File No. 97056CTB Bates Technical College, KBTC-TV 1101 South 
Yakima Avenue Tacoma, WA 98405. Contact: Ms. Debbie Emond, General 
Manager. Funds Requested: $437,829. Total Project Cost: $583,773. To 
expand and improve the services of KBTC-TV, Channel 28 in Tacoma, by 
constructing a repeater station in Bellingham, operating on channel 34 
and providing first public television services to approximately 173,000 
people .
    File No. 97065CTB Washington State University, Educational T/C and 
Technology 382 Murrow Center Administration Road Pullman, WA 99164-
2530. Contact: Mr. Dennis Haarsager, Assoc. VP & General Mgr.

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Funds Requested: $123,492. Total Project Cost: $246,984. To improve the 
production facilities of KWSU-TV, Channel 10 in Pullman and KTNW-TV, 
Channel 31 in Richland, by replacing the 19-year-old studio production 
switcher and video effects unit.
    File No. 97073CRB Washington State University, Educational 
Telecomm. & Technology 382 Murrow Center Administration Road Pullman, 
WA 99164-2530. Contact: Mr. Dennis Haarsager, Assoc VP & General Mgr. 
Funds Requested: $206,453. Total Project Cost: $275,271. To expand the 
public radio network by constructing satellite stations in Chehalis 
(88.9 MHZ), Mt. Vernon (91.7 MHZ) and Port Angeles (90.1 MHZ). The 
proposed new facilities will provide first public radio services to 
about 168,000 rural residents of western Washington.
    File No. 97097ICTN Seattle Community College Dist. VI, Department 
of Communications 1500 Harvard Avenue Seattle, WA 98122-2400. Contact: 
Mr. Ross Davis, Director of Communications. Funds Requested: $54,000. 
Total Project Cost: $72,000. To improve the production facilities of 
the Seattle Community College District VI video production studio by 
purchasing editing and post-production equipment, including a non-
linear editing station. This would allow the College District to extend 
its distance learning service to new learners via local cable 
television stations and ITFS channels.
    File No. 97102IPTN Northwest Indian College, Extension Services 
2522 Kwina Road Bellingham, WA 98226. Contact: Mr. Jeff Hamley, Dean, 
Extension Services. Funds Requested: $130,353. Total Project Cost: 
$164,760. To complete a telecommunications study and action plan to 
link Northwest Indian College with the American Indian Higher Education 
Council (AIHEC) distance learning network, creating a northwest 
subnetwork capable of extending educational services and programs to 
more than 45 tribal communities in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
    File No. 97220CRB Spokane Public Radio, KPBX 2319 North Monroe 
Street Spokane, WA 99205. Contact: Mr. Richard Kunkel, President & GM. 
Funds Requested: $166,605. Total Project Cost: $222,140. To improve the 
facilities of KPBX-FM, 91.1 in Spokane (WA) by replacing the 19-year-
old transmitter, exciter, modulation monitor system and the building 
ventilation system.

Wisconsin

    File No. 97160CTB Milwaukee Area Technical College, WMVS/WMVT 1036 
North 8th Street Milwaukee, WI 53233. Contact: Mr. Bryce Combs, General 
Manager. Funds Requested: $1,299,400. Total Project Cost: $2,598,800. 
To improve public television stations WMVS-TV, operating on Channel 10, 
and WMVT-TV, operating on Channel 36 in Milwaukee, WI, by replacing 
worn-out and obsolete transmission equipment including three 
transmitters, two antennas, two transmission lines (all of which are 
almost 17 years old), and a tower strengthening study.
    File No. 97176CRB Back Porch Radio Broadcasting, Inc., WORT 118 
South Bedord Street Madison, WI 53703. Contact: Ms. Cynthia Fesemyer, 
Business & Foundation Director. Funds Requested: $20,000. Total Project 
Cost: $41,144. To improve public radio station WORT-FM, operating on 
89.9 MHZ, in Madison, WI, by replacing its very limited and unstable 
STL with a new microwave radio system and adding the necessary one-way 
stereo RPU package.
    File No. 97194CTB State of Wisconsin, Educational Communications 
Board 3319 West Beltline Highway Madison, WI 53713-4296. Contact: Mr. 
Thomas L. Fletemeyer, Executive Director. Funds Requested: $200,500. 
Total Project Cost: $401,000. To improve the facilities within the 
State network through the mother TV station WHA-TV, operating on 
Channel 21 in Madison, WI, by replacing worn-out and obsolete master 
control equipment at the statewide origination and distribution center. 
The items to be replaced are video tape machines and video monitors.

West Virginia

    File No. 97047ICTN Bluefield State College, 219 Rock Street 
Bluefield, WV 24701. Contact: Ms. Annette Osborne, Dir./Inst. Advancm't 
& Plan'g. Funds Requested: $225,000. Total Project Cost: $300,000. To 
extend the distance learning network of Bluefield State College, the 
main campus of which is in Bluefield, WV. The project would install a 
codec and video classroom equipment at the College's Beckley Campus. 
The project would also upgrade the College's present receive-only video 
classroom at the Greenbrier Community College Center to full 
origination capability. In addition, at public television station WSWP-
TV, Beckley, the project would install a digital multipoint control 
unit to serve as the distance learning network hub. Also, the project 
would construct receive-only video classrooms at Pocahontas County High 
School and at the McDowell County Vocational Technical Center, Welsh. 
The network sites are interconnected by T-1 service.
Bernadette McGuire-Rivera,
Associate Administrator, Office of Telecommunications and Information 
Applications.
[FR Doc. 97-13145 Filed 5-19-97; 8:45 am]
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