[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 32 (Thursday, February 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7663-7664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3485]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

[Docket No. 070920527-9169-03]


Low Power Television and Translator Digital-to-Analog Conversion 
Program: Extension of Closing Date

AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA), U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Amended Solicitation of Applications.

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SUMMARY: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA) announces that it is extending the solicitation period for grant 
applications for the Low Power Television and Translator Digital-to-
Analog Conversion Program. Applications must be postmarked on or before 
Friday, June 12, 2009.

DATES: Applications for Low Power Television and Translator Digital-to-
Analog Conversion Program must be postmarked on or before Friday, June 
12, 2009. Applications submitted by facsimile will not be accepted.

ADDRESSES: Application forms and instructions are available on the 
Internet at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/lptv. To submit completed 
applications, or send any other correspondence, write to the Low-Power 
Conversion Program at the following address: LPTV, Room H-4812, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 
20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Cooperman, Director, 
Broadcasting Division, telephone: (202) 482-5802; fax: (202) 482-2156. 
Information about the Low-Power Television and Translator Digital-to-

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Analog Conversion Program can also be obtained electronically via the 
Internet at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/lptv.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NTIA has established the Low-Power 
Television and Translator Digital-to-Analog Conversion Program through 
which each eligible low-power television broadcast station may receive 
compensation toward the cost of the purchase of a digital-to-analog 
conversion device that enables it to convert the incoming digital 
signal of its corresponding full-power television station to analog 
format for transmission on the low-power television station's analog 
channel. The conversion devices are necessary so the eligible stations 
can continue to broadcast in analog after the digital conversion of the 
full-power station occurs. Without converter devices, the eligible 
facilities will be unable to receive the incoming off-air digital 
signal for conversion and rebroadcast to consumers within their 
coverage area. On October 29, 2007, NTIA publish a notice announcing 
the availability of funds for this program.\1\
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    \1\ Low-Power Television and Translator Digital-to-Analog 
Conversion Program, 72 Fed. Reg. 61,109 (Oct. 29, 2007), available 
at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/lptv/NOAF_10292007.pdf. This notice was 
subsequently modified in August 2008 changing application submission 
deadlines and processing priorities, and announcing availability of 
funds. Low-Power Television and Translator Digital-to-Analog 
Conversion Program, 73 Fed.Reg. 50,782 (Aug. 28, 2008), available at 
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/lptv/consumered_fr_080828.pdf.
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    The DTV Delay Act, enacted on February 11, 2009, extended the 
deadline for submission of Low-Power Television and Translator Digital-
to-Analog Conversion Program grant applications from February 17, 2009, 
to June 12, 2009.\2\ This provision amended section 3008(a)(1)of 
Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005.\3\ 
Accordingly, NTIA publishes this notice to announce that it is 
extending the solicitation period for applications for the Low Power 
Television and Translator Digital-to-Analog Conversion Program. Any 
applications postmarked between February 18, 2009, and June 12, 2009, 
will be considered timely and will be given full consideration.
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    \2\ DTV Delay Act, Sec.  2(b)(1), P.L. 111-4, 123 Stat. 112 
(2009).
    \3\ Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 
Sec.  3008, 47 U.S.C. Sec.  309 note (2008).
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    Applications submitted by June 12, 2009, will utilize the same 
forms, and undergo the same review and evaluation process contained in 
the Notice of Availability of Funds of October 29, 2007, as amended.\4\ 
NTIA has approximately $1 million available for award and will process 
applications on a first-come, first-served basis until the $1 million 
is exhausted.
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    \4\ See supra note 1.

    Dated: February 13, 2009.
Bernadette McGuire-Rivera,
Associate Administrator, Office of Telecommunications and Information 
Applications.
[FR Doc. E9-3485 Filed 2-13-09; 4:15 pm]
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