**DA 06-2447**

**Released: December 1, 2006**

1800E1-KRH

Reading Broadcasting, Inc., D.I.P.

WTVE(TV)

1729 North 11^th^ Street

Reading, PA 19604

> In Re: Request for Special Temporary Authority to Operate a
> Distributed Transmission System on Channel 25 in Reading, Pennsylvania
> (BSDTS-20060407ACP)
>
> Fac Id: 55305

Dear Licensee:

This refers to your above-captioned application requesting special
temporary authority (STA) to operate a digital television facility on
Channel 25 in Reading, Pennsylvania in connection with station WTVE-DT.
Specifically, you propose to construct a distributed transmission system
(DTS), utilizing eight transmitter locations contained within WTVE-DT's
maximized construction permit contour, pursuant to the Commission's
interim policy permitting authorization of DTS operations on an interim
basis pending a final decision in MB Docket No. 05-312.[^1] You state
that the purpose of your proposal is to increase the DTV population
served inside WTVE-DT's authorized contour, while decreasing
interference to neighboring facilities.

In support of your request, you indicate that your objective was to
design a system that would provide optimum service to the viewers in
Reading and the surrounding area. You assert that this objective can be
achieved most effectively through the use of DTS for WTVE-DT. You
indicate that with the implementation of DTS, WTVE-DT will be able to
increase the population served by 177,015 persons inside the station's
authorized contour.

With regard to potential for interference from the proposed operation,
you have examined the appropriate co-channel and adjacent channel
assignments in Reading and the surrounding area. You state that no
co-channel or adjacent channel NTSC, DTV or Class A facility would
receive interference in excess of 0.1% as required by the Commission.

After a thorough review of your technical specifications, we are
persuaded that no interference to any protected service is likely to
occur from the proposed operation. We therefore conclude that the public
interest would be served by the grant of this request, in part because
the information obtained from your operation will be valuable to the
Commission in its evaluation of the future use and deployment of DTS
technology. If interference problems do arise, however, we expect you to
resolve them expeditiously and the Bureau reserves the right to require
the termination of the operation without prior hearing. We further note
that your proposed construction may involve a substantial financial
undertaking for temporary facilities that may require significant
modifications upon the Commission's completion of the proceeding in MB
Docket 05-312. Our approval herein should not be construed in any manner
as a prejudgment of that proceeding or relieving you of compliance with
any final rules that may be adopted by the Commission.

With respect to radio frequency radiation (RFR), we expect compliance
with Section 1.1307(b) of the Commission's rules to be achieved.

Accordingly, the request for special temporary authority to broadcast
DTV signals utilizing a DTS network on Channel 25 in Reading,
Pennsylvania, IS GRANTED subject to the following conditions and
technical parameters:

1.  The grant of this permit is subject to the condition that, with
    ample time before commencing operation, you make a good-faith effort
    to identify and notify health-care facilities (e.g., hospitals and
    nursing homes, see 47 CFR 15.242(a)(1)) within your service area
    that potentially could be affected by your DTV operations. Contact
    with state and/or local hospital associations and local governmental
    health-care-licensing authorities may prove helpful in this process.
    During this pre-broadcast period, you must provide all notified
    entities with relevant technical details of your operation, such as
    DTV channel, targeted on-air date, effective radiated power, antenna
    location, and antenna height. You are required to place in the
    station's public inspection file documentation of the notifications
    and contacts made and you may not commence operations until
    good-faith efforts have been made to notify affected health-care
    facilities. During this pre-broadcast period and for up to
    twenty (20) days after commencing operations, should you become
    aware of any instances of medical devices malfunctioning or that
    such devices are likely to malfunction due to your DTV operations,
    you must cooperate with the affected health-care facility or
    facilities so that they are afforded a reasonable opportunity to
    resolve the interference problem. At such time as all provisions of
    this condition have been fulfilled, and either upon the expiration
    of twenty (20) days following commencement of operations or when all
    known interference problems have been resolved, whichever is later,
    this condition lapses.

2.  The grant of this application is subject to the condition that upon
    the conclusion of the DTS rulemaking proceeding, MB Docket No.
    05-312, the licensee shall make all necessary filings to bring this
    facility into compliance with all Commission rules and regulations.
    The licensee is also advised that, while the rulemaking proceeding
    is pending, all service beyond the authorized maximized service
    contour for this station shall be considered secondary in nature,
    shall not cause interference to any other service and shall not
    receive any protection from interference.

3.  This authority expires six months from the date of this letter. If
    appropriate, a timely renewal request must be filed before the end
    of this period.

4.  Hours of operation of this facility will be in accordance with
    Section 73.624(b) of the Commission's rules.

**Technical Parameters:**

**DTS1**

Channel: 25

Antenna Coordinates: N. Latitude: 40-21-16

W. Longitude: 75-53-57

Antenna Type: Radio Frequency Systems, Directional

> Model No. DX32B-25-0.7

Maximum Effective Radiated Power (average): 0.76 kW

Transmitter: Type Accepted. See Section 73.1660, 73.1665 and 73.1670 of
the FCC Rules.

Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 365.7 meters

HAAT: 225.4 meters

Tower Registration Number: 1254286

**DTS2**

Channel: 25

Antenna Coordinates: N. Latitude: 40-37-13

W. Longitude: 75-17-37

Antenna Type: Radio Frequency Systems, Directional

> Model No. DX32H-25-0.5

Maximum Effective Radiated Power (average): 2.8 kW

Transmitter: Type Accepted. See Section 73.1660, 73.1665 and 73.1670 of
the FCC Rules.

Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 282.1 meters

HAAT: 155.4 meters

Tower Registration Number: n/a

**DTS3**

Channel: 25

Antenna Coordinates: N. Latitude: 39-33-42

W. Longitude: 75-55-48

Antenna Type: Radio Frequency Systems, Directional

> Model No. DX32H-25-0.3

Maximum Effective Radiated Power (average): 0.11 kW

Transmitter: Type Accepted. See Section 73.1660, 73.1665 and 73.1670 of
the FCC Rules.

Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 115.8 meters

HAAT: 86.6 meters

Tower Registration Number: 1043512

**DTS4**

Channel: 25

Antenna Coordinates: N. Latitude: 39-53-44

W. Longitude: 76-14-23

Antenna Type: Radio Frequency Systems, Directional

> Model No. DX32H-25-0.5

Maximum Effective Radiated Power (average): 1 kW

Transmitter: Type Accepted. See Section 73.1660, 73.1665 and 73.1670 of
the FCC Rules.

Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 335.2 meters

HAAT: 193.3 meters

Tower Registration Number: 1226446

**DTS5**

Channel: 25

Antenna Coordinates: N. Latitude: 40-23-53

W. Longitude: 76-19-25

Antenna Type: Radio Frequency Systems, Directional

> Model No. DX32B-25-0.3

Maximum Effective Radiated Power (average): 1.15 kW

Transmitter: Type Accepted. See Section 73.1660, 73.1665 and 73.1670 of
the FCC Rules.

Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 234.6 meters

HAAT: 63.4 meters

Tower Registration Number: 1254403

**DTS6**

Channel: 25

Antenna Coordinates: N. Latitude: 40-23-06

W. Longitude: 74-52-58

Antenna Type: Radio Frequency Systems, Directional

> Model No. DX32H-25-0.4

Maximum Effective Radiated Power (average): 0.6 kW

Transmitter: Type Accepted. See Section 73.1660, 73.1665 and 73.1670 of
the FCC Rules.

Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 168.3 meters

HAAT: 95.4 meters

Tower Registration Number: n/a

**DTS7**

Channel: 25

Antenna Coordinates: N. Latitude: 40-02-30

W. Longitude: 75-14-13

Antenna Type: Radio Frequency Systems, Directional

> Model No. PHP-40T

Maximum Effective Radiated Power (average): 126 kW

Transmitter: Type Accepted. See Section 73.1660, 73.1665 and 73.1670 of
the FCC Rules.

Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 443.5 meters

HAAT: 378.4 meters

Tower Registration Number: 1231524

**DTS8**

Channel: 25

Antenna Coordinates: N. Latitude: 40-45-20

W. Longitude: 76-02-03

Antenna Type: Radio Frequency Systems, Directional

> Model No. DX32G-25-0.5

Maximum Effective Radiated Power (average): 4.25 kW

Transmitter: Type Accepted. See Section 73.1660, 73.1665 and 73.1670 of
the FCC Rules.

Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 487.8 meters

HAAT: 138.1 meters

Tower Registration Number: 1245581

> Sincerely,

Barbara A. Kreisman

Chief, Video Division

Media Bureau

cc: John W. Bagwell

[^1]: *See Second Periodic Review of the Commission's Rules and Policies
    Affecting the Conversion to Digital Television*, MB Docket No.
    03-15, Report and Order, 19 FCC Rcd 18279, 18356-57, ¶¶ 177-78
    (2004). *See also* *Digital Television Distributed Transmission
    System Technologies*, MB Docket No. 05-312, Clarification Order and
    Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 05-192 (rel. Nov. 4, 2005) (the
    "*Clarification Order*").