**DA 04-3203**

**Released: October 7, 2004**

**DTV Channel Election Information and Deadlines**

The Media Bureau hereby announces that the Table of Station Assignment
and Service Information, referred to in the *Second DTV Periodic Review
Report and Order*, released September 7, 2004 (MB Docket No. 03-15, FCC
04-192) ("*Order*"), is now available. A copy of the Table is attached
to this Public Notice. The Table can also be accessed on the FCC's
Internet website at www.fcc.gov/mb/video/tv.html. As indicated in
paragraph 36 of the *Order*, the Media Bureau is issuing the Table for
use by TV station licensees and other interested parties so they may
determine and evaluate the DTV service populations to be used by the
Commission to process stations' channel elections and create the new DTV
Table of Allotments.

The Media Bureau also announces that the forms to be used by TV
licensees and permittees to indicate their preference for a
post-transition DTV channel ("DTV channel election forms"), copies of
which were appended to the *Order,* have been approved for use by the
Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") (OMB Nos. 3060-1077, FCC Form
381; 3060-1076, FCC Form 382; 3060-1075, FCC Form 383; 3060-1074, FCC
Form 384; 3060-1073, FCC Form 385; 3060-1072, FCC Form 386) under the
emergency processing provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
("PRA"). The forms can be viewed on the FCC's Internet website at
[www.fcc.gov](http://www.fcc.gov/)/mb/cshlarc.html.

The first form to be filed in the channel election process is FCC Form
381, Pre-Election Certification Form. FCC Form 381 will be available for
electronic filing October 19, 2004. FCC Form 381 must be filed with the
FCC no later than November 5, 2004.

As indicated in paragraph 36 of the *Order*, after the deadline for
filing FCC Form 381, the Media Bureau will prepare a revised Table of
Station Assignment and Service Information reflecting service areas
based on certifications in FCC Form 381 to build to replication or
maximization facilities and any other changes to station facilities
prior to the first round election date. The Media Bureau will issue
another Public Notice after November 5, 2004, announcing when the
revised Table of Station Assignment and Service Information is
available. That Public Notice will also announce the deadline for filing
FCC Form 382, Digital Channel Election Form First Round Election, to be
used by TV licensees and permittees participating in the first round of
the DTV channel election process.

Paragraph 152 of the *Order* states that broadcasters must fully
implement the ATSC Program System and Information Protocol ("PSIP")
standard to the extent that ATSC A/65B requires. That paragraph further
states that this requirement shall take effect 120 days after
publication in the Federal Register. The *Order* was published in the
Federal Register on October 4, 2004 (69 FR 59500-01). Therefore, the
PSIP requirement will be effective February 1, 2005.

Paragraph 183 of the *Order* indicates that revised rule section 47
C.F.R. § 73.1201 (DTV station identification) contains information
collection requirements under the PRA and will become effective after
approval by OMB. The Media Bureau will issue another Public Notice,
expected in early 2005, announcing the effective date of the DTV station
identification rules.

For additional information, contact Nai Tam of the Video Services
Division, Media Bureau, at (202) 418-1600 or <nai.tam@fcc.gov> or Kim
Matthews of the Policy Division, Media Bureau, at (202) 418-2120. TTY:
(202) 418-7172.

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