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     Before the
     Federal Communications Commission
     Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                     )
                                     )
Amendment of Section 73.622(b),     )        MM Docket No. 00-116
Table of Allotments,                 )       RM-9877
Digital Television Broadcast Stations.       )
(Kansas City, Missouri)             )

                        REPORT AND ORDER
                     (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted:  July 24, 2001              Released:  July 27, 2001  

By the Chief, Video Services Division:

     1.  At the request of KMBC Hearst-Argyle Television ("KMBC"), licensee of station
KMBC(TV), NTSC channel 9, Kansas City, Missouri, the Commission has before it the Notice
of Proposed Rule Making, 15 FCC Rcd 11341 (2000), proposing the substitution of DTV
channel 7 for station KMBC(TV)'s assigned DTV channel 14.  KMBC filed comments.  Saga
Quad States Communications, Inc. ("Saga"), licensee of station KOAM-TV, DTV channel 30,
Pittsburg, Kansas, filed comments styled as a counterproposal.  KMBC and Saga filed reply
comments.

     2.  We believe the public interest would be served by adopting the KMBC's proposal to
substitute DTV channel 7 for DTV 14 since it would enable station KMBC(TV) to eliminate the
potential adverse impact on nearby land mobile facilities.  DTV channel 7 can be allotted to
Kansas City, Missouri, as proposed, in compliance with the principle community coverage
requirements of Section 73.625(a)  at coordinates (39-05-01 N. and 94-30-57 W.).  In addition,
we find that this channel is acceptable under the 2 percent criterion for de minimis impact that is
applied in evaluating requests for modification of initial DTV allotments under Section
73.623(c)(2) for Station KMBC(TV) with the following specifications:


                  DTV         DTV power       Antenna       DTV Service
State & City        Channel        (kW)           HAAT (m)       Pop. (thous.)
MO Kansas City      7                    115               357                 2086
     
     
     3.  Accordingly, pursuant to the authority contained in Sections 4(i), 5(c)(1), 303(g) and
(r) and 307(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and Sections 0.61, 0.204(b) and
0.283 of the Commission's Rules, IT IS ORDERED, That effective September 10, 2001, the
DTV Table of Allotments, Section 73.622(b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED, with
respect to the community listed below, to read as follows:

                    City                Channel No.

                    Kansas City, Missouri         7, *18, 24,
                                        31, 34, 42c,
                                        47, 51c

     4.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That within 45 days of the effective date of this Order,
KMBC Hearst-Argyle Television shall submit to the Commission a minor change application for
a construction permit (FCC Form 301) specifying DTV Channel 14 in lieu of DTV Channel 7 for
station. 

     5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That this proceeding IS TERMINATED.

     6.  For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Pam Blumenthal, Mass
Media Bureau, (202) 418-1600.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                              Barbara A. Kreisman 
                              Chief, Video Services Division
                              Mass Media Bureau