[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 92 (Thursday, May 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30516-30519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11868]



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Department of Commerce





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National Telecommunications and Information Administration



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Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP); Notices

Federal Register / Vol. 65 , No. 92 / Thursday, May 11, 2000 / 
Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

[Docket Number: 000410097-0097-01]
RIN 0648-ZA11


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). 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: William Cooperman, Director, Public 
Telecommunications Facilities Program, telephone: (202) 482-5802; fax: 
(202) 482-2156. Information about the PTFP can also be obtained 
electronically via Internet. The PTFP Internet site can be accessed at 
http://www.ntia.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By Federal Register notice dated December 
23, 1999, the NTIA, within the Department of Commerce, announced that 
it was soliciting grant applications for the Public Telecommunications 
Facilities Program (PTFP). NTIA announced that the closing date for 
receipt of PTFP applications was 8 p.m. EST, February 17, 2000.
    In all, the PTFP received 278 applications from 53 states and 
territories (including the District of Columbia). The total amount of 
funds requested by the applicants is $233 million. Requests for FY 2000 
funds total $130 million with an additional $103 million requested 
during FY 2001-2003 as part of multi-year digital television 
applications.
    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. Further information about each application is available on the 
PTFP Internet site at http://www.ntia.doc.gov.
    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.

Alabama
    File No. 00165  Alabama ETV Commission (Birmingham)
    File No. 00084  Troy State University (Troy)
Alaska
    File No. 00186  Alaska Public Radio Network (Anchorage)
    File No. 00262  Alaska Public Telecommunications (Anchorage)
    File No. 00116  Kuskokwim Public Broadcasting Corporation 
(McGrath)
    File No. 00035  Pribilof School District (Saint Paul Island)
    File No. 00136  Talkeetna Community Radio, Inc. (Talkeetna)
American Samoa
    File No. 00214  KVZK, American Samoa Government (Pago Pago)
Arizona
    File No. 00128  Arizona State University (Tempe)
    File No. 00026  Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff)
    File No. 00254  Tohono O'odham Nation (Sells)
    File No. 00149  University of Arizona (Tucson)
    File No. 00150  University of Arizona (Tucson)
Arkansas
    File No. 00123  Arkansas Educational TV Commission (Conway)
California
    File No. 00152  CSPP Research and Service Foundation (San Diego)
    File No. 00189  California State University/Northridge 
Foundation (Northridge)
    File No. 00131  California State University/Sacramento 
(Sacramento)
    File No. 00137  California State University/Sacramento 
(Sacramento)
    File No. 00135  California State University/Stanislaus (Turlock)
    File No. 00146  Coast Community College District (Huntington 
Beach)
    File No. 00068  Humboldt State University (Arcata)
    File No. 00031  KTEH-TV Foundation (San Jose)
    File No. 00040  KVIE, Inc. (Sacramento)
    File No. 00052  Los Angeles Unified School District (Los 
Angeles)
    File No. 00261  Peralta Community College District (Oakland)
    File No. 00090  Radio Bilingue, Inc, (Fresno)
    File No. 00093  Radio Bilingue, Inc. (Fresno)
    File No. 00218  Rural California Broadcasting Corporation 
(Rohnert Park)
    File No. 00195  Rural California Broadcasting Corporation 
(Rohnert Park)
    File No. 00223  Rural California Broadcasting Corporation 
(Rohnert Park)
    File No. 00229  San Bernardino Community College (San 
Bernardino)
    File No. 00095  San Diego Community College District (San Diego)
    File No. 00170  San Diego State University Foundation (San 
Diego)
    File No. 00014  San Mateo County Community College (San Mateo)
    File No. 00125  Santa Monica Community College District (Santa 
Monica)
    File No. 00187  South Orange Co. Community College (Mission 
Viejo)
    File No. 00108  The National Hispanic University (San Jose)
    File No. 00088  University of California/Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz)
    File No. 00181  University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
    File No. 00039  Valley Public Television (Fresno)
Colorado
    File No. 00109  Boulder Community Broadcast Association 
(Boulder)
    File No. 00169  Colorado State Board of Agriculture (Durango)
    File No. 00194  Denver Educational Broadcasting (Denver)
    File No. 00027  Front Range Educational Media Corporation 
(Denver)
    File No. 00018  Grand Valley Public Radio Co, Inc. (Grand 
Junction)
    File No. 00101  KUTE Incorporated (Ignacio)
    File No. 00083  San Miguel Educational Fund (Telluride)
Connecticut
    File No. 00208  Connecticut Public Broadcasting (Hartford)
District of Columbia
    File No. 00211  American University (Washington)
    File No. 00272  Howard University (Washington)
    File No. 00273  Howard University (Washington)
Florida
    File No. 00064  Barry Telecommunications, Inc. (Boynton Beach)
    File No. 00067  Barry Telecommunications, Inc. (Boynton Beach)
    File No. 00242  Barry Telecommunications, Inc. (Boynton Beach)
    File No. 00134  City of Cape Coral (Cape Coral)
    File No. 00251  Community TV Foundation of South Florida (Miami)
    File No. 00066  Community Communications, Inc. (Orlando)
    File No. 00046  Florida Gulf Coast University (Fort Myers)
    File No. 00053  Florida Gulf Coast University (Fort Myers)
    File No. 00078  Florida State University (Tallahassee)
    File No. 00117  Florida State University (Tallahassee)
    File No. 00118  Florida State University (Tallahassee)
    File No. 00119  Florida State University (Tallahassee)

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    File No. 00112  Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting (Tampa)
    File No. 00096  Sarasota County Government (Sarasota)
    File No. 00102  School Board of Miami-Dade County (Miami)
    File No. 00184  School Board of Miami-Dade County (Miami)
    File No. 00028  University of Florida (Gainesville)
    File No. 00151  University of Florida (Gainesville)
    File No. 00192  University of Florida (Gainesville)
    File No. 00059  University of South Florida (Tampa)
    File No. 00202  University of South Florida (Tampa)
    File No. 00054  WJCT, Inc. (Jacksonville)
    File No. 00178  WJCT-FM (Jacksonville)
      Georgia
    File No. 00226  Clark Atlanta University (Atlanta)
    File No. 00258  Fort Valley State University (Fort Valley)
    File No. 00063  Georgia Public Broadcasting (Atlanta)
    File No. 00191  Valdosta State University (Valdosta)
    File No. 00225  West Georgia Telecommunications (Carrollton)
      Guam
    File No. 00147  University of Guam (Mangilao)
      Idaho
    File No. 00263  Boise State University Foundation (Boise)
    File No. 00158  Idaho Public Television (Boise)
      Illinois
    File No. 00033  Black Hawk College (Moline)
    File No. 00034  Black Hawk College (Moline)
    File No. 00260  Illinois Valley Public Telecommunications 
Corporation (Peoria)
    File No. 00233  LPE Foundation (Schaumburg)
    File No. 00144  Loyola University Chicago (Chicago)
    File No. 00069  Southern Illinois University (Carbondale)
    File No. 00175  University of Illinois (Champaign)
    File No. 00241  University of Illinois (Champaign)
    File No. 00259  West Central Illinois Educational 
Telecommunications Corporation (Springfield)
    File No. 00038  Window to the World Communications (Chicago)
      Indiana
    File No. 00274  Ball State University (Muncie)
    File No. 00248  Fort Wayne Public Television, Inc. (Fort Wayne)
    File No. 00143  Indiana University (Bloomington)
    File No. 00244  Metro Indianapolis Public Broadcasting 
(Indianapolis)
    File No. 00247  Metro Indianapolis Public Broadcasting 
(Indianapolis)
    File No. 00055  Michiana Public Broadcasting Corporation 
(Elkhart)
    File No. 00130  Tri-State Public Teleplex, Inc. (Evansville)
      Iowa
    File No. 00227  Iowa Public Broadcasting Board (Johnston)
    File No. 00113  Iowa Public Television (Johnston)
    File No. 00114  Iowa Public Television (Johnston)
    File No. 00203  Iowa State University (Ames)
    File No. 00204  Iowa State University (Ames)
    File No. 00271  Iowa State University (Ames)
    File No. 00008  University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls)
    File No. 00010  University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls)
      Kansas
    File No. 00016  Kansas Public Telecommunications Service 
(Wichita)
    File No. 00177  Kanza Society, Inc. (Garden City)
    File No. 00087  Washburn University of Topeka (Topeka)
      Kentucky
    File No. 00176  City of Sparta Police & Fire Department (Sparta)
    File No. 00089  Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond)
    File No. 00185  Kentucky Authority for ETV ( Lexington)
    File No. 00250  Morehead State University (Morehead)
      Louisiana
    File No. 00171  Educational Broadcasting Foundation (Metairie)
    File No. 00007  Louisiana Public Broadcasting (Baton Rouge)
      Maine
    File No. 00013  Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation (Bangor)
    File No. 00029  Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation (Bangor)
      Maryland
    File No. 00085  Maryland Public Television (Owings Mills)
    File No. 00139  University of Maryland Eastern Shore (Princess 
Anne)
      Massachusetts
    File No. 00103  Boston University (Boston)
    File No. 00110  Technology Broadcasting Corporation (Cambridge)
    File No. 00166  University of Massachusetts, Boston (Boston)
    File No. 00115  University of Massachusetts/Boston (Boston)
    File No. 00126  WGBH Educational Foundation (Boston)
    File No. 00127  WGBH Educational Foundation (Boston)
Michigan
    File No. 00120  Central Michigan University (Mt. Pleasant)
    File No. 00140  Central Michigan University (Mt. Pleasant)
    File No. 00228  Delta College (University Center)
    File No. 00161  Grand Valley State University (Grand Rapids)
    File No. 00012  Northern Michigan University (Marquette)
    File No. 00076  Northern Michigan University (Marquette)
    File No. 00024  University of Michigan (Flint)
    File No. 00224  Wayne State University (Detroit)
Minnesota
    File No. 00041  Asian Media Access (Minneapolis)
    File No. 00074  Austin Independent School District 492 (Austin)
    File No. 00050  Duluth-Superior Area Educational TV (Duluth)
    File No. 00081  Faribault Community TV & Multimedia Center 
(Faribault)
    File No. 00238  Fresh Air, Inc. (Minneapolis)
    File No. 00197  Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul)
    File No. 00037  Northern Minnesota PTV, Inc. (Bemidji)
    File No. 00062  Northern Minnesota PTV, Inc. (Bemidji)
    File No. 00082  Northern Minnesota PTV, Inc. (Bemidji)
    File No. 00198  Pioneer Public Television (Appleton)
    File No. 00159  Southern California Public Radio (St. Paul)
    File No. 00015  Twin Cities Public Television, Inc. (St. Paul)
    File No. 00023  Twin Cities Public Television, Inc (St. Paul)
Mississippi
    File No. 00222  Mississippi Authority for ETV (Jackson)
Missouri
    File No. 00060  New Wave Corporation (Columbia)
    File No. 00164  Public Television 19, Inc. (Kansas City)
    File No. 00266  Southeast Missouri State (Cape Girardeau)
    File No. 00036  Southwest Missouri State (Springfield)
    File No. 00269  St. Louis Regional Ed & PTV Comm (St. Louis)
Montana
    File No. 00168  Billings Community Cable Corporation (Billings)
    File No. 00264  Northern Cheyenne Tribe (Lame Deer)
    File No. 00257  Piegan Institute, Inc. (Browning)
Nebraska
    File No. 00071  Educational Service Unit 7 (Columbus)
    File No. 00100  Nebraska Educational T/C Commission (Lincoln)
    File No. 00267  Nebraska Educational T/C Commission (Lincoln)
    File No. 00020  University of Nebraska/Omaha (Omaha)
Nevada
    File No. 00075  Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc. (Reno)
    File No. 00072  Clark County School District (Las Vegas)
    File No. 00001  University & Comm. College System of Nevada 
(Reno)
    File No. 00111  University of Nevada (Reno)
New Hampshire
    File No. 00193  Dartmouth College (Hanover)
    File No. 00051  New Hampshire Public Radio, Inc. (Concord)
    File No. 00002  University of New Hampshire (Durham)
New Jersey

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    File No. 00231  New Jersey Public Broadcasting (Trenton)
    File No. 00180  New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority 
(Trenton)
    File No. 00212  Newark Public Radio, Inc. (Newark)
New Mexico
    File No. 00160  Eastern New Mexico University (Portales)
    File No. 00058  University of New Mexico (Albuquerque)
New York
    File No. 00129  Educational Broadcasting Corporation (New York)
    File No. 00153  Long Island Education TV Council (Plaineview)
    File No. 00221  Long Island University (Southampton)
    File No. 00061  Public Council of Central New York (Syracuse)
    File No. 00270  St. Lawrence University (Canton)
    File No. 00239  Syracuse University (Syracuse)
    File No. 00080  WMHT Educational Telecommunications (Schnectady)
    File No. 00188  WNYC Radio (New York)
    File No. 00155  WXXI Public Broadcasting Council (Rochester)
    File No. 00005  Western NY Public Broadcasting Association 
(Buffalo)
North Carolina
    File No. 00094  Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (Cherokee)
    File No. 00032  Gospel and Deliverance Ministries (Lumberton)
    File No. 00132  Southwestern Community College (Sylva)
    File No. 00070  University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
    File No. 00091  University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
    File No. 00209  University of North Carolina (Research Triangle 
Park)
    File No. 00196  Word of God Christian Academy, Inc. (Raleigh)
North Dakota
    File No. 00207  Prairie Public Broadcasting, Inc. (Fargo)
    File No. 00210  Prairie Public Broadcasting, Inc. (Fargo)
    File No. 00265  Prairie Public Broadcasting, Inc. (Fargo)
Northern Marianas
    File No. 00124  Northern Marianas Public Schools (Saipan)
Ohio
    File No. 00245  Antioch University (Yellow Springs)
    File No. 00156  Columbus Board of Education (Columbus)
    File No. 00021  ETV Association of Metropolitan Cleveland 
(Cleveland)
    File No. 00022  ETV Association of Metropolitan Cleveland 
(Cleveland)
    File No. 00190  Greater Cincinnati TV Educ Foundation 
(Cincinnati)
    File No. 00252  Greater Dayton Public Television (Dayton)
    File No. 00200  Northeastern Educational TV of Ohio (Kent)
    File No. 00206  Ohio State University (Columbus)
    File No. 00268  Ohio State University (Columbus)
    File No. 00006  Ohio University (Athens)
    File No. 00142  Public Broadcasting Foundation of NW Ohio 
(Toledo)
    File No. 00017  Resources & Instruction/Staff Excellence 
(Cincinnati)
Oklahoma
    File No. 00182  Cameron University (Lawton)
    File No. 00183  Cameron University (Lawton)
    File No. 00107  Oklahoma Educational TV Authority (Oklahoma 
City)
    File No. 00057  University of Oklahoma (Norman)
Oregon
    File No. 00240  Blue Mountain Community College (Pendleton)
    File No. 00104  Oregon Public Broadcasting (Portland)
Pennsylvania
    File No. 00141  Crawford County Regional Alliance (Meadville)
    File No. 00163  Lehigh Valley Public T/C Corporation (Bethleham)
    File No. 00047  Northeastern Pennsylvania ETV Association 
(Pittston)
    File No. 00049  Northeastern Pennsylvania ETV Association 
(Pittston)
    File No. 00004  Pennsylvania State University (University Park)
    File No. 00073  Pennsylvania State University (University Park)
    File No. 00097  Public Broadcasting of NW Pennsylvania (Erie)
    File No. 00098  Public Broadcasting of NW Pennsylvania (Erie)
    File No. 00249  Pennsylvania State University (University Park)
    File No. 00105  WHYY, Inc. (Philadelphia)
    File No. 00213  WITF, Inc. (Harrisburg)
    File No. 00230  WITF, Inc. (Harrisburg)
    File No. 00077  WQED Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)
    File No. 00122  WQED Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)
Puerto Rico
    File No. 00205  Ana G. Mendez University System (San Juan)
    File No. 00219  University of Puerto Rico (San Juan)
Rhode Island
    File No. 00232  Rhode Island Public T/C Authority (Providence)
South Carolina
    File No. 00019  South Carolina ETV (Columbia)
    File No. 00065  South Carolina ETV (Columbia)
South Dakota
    File No. 00201  South Dakota Board of Directors for ETV 
(Vermillion)
Tennessee
    File No. 00253  Greater Chattanooga Public TV Corporation 
(Chattanooga)
    File No. 00216  Mid-South Public Communications Foundation 
(Memphis)
    File No. 00217  Mid-South Public Communications Foundation 
(Memphis)
    File No. 00009  Nashville Public Television (Nashville)
    File No. 00003  University of Tennessee/Chattanooga 
(Chattanooga)
Texas
    File No. 00174  Alamo Public T/C Council (San Antonio)
    File No. 00246  Amarillo College (Amarillo)
    File No. 00079  Capital of Public T/C Council (Austin)
    File No. 00236  Dallas County Community College (Dallas)
    File No. 00167  ETCOM, Inc. (El Paso)
    File No. 00025  Houston Community College System (Houston)
    File No. 00179  North Texas Public Broadcasting (Dallas)
    File No. 00157  South Texas Broadcasting System (Corpus Christi)
    File No. 00173  University of Houston (Houston)
    File No. 00106  University of Houston System (Houston)
Utah
    File No. 00121  Brigham Young University (Provo)
    File No. 00043  Moab Public Radio (Moab)
    File No. 00044  University of Utah (Salt Lake City)
    File No. 00148  University of Utah (Salt Lake City)
    File No. 00255  Utah State University (Logan)
Vermont
    File No. 00162  Vermont ETV, Inc. (Colchester)
Virgin Island
    File No. 00243  Virgin Islands Public TV System (Charlotte 
Amalie)
Virginia
    File No. 00235  Central Virginia Educational Telecommunications 
Corporation (Falls Church)
    File No. 00138  Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications 
Association, Inc. (Norfolk)
    File No. 00172  Old Dominion University (Norfolk)
    File No. 00045  Shenandoah Valley Educational TV (Harrisonburg)
    File No. 00048  Shenandoah Valley Educational TV (Harrisonburg)
    File No. 00234  Tomorrow is Today (McLean)
    File No. 00256  Valley Voice Friends (Harrisonburg)
Washington
    File No. 00275  Bates Technical College (Tacoma)
    File No. 00278  City of Centralia (Centralia)
    File No. 00030  KCTS Television (Seattle)
    File No. 00042  KCTS Television (Seattle)
    File No. 00011  Spokane School Dist #81/ KSPS-TV (Spokane)
    File No. 00086  Washington State University (Pullman)
    File No. 00056  Washington State University (Pullman)
West Virginia
    File No. 00237  HOPE Community Development Corporation 
(Charleston)
    File No. 00099  Tyler Consolidated Middle/High School 
(Sistersville)
    File No. 00276  WV Educational Broadcasting (Charleston)
    File No. 00277  WV Educational Broadcasting (Charleston)
Wisconsin
    File No. 00145  Educational Communications Board (Madison)
    File No. 00215  La Crosse Med. Health Sci. Consortium (La 
Crosse)
    File No. 00133  Lac Courte Oreilles Public Broadcasting 
(Hayward)

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    File No. 00199  Milwaukee Area Technical College (Milwaukee)
    File No. 00220  University of Wisconsin (Madison)
    File No. 00092  Wisconsin Public Radio (Madison)
    File No. 00154  Clay County Communications Ltd. (Clendenin)


Bernadette McGuire-Rivera,
Associate Administrator, Office of Telecommunications and Information 
Applications.
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