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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and

Information Administration

[Docket Number: 960205021–A133–08]

RIN 0660–ZA01

Public Telecommunications Facilities

Program (PTFP) and PEACESAT

Program

AGENCY: National Telecommunications

and Information Administration,

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of applications received.

SUMMARY: The National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration (NTIA) previously

announced the solicitation of grant

applications for two programs funded

from the Public Broadcasting, Facilities,

Planning and Construction Funds

account. 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:

Dennis Connors, Director, Public

Telecommunications Facilities Program,

telephone: (202) 482–5802; fax: (202)

482–2156. Information about the PTFP

can also be obtained electronically via

Internet (send inquiries to http://

www.ntia.doc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

By Federal Register notice dated

January 5, 1998, 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 12, 1998.

In all, the PTFP received 245

applications from 45 states. The total

amount of funds requested by the

applicants is $66.4 million.

By Federal Register notice dated

March 19, 1998, the NTIA also

announced that it was soliciting grant

applications for the Pan-Pacific

Education and Communications by

Satellite (PEACESAT) Program. NTIA

announced that the closing date for

receipt of PEACESAT applications was

close of business, April 20, 1998.

In all, the PEACESAT Program

received one application. The total

amount of funds requested is $445,745.

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.

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.

Public Telecommunications Facilities

Program Applications

Alaska

File No. 98023CRB Alaska Public

Radio Network, 810 East 9th Ave

Anchorage, AK 99501. Contact: Ms.

Tammy Gilstrap, Business Manager.

Funds Requested: $32,250. Total Project

Cost: $ 43,300. To replace satellite

upconverter equipment for the Alaska

Public Radio Network (APRN),

Anchorage.

File No. 98010CTB Bethel

Broadcasting, Inc., KYUK–TV 640 Radio

Street Pouch 468 Bethel, AK 99559.

Contact: Ms. Jude Andrews, General

Manager. Funds Requested: $254,349.

Total Project Cost: $339,133. To

purchase a video server and master

control support equipment.

File No. 98028PTB Capital

Community Broadcasting, Inc., Station

KTOO–TV 360 Egan Drive Juneau, AK

998011748. Contact: Mr. Bill Legere,

President & General Manager. Funds

Requested: $594,830. Total Project Cost:

$594,830. To plan for the conversion of

public television translators to digital

technologies.

File No. 98027CRB CoastAlaska, Inc.,

360 Egan Drive, Suite 216 Juneau, AK

99801. Contact: Mr. Jon Newstrom,

System Coordinator. Funds Requested:

$126,129. Total Project Cost: $168,172.

To place digital storage equipment and

standardize the air chains at five public

radio stations, KTOO–FM, Juneau;

KCAW–FM, Sitka; KSFK–FM,

Petersburg; KSTK–FM, Wrangell; and

KRBD–FM, Ketchikan which cooperate

as CoastAlaska, Inc. The project would

also replace KRBD’s Black Mountain

translator with two translators.

File No. 98159CRB 97205 Kotzebue

Broadcasting Inc., Station KOTZ–AM

396 Lagoon Drive P.O. Box 78 Kotzebue,

AK 99752. Contact: Mr. Pierre Lonewolf,

General Manager/Chief Engineer. Funds

Requested: $107,401. Total Project Cost:

$147,401. To provide digital audio

storage and editing equipment.

File No. 98019CRB Silakkuagvik

Communications, Inc., Station KBRW–

AM P.O. Box 109 1695 Okpik St.

Barrow, AK 99723. Contact: Mr.

Donovan Rinker, Vice President & Gen.

Mgr. Funds Requested: $ 39,814. Total

Project Cost: $53,085. To replace studio

production and operations equipment.

File No. 98232CRB Unalaska

Community Broadcasting, Station

KIAL–AM, 5th and Broadway P.O. Box

181 Unalaska, AK 99685. Contact: Mrs.

Joy Mendoza, Acting General Manager.

Funds Requested: $ 57,757. Total

Project Cost: $77,010. To purchase

uninterruptible power equipment.

File No. 98135CTB University of

Alaska/Fairbanks, Station KUAC–TV

201 Theatre Building 312 Tanana Drive

Fairbanks, AK 99775–5620. Contact: Mr.

Jerry Brigham, General Manager. Funds

Requested: $ 62,832. Total Project Cost:

$ 95,200. To purchase five video

recorders.

Alabama

File No. 98043CTB Alabama Public

Television, 2112 11th Avenue South

Suite 400 Birmingham, AL 35205–2884.

Contact: Mr. Philip Hutcheson, Deputy

Director/CFO. Funds Requested:

$610,597. Total Project Cost: $1,221,194.

To improve network interconnection by

replacing 60% of its microwave

transmission equipment and

strengthening four towers; to improve

its program origination capability by

replacing a character generator and

video editing equipment; and acquire

closed-captioning equipment.

Arkansas

File No. 98080CTB Arkansas ETV

Commission (AETN), 350 S. Donaghey

Conway, AR 72032. Contact: Ms. Susan

Howarth, Executive Director. Funds

Requested: $292,924. Total Project Cost:

$585,849. To replace origination

equipment including prompters,

lighting system, editors and monitors.

File No. 98096CTB Arkansas ETV

Commission (AETN), 350 S. Donaghey

Conway, AR 72032. Contact: Ms. Susan

Howarth, Executive Director. Funds

Requested: $559,577. Total Project Cost:

$1,119,154. To replace the analog

microwave system with a digital system.

File No. 98176ICTNO City Of Little

Rock, City Manager’s Office City Hall,

Room 203, 500 West Markham, Little

Rock, AR 72201. Contact: Ms. Darlene

Garrett, Neighborhood Resource Ctr

Coor. Funds Requested: $288,056. Total

Project Cost: $576,112. To establish a

distance learning center by purchasing a

satellite receive-only earth station, and

two-way teleconferencing equipment.
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Arizona

File No. 98018CTB Arizona State

University, KAET–TV, Box 871405,

Tempe, AZ 85287–4505. Contact: Mr.

Larry Fallis, Sponsored Projects Officer.

Funds Requested: $295,000. Total

Project Cost: $590,000. To replace

studio and handheld cameras,

monitoring and test equipment.

File No. 98105CTN City Of Bullhead

City, CITY–TV, 1255 Marina Blvd.,

Bullhead City, AZ 86442. Contact: Mr.

Pete Reeves, Economic Devel.

Coordinator. Funds Requested: $18,750.

Total Project Cost: $25,000. To activate

a cable television access channel.

File No. 98055PTB Museum of

Contemporary Art, 142 W. 20th St.,

Tucson, AZ 85701. Contact: Mr. Peter

Grodach, Project Director. Funds

Requested: $10,000. Total Project Cost:

$10,000. To plan for the establishment

of a Low Power Television Station.

File No. 98031CRB Northern Arizona

University, KNAU–FM, Building 16,

Room 219, Corner of Osborne and

Tormey, Flagstaff, AZ 86011. Contact:

Mr. John Stark, General Manager. Funds

Requested: $75,873. Total Project Cost:

$151,746. To replace transmitter,

antenna and transmission line.

File No. 98034ICTN Northern Arizona

University, Statewide Programs, Old

Main, Bldg 10, Room 209, McMullen

Circle, Flagstaff, AZ 86011. Contact: Mr.

Edward Groenhout, Vice Provost. Funds

Requested: $794,353. Total Project Cost:

$1,059,138. To extend the Northern

Arizona University Network (NAUNet)

duplex microwave system distance

learning network to the following: the

Hualapai Family Resources Center in

Peach Springs, the Whiteriver Unified

School District on the White Mountain

Apache Indian Reservation; and the

Dine’ College and the Ganado Unified

School District both on the Navajo

Indian Reservation.

File No. 98005CTB University of

Arizona, KUAT–TV, University of

Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. Contact:

Mr. Ronald Stewart, Associate Director.

Funds Requested: $254,000. Total

Project Cost: $508,000. To replace

cameras, video cassette recorders

(VCR’s) and the master control VCR

with a video server.

File No. 98122CRB White Mountain

Apache Tribe, KNNB, 88.1 FM, Apache

Radio Executive Office Building, SR 73,

Whiteriver, AZ 85941. Contact: Mr.

Connor Murphy, Grant Writer. Funds

Requested: $17,050. Total Project Cost:

$34,100. To replace origination

equipment.

California

File No. 98199PTB Alderwood

Communications, 230 Fernwood

Avenue, Oroville, CA 95966. Contact:

Ms. Annette D’Brotherton, Executive

Director. Funds Requested: $142,571.

Total Project Cost: $142,571. To plan for

a repeater radio station in Butte County,

California.

File No. 98172ICTN Butte-Glenn

Community College District, 3536 Butte

Campus Drive, Oroville, CA 95965.

Contact: Mr. Robert Ellworth, Media and

DI Coordinator. Funds Requested:

$25,708. Total Project Cost: $51,417. To

replace transmitters for an ITFS system.

File No. 98061ICTN 97200 CSUFresno Foundation, Central Valley

Technology Center, 4910 N. Chestnut

Avenue, Fresno, CA 93726. Contact: Dr.

Thomas McClanahan, Assoc VP/Grants

& Res/CSU. Funds Requested: $690,943.

Total Project Cost: $1,460,244. To

activate a distance learning system

consisting initially of 22 sites located

throughout Fresno, Madera, Kings, and

Tulare Counties.

File No. 98095CTB Coast Community

College District, KOCE–TV, 15751

Gothard Street, Huntington Beach, CA

92647. Contact: Mr Mel Rogers,

President. Funds Requested: $244,470.

Total Project Cost: $488,940. To replace

ten broadcast videotape machines with

DVCPro format units.

File No. 98193CTB Community

Television of Southern CA, 4401 Sunset

Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90027.

Contact: Mr. Donald Youpa, Executive

Vice President & COO. Funds

Requested: $76,229. Total Project Cost:

$152,459. To support the conversion to

digital of KCET–TV, Channel 28 in Los

Angeles, CA, by replacing a manual onair system with a new digital

automation system.

File No. 98073CTB Community

Television of Southern CA, 4401 Sunset

Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90027.

Contact: Mr. Donald Youpa, Executive

Vice President & COO. Funds

Requested: $1,440,685. Total Project

Cost: $1,920,914. To complete the

digital conversion of KCET–TV,

Channel 59 (or Channel 32) in Los

Angeles by installing a digital

transmitter, encoders, antenna,

transmission line, and STL.

File No. 98212CRB KQED Inc., 2601

Mariposa Street, San Francisco, CA

94110. Contact: Ms. Jo Anne Wallace,

VP/KQED–FM General Manager. Funds

Requested: $20,002. Total Project Cost:

$40,005. To activate a translator that

will serve Monterey, Carmel, Pacific

Grove and Pebble Beach, California.

File No. 98104CTB KQED, Inc., 2601

Mariposa Street San Francisco, CA

94110. Contact: Ms. Jayme Burke,

Development Associate. Funds

Requested: $289,353. Total Project Cost:

$578,706. To replace one-inch videotape

machines, a video production switcher,

and a audio console.

File No. 98119CTB KQED, Inc., 2601

Mariposa Street San Francisco, CA

94110. Contact: Ms. Jayme Burke,

Development Associate. Funds

Requested: $1,209,495. Total Project

Cost: $2,418,990. To complete the

digital conversion of KQED–TV,

Channel 34 in San Francisco by

replacing the transmitter, STL, the

compression and multiplexing system

and the master control switcher. The

station will provide Standard Definition

TV (SDTV) signals from its analog plant

and multiple (four) SDTV channels via

the DTV transmitter.

File No. 98224CTB 97101 KTEH

Foundation, 1585 Schallenberger Road

San Jose, CA 95131. Contact: Mr. Gary

Martinez, Grants Associate. Funds

Requested: $931,820. Total Project Cost:

$1,242,427. To extend the station’s

signal by relocating the tower and

replacing the transmitter, the antenna,

the STL system and the transmission

line.

File No. 98143ICTN Kern Educational

T/C Consortium, 1300—17th Street, City

Centre Bakersfield, CA 933014533.

Contact: Dr. William Cochran, VP/

Instruc/Porterville College. Funds

Requested: $822,304. Total Project Cost:

$1,823,838. To extend the microwavebased distance learning system to

northern Kern County and southeastern

Tulare County.

File No. 98240ICTN Monterey County

Office of Education, Instructional

Resources & Tech 910 Blanco Circle

Salinas, CA 93901. Contact: Mr. Michael

Mellon, Dir/Instr. Resources & Tech..

Funds Requested: $408,982. Total

Project Cost: $968,842. To extend the

ITFS-based distance learning system to

San Benito and San Luis Obispo

Counties and to expand the alreadyexisting system in Monterey and Santa

Cruz Counties to presently-unserved

audiences.

File No. 98162PRB Radio Bilingue,

5005 E. Belmont Avenue Fresno, CA

93727. Contact: Mr. Hugo Morales,

Executive Director. Funds Requested:

$48,900. Total Project Cost: $65,200. To

plan for the distribution of Radio

Bilingue’s Spanish-language service in

the top ten Hispanic markets in the

United States.

File No. 98187PRB Radio Bilingue,

5005 E. Belmont Avenue Fresno, CA

93727. Contact: Mr. Hugo Morales,

Executive Director. Funds Requested:

$50,400. Total Project Cost: $67,200. To

plan for the establishment of a public

radio station serving the Spanishspeaking residents of southwestern

Texas.
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File No. 98127PRB Round Valley

Unified School Dist., Howard & High

School District Covelo, CA 95428.

Contact: Ms. Andrea Harris,

Superintendent. Funds Requested:

$10,745. Total Project Cost:

$13,595. To plan for the activation of a

public radio station in Round Valley,

California.

File No. 98103CRB Rural California

Broadcasting Corp., 5850 Labath

Avenue Rohnert Park, CA 94928.

Contact: Ms. Nancy Dobbs, President &

CEO. Funds Requested: $

11,715. Total Project Cost: $15,621. To

expand the signal of KRCB–FM,

operating on 91.1 MHz in Rohnert Park,

California, by activating a translator in

Santa Rosa, operating on 90.9 MHz.

File No. 98113CTB Rural California

Broadcasting Corp., 5850 Labath

Avenue Rohnert Park, CA 94928.

Contact: Ms. Nancy Dobbs, President &

CEO. Funds Requested: $78,015. Total

Project Cost: $104,020. To improve the

facilities of KRCB–TV, Channel 22 in

Rohnert Park, California, by replacing

VTRs in master control, production

control and edit rooms with digital

DVCPro units.

File No. 98116CTB San Diego State

University Found., KPBS Television

5200 Campanile Drive San Diego, CA

92182. Contact: Ms. Susan Holloway,

Director, Administrative Serv. Funds

Requested: $687,400. Total Project Cost:

$1,374,800. To construct a new tower

and purchase a new antenna for the

KPBS DTV assignment on UHF Channel

30. The project will also include

replacement of the station’s four studio

cameras.

File No. 98156CRB Santa Monica

Comm College District, 1900 Pico

Boulevard Santa Monica, CA 90405.

Contact: Ms. Ruth Seymour, General

Manager. Funds Requested: $138,366.

Total Project Cost: $184,488. To expand

the signal of KCRW–FM by activating a

repeater station in Mojave, KCRI–FM,

88.1 MHz.

File No. 98158IPTBN The Education

Coalition, 2862 Millbridge Place San

Ramon, CA 94583. Contact: Dr. Carla

Lane, Executive Director. Funds

Requested: $186,330. Total Project Cost:

$365,930. To conduct a technology

assessment of its affiliates in 17 states to

determine how best to interconnect

schools of education, K–12 districts, and

other institutions involved in

educational technology through existing

and emerging technologies.

File No. 98223IPTN The National

Hispanic University, 14271 Story Road

San Jose, CA 95127. Contact: Dr. B.

Roberto Cruz, President. Funds

Requested: $98,500. Total Project Cost:

$131,333. To design a Distance Learning

Center focused on training teachers in

bilingual education (Spanish/English)

and to plan a delivery system that

would disseminate its courses

throughout California and nationally.

The project involves San Jose State

University, the Santa Clara Office of

Education, and the Hispanic

Educational Telecommunications

System (HETS).

File No. 98090ICRTN Visible Light,

Inc., The RAIN Network 1562 Cougar

Ridge Road Buellton, CA 93427.

Contact: Mr. Timothy Tyndall, Director.

Funds Requested: $567,000. Total

Project Cost: $756,000. To extend the

services of the Regional Alliance for

Information Networking (RAIN) system

through the use of Internet and satellite

technologies. The project will permit

extension of service to 75 additional

communities.

File No. 98091ICTN Visible Light,

Inc., The RAIN Network 1562 Cougar

Ridge Road Buellton, CA 93427.

Contact: Mr. Timothy Tyndall, Director.

Funds Requested: $319,500. Total

Project Cost: $426,000. To extend the

services of the Regional Alliance for

Information Networking (RAIN) system

through the use of Internet and satellite

technologies. The project will permit

extension of service to 250,000

additional people.

Colorado

File No. 98138CRB Colorado State

Board of Agriculture, KDUR–FM 1000

Rim Drive Durango, CO 81301. Contact:

Ms. Wynn Harris, Station Manager.

Funds Requested: $15,872. Total Project

Cost: $31,745. To replace transmission

as well as production equipment.

File No. 98179CRB Denver Educ.

Broadcasting, Inc., KUVO 2900 Welton

Suite 200 Denver, CO 80205. Contact:

Ms. Florence Hernandez-Ramos,

President & CEO. Funds Requested:

$47,342. Total Project Cost: $94,684. To

replace transmitter, master control and

production boards.

File No. 98152CTB Front Range

Educational Media Corp., KBDI–TV

2900 Welton St., 1st Floor Denver, CO

80205. Contact: Mr. Theodore Krichels,

General Manager. Funds Requested:

$400,000. Total Project Cost: $800,000.

To acquire a new automated master

control system that will serve the needs

of KBDI–TV and KRMA–TV, Ch. 6, in

Denver. The equipment will be used

under a joint operating agreement and

will assist both stations as they begin

their transition to digital technology by

the year 2003.

File No. 98130CRB 97201 KUTE, Inc.,

KSUT–FM Public Radio P.O. Box 737

Ignacio, CO 81137. Contact: Mr. Carlos

Sena, General Manager, KSUT–FM.

Funds Requested: $55,989. Total Project

Cost: $74,655. To acquire local

origination equipment for a new studio

to serve the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.

In addition, project will acquire a

studio-to-transmitter link (STL) to

permit a new, second station, KUTE–FM

on 90.1 MHz, located on Missionary

Ridge to be programmed with a different

public radio signal.

File No. 98216ICTN National

Technological University, 700 Centre

Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80526. Contact:

Dr. Lionel Baldwin, President. Funds

Requested: $201,960. Total Project Cost:

$336,600. To purchase eight digital

encoders and a disk storage system to

permit the distribution via satellite of

additional channels of instruction to

home based PC’s via the NTU Home

Learner system.

File No. 98195CTB 97035 Rocky

Mountain Public Broadcasting, KRMA–

TV 1089 Bannock Street Denver, CO

80204. Contact: Mr. James Morgese,

President/General Manager. Funds

Requested: $205,653. Total Project Cost:

$616,960. To interconnect the facilities

of public television stations KRMA–TV,

Ch. 6, in Denver and KTSC–TV, Ch. 8,

in Pueblo by installing a two-way

microwave interconnection. KRMA–TV

will also acquire computer automation

equipment to provide a distinct program

feed to Pueblo.

File No. 98114CTB Rocky Mountain

Public Broadcasting, KRMA–TV 1089

Bannock Street Denver, CO 80204.

Contact: Mr. James Morgese, President/

General Manager. Funds Requested:

$62,000. Total Project Cost: $124,000.

To replace analog videotape machines

with digital machines. The project will

also benefit KRMJ–TV, Ch. 18, in Grand

Junction.

File No. 98076IPTN San Juan Basin

Technical School, P.O. Box 970 33057

Highway 160 Cortez, CO 81321. Contact:

Mr. William Lewis, Executive Director.

Funds Requested: $146,100. Total

Project Cost: $196,100. To help the Four

Corners Distance Learning Planning

Committee, acting through the San Juan

Basin Technical School, Cortez, CO, to

plan how to establish a distance

learning infrastructure throughout

southwest Colorado and southeast Utah.

File No. 98203CRB San Miguel

Educational Fund, KOTO–FM 207 N.

Pine St. Telluride, CO 81435. Contact:

Mr. Ben Kerr, General Manager. Funds

Requested: $47,940. Total Project Cost:

$63,920. To install a repeater/satellite

station on Gray Head.

File No. 98177CRB University of

Northern Colorado, Radio KUNC,

Greeley, CO 80639. Contact: Mr. Neil

Best, Station Manager. Funds

Requested: $61,350. Total Project Cost:
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$89,300. To activate a repeater station

on 88.3 MHz in Leadville and a

translator on 89.5 in Yampa. In

addition, KUNC–FM will replace its

exciter, processor and related

dissemination equipment.

Connecticut

File No. 98233CTB Connecticut

Public Broadcasting, 240 New Britain

Avenue Hartford, CT 06106. Contact: Mr

James Whitsett, VP Operations and

Engineering. Funds Requested:

$388,726. Total Project Cost: $777,453.

To improve the facilities of WEDW–TV,

Channel 49 in Bridgeport, CT, by

replacing the transmitter, the microwave

link and monitoring equipment.

Florida

File No. 98041CTB Barry

Telecommunications, Inc., WXEL–TV

3401 S. Congress Avenue Boynton

Beach, FL 33426. Contact: Mr. Philip

Dicomo, VP of Development. Funds

Requested: $280,366. Total Project Cost:

$560,733. To replace basic origination

equipment including tape machines, the

editing system and a field recorder.

File No. 98040CTB Community

Communications, Inc., 11510 East

Colonial Drive Orlando, FL 32817.

Contact: Mr. Jose Fajardo, Vice

President For Programming. Funds

Requested: $3,072,398. Total Project

Cost: $4,096,531. To improve the

facilities of WMFE–TV, Channel 24 in

Orlando, FL, by replacing the tower, the

antenna and the transmission line.

File No. 98032CTB Florida State

University, WFSU–TV 1600 Red Barber

Plaza Tallahassee, FL 32310. Contact:

Mrs. Donna Landrum, Business

Manager. Funds Requested: $82,068.

Total Project Cost: $164,136. To replace

master control switcher with analog/

digital-ready switcher and purchase a

digital video disc record and playback

system.

File No. 98133CRB Florida State

University, WFSQ 1600 Red Barber

Plaza Tallahassee, FL 32310. Contact:

Mr. Andrew Hanus, Chief Engineer.

Funds Requested: $16,305. Total Project

Cost: $32,610. To replace STL system,

audio processor and transmitter

modulation monitors.

File No. 98178CTB Florida West Coast

Public Brdcstg, WEDU 1300 North

Boulevard Tampa, FL 33607. Contact:

Ms. Elsie Garner, Sr. Vice President &

COO. Funds Requested: $342,407. Total

Project Cost: $684,814. To replace

studio cameras with digitally capable

units.

File No. 98165CRB Indian River

Community College, WQCS Radio

Reading Service 3209 Virginia Avenue

Indian River Community College Fort

Pierce, FL 34981.Contact: Mr. H. James

Holmes, Station Manager. Funds

Requested: $22,500. Total Project Cost:

$30,000. To make WQCS’s Radio

Reading Service more accessible to

people in the community by distributing

300 SCA receivers.

File No. 98085CRB Nathan B.

Stubblefield Foundation, WMNF–FM

1210 East Dr. Martin Luther King

Tampa, FL 33603. Contact: Mr. Richard

Eiswerth, Station Manager. Funds

Requested: $24,125. Total Project Cost:

$48,250. To replace master control and

studio equipment.

File No. 98128ICTN Palm Beach

County Commission, WPY38/channel

20 301 N. Olive Ave., Suite 104 West

Palm Beach, FL 33401. Contact: Ms.

Julie Brechbill, TV Station Manager.

Funds Requested: $44,272. Total Project

Cost: $88,545. To construct a satellite

downlink to improve MDS television

facility WPY38, to provide national and

government programing. WPY38 is

available on cable Ch. 20 on most cable

systems in Palm Beach County.

File No. 98072CTB Pensacola Junior

College, WSRE–TV 1000 College

Boulevard Pensacola, FL 32504.

Contact: Mr. Allan Pizzato, General

Manager. Funds Requested: $71,000.

Total Project Cost: $142,000. To replace

the studio audio board, audio cart

machines and the production character

generator.

File No. 98225ICTN Santa Fe

Community College, 3000 NW 83rd

Street Gainesville, FL 32606. Contact:

Mr. W. Harvey Sharron, Dean for

Development. Funds Requested:

$280,272. Total Project Cost: $430,272.

To establish an Interactive Video

Classroom Distance Learning Network

with facilities in Archer, Alachua/High

Springs, and Hawthorne.

File No. 98222CTB The School Board

of Miami-Dade Co., WLRN–TV 172 N. E.

15 Street Miami, FL 33132. Contact:

Mrs. Laurel Long, Director of Finance

and Admin. Funds Requested:

$1,423,379. Total Project Cost:

$2,846,758. To complete the conversion

of WLRN–TV, Channel 20 in Miami to

a digital broadcast facility by

construction of a 1019 feet tower, and

installation of a circular polarized

antenna system, a digital transmitter,

and a digital microwave system. WLRN

will also purchase a multi-channel

digital encoder system.

File No. 98144ICTN University Of

Central Florida, College Of Arts &

Sciences Communications Bldg., Suite

190F 4000 Central Florida Blvd.

Orlando, FL 32816–1990. Contact: Dr.

Haven Sweet, Assoc Dean, Arts &

Sciences. Funds Requested: $93,783.

Total Project Cost: $187,566. To

purchase CODECS and equipment for an

additional video classroom on the

University’s main campus and video

classrooms at Lake Sumpter Community

College in Sumpter County and the

University’s South Orlando campus.

File No. 98020CRB University Of

Florida, WUFT–FM 2208 Weimer Hall,

Gainesville, FL 32611. Contact: Mr.

Henri Pensis, Station Manager. Funds

Requested: $26,185. Total Project Cost:

$52,370. To replace audio console,

recording machines and cart machines.

File No. 98106CTB University Of

Florida, WUFT–TV Weimer Hall,

Gainesville, FL 32611. Contact: Mr.

Richard Lehner, General Manager.

Funds Requested: $90,365. Total Project

Cost: $180,730. To replace origination

and production equipment through the

purchase of DVC-Pro videotape

recorders and players.

File No. 98208CRB University of

Central Florida, WUCF–FM Radio Suite

162 Library Building 4000 Central

Florida Boulevard Orlando, FL 32816.

Contact: Ms. Kayonne Riley, Manager.

Funds Requested: $146,720. Total

Project Cost: $293,440. To construct a

new tower and install a new antenna

system. These improvements will

alleviate radio frequency interference

and will permit the station to comply

with radiation standards required by the

FCC.

File No. 98053CTB WJCT, Inc., 100

Festival Park Avenue Jacksonville, FL

32202. Contact: Mr. Rick Johnson,

Senior Vice President, Broadcast. Funds

Requested: $384,350. Total Project Cost:

$768,701. To replace studio cameras,

video switcher, audio console, dual

channel digital character generator,

stillstore, frame synchronizer and tape

machines.

File No. 98098CRB WJCT, Inc., 100

Festival Park Avenue Jacksonville, FL

32202. Contact: Mr. Rick Johnson, Sr.

Vice President, Broadcasting. Funds

Requested: $34,895. Total Project Cost:

$69,790. To replace remote production

and distribution equipment including

the audio mixer, digital audio record

and playback units, and a digital remote

program link. The station will also

replace the STL with a digital multichannel system.

Georgia

File No. 98173CRB Okefenokee

Educational Foundation, 205 Rose

Avenue Folkston, GA 31537. Contact:

Mr. Jack Mays, President. Funds

Requested: $34,295. Total Project Cost:

$45,727. To construct a new

noncommercial radio station to operate

on 91.3 MHz in Folkston, GA.
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Hawaii

File No. 98062IPTBN Hawaii

Department Of Education, Teleschool

Branch 1112 Mapunapuna Street, Suite

20 Honolulu, HI 96819. Contact: Mrs.

Geriann Hong, Director, Teleschool

Branch. Funds Requested: $121,222.

Total Project Cost: $189,122. To plan for

the establishment of a broadcast

television facility and evaluate

alternative transmission technologies for

distance learning services.

File No. 98066CRB Kauai Community

Radio, 4520–D Hanaki Plantation Rd.

Princeville, HI 96722. Contact: Mr. Jon

Scott, General Manager. Funds

Requested: $10,100. Total Project Cost:

$13,470. To extend station KAQA(FM)

operating on 91.9 MHz by constructing

a booster station operating on 91.9 MHz

to serve Kilauea Town.

File No. 98188IPRTN University of

Hawaii, Social Science Research

Institute, 2530 Dole St., Honolulu, HI

96822. Contact: Dr. Norman H.

Okamura. Funds Requested: $428,213.

Total Project Cost: $556,688. To enable

the PEACESAT Program to support

public service and development

communications to the Pacific Islands

including the expansion of new digital

services and distance learning via

satellite.

Iowa

File No. 98148CTB Iowa Public

Broadcasting Board, Iowa Public

Television 6450 Corporate Drive

Johnston, IA 50131. Contact: Mr. Dennis

Malloy, Director Community Relations.

Funds Requested: $2,249,719. Total

Project Cost: $2,999,626. To convert

public television station KIIN, ch. 12,

Iowa City, IA, to digital broadcasting on

channel 45.

File No. 98184CRB Iowa Western

Community College, KIWR (FM) 2700

College Road Council Bluffs, IA 51503.

Contact: Ms. Vicki Ratliff, General

Manager. Funds Requested: $187,921.

Total Project Cost: $375,842. To replace

the transmitter, transmission line, STL,

audio consoles, digital work stations,

and other audio equipment.

File No. 98050CRB University of

Northern Iowa, KUNI (FM) 324

Communication Arts Center Cedar Falls,

IA 50614. Contact: Ms Barbara Reid,

Administrative Assistant. Funds

Requested: $697,200. Total Project Cost:

$1,743,000. To construct a transmitter

tower to take the place of one the station

must vacate because its owner requires

the tower capacity for converting itself

to DTV.

Idaho

File No. 98084CRB Boise State

University, BSU Radio Network 1910

University Drive Boise, ID 83725.

Contact: Dr. James Paluzzi, General

Manager. Funds Requested: $46,024.

Total Project Cost: $61,366. To replace

the transmission antenna of KBSU–FM,

90.3 MHz, which was damaged by ice

storms.

File No. 98016CTB Idaho Public

Television, 1455 North Orchard Boise,

ID 83706. Contact: Mr. Phillip Kottraba,

Fiscal Officer. Funds Requested:

$715,026. Total Project Cost: $953,368.

To improve operation of the Idaho

Public Television network by replacing

microwave equipment.

File No. 98142PRB Mackay School

District, 400 East Spruce P.O. Box 390

Mackay, ID 83251. Contact: Mrs. Colleen

Cox, Economic Development Coord.

Funds Requested: $33,392. Total Project

Cost: $33,392. To plan for the activation

of a public radio station in Mackay, ID.

File No. 98074ICTN North Idaho

College, 1000 West Garden Avenue

Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814. Contact: Ms.

Janet Benoit, Grants Coordinator. Funds

Requested: $100,000. Total Project Cost:

$210,000. To extend distance learning

system to Priest River High School, Lake

City High School, and Timberlake High

School, near Spirit Lake.

Illinois

File No. 98140CTB CONVOCOM,

WSEC–TV c/o University of Illinois/

Springfield Shepherd Rd., Bldg. K, Rm.

64 Springfield, IL 62707. Contact: Mr.

Terrance Kenny, Special Projects

Coordinator. Funds Requested:

$681,111. Total Project Cost: $1,047,863.

To replace master control equipment,

including video and routing switchers

and associated equipment, video

recording/playback equipment, a still

store, digital/analog converters, and test

equipment. CONVOCOM operates

public television stations WSEC–TV,

WMEC–TV, and WQEC–TV.

File No. 98150PTB Illinois Valley

Public TV, 1501 W. Bradley Avenue

Peoria, IL 61625. Contact: Mr. Chester

Tomczyk, President. Funds Requested:

$135,000. Total Project Cost: $180,000.

WTVP will examine—on behalf of nine

members of the Illinois Public

Broadcasting Council—operational,

technical, and logistical issues related to

the conversion to digital television

(DTV) and its impact on the stations’

ability to continue cooperative program

services to the citizens of Illinois. In

addition to WTVP, the members of the

Council are WTTW, WYCC, WILL–TV,

WEIU–TV, WQPT, WSIU–TV, WSEC

and WUSI–TV.

File No. 98202CTB University of

Illinois, WILL–TV 801 South Wright

Street Champaign, IL 61820. Contact:

Mr. J. J. Kamerer, Director-Grants &

Contracts. Funds Requested: $111,000.

Total Project Cost: $222,000. To replace

an editing system, a character generator,

video recorders, a still store, and audio

cartridge recorders.

File No. 98186CTB Window to the

World Communications, WTTW 5400

North St. Louis Ave. Chicago, IL 16062.

Contact: Mr. Martin McLaughlin, V.

President, Corporate Affairs. Funds

Requested: $337,757. Total Project Cost:

$675,514. To replace production

equipment, including video recorders, a

character generator, a still store, and a

video server.

Indiana

File No. 98111CTB Ball State

University, WIPB (TV) E. F. Ball

Building 2000 University Avenue

Muncie, IN 47306. Contact: Mr. Robert

Smith, Station Manager. Funds

Requested: $62,250. Total Project Cost:

$124,500. To replace tape recorders and

acquire a disk-based local insertion

system.

File No. 98124CTB Indiana

University, Radio & TV Services, WTIU

P.O. Box 1847 Bloomington, IN 47402.

Contact: Mr. Barrie Zimmerman,

Operations & Dir, Engineering. Funds

Requested: $110,258. Total Project Cost:

$220,516. To replace a video tape

editing system and three field cameras

and associated equipment items.

File No. 98012CTB Michiana Public

Broadcasting, WNIT 2300 Charger

Boulevard Elkhart, IN 46514. Contact:

Ms. Trina Cutter, President/General

Manager. Funds Requested: $84,687.

Total Project Cost: $169,375. To replace

character generators, an audio console,

video and audio monitors, and

distribution amplifiers.

File No. 98029CTB Tri-State Public

Teleplex, WNIN–TV 405 Carpenter

Street Evansville, IN 47708. Contact: Mr.

David Dial, President & General

Manager. Funds Requested: $64,346.

Total Project Cost: $128,692. To replace

a character generator, a video recorder,

camera pedestals, and studio lighting

instruments and by acquiring a nonlinear editing system.

File No. 98241CRB Veedee Co., 807 E.

Broadway, Kokomo, IN 46901. Contact:

Ms. Vicky Tyler, President. Funds

Requested: $82,000. Total Project Cost:

$107,000. To construct a television

facility.

Kansas

File No. 98025CTB Kansas Public

Telecom. Serv., Inc., 320 West 21st

Street North Wichita, KS 67203.

Contact: Mr. David McClintock, Director

of Engineering. Funds Requested:

$64,931. Total Project Cost: $129,862.

To replace the film system at KPTS–TV
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and to interconnect with a cable

company in order to provide a second

channel and a distance learning service

to the area schools.

File No. 98083CRB Kanza Society,

Inc., c/o: High Plains Public Radio 210

North 7th Street Garden City, KS 67846.

Contact: Mr. Quentin Hope, President,

Board of Directors. Funds Requested:

$18,366. Total Project Cost: $36,733. To

acquire a digital audio management and

automation system for KANZ–FM.

File No. 98082CRB Kanza Society,

Inc., c/o: High Plains Public Radio 210

North 7th Street Garden City, KS 67846.

Contact: Mr. Quentin Hope, President,

Board of Directors. Funds Requested:

$359,034. Total Project Cost: $478,713.

To construct two satellite/repeater FM

stations in Vega, TX (91.5 MHz) and

Pampa, TX (89.5 MHz).

File No. 98017CRB University of

Kansas, KANU–FM Broadcasting Hall

Lawrence, KS 66045. Contact: Mrs. Janet

Campbell, Interim Director. Funds

Requested: $27,736. Total Project Cost:

$55,472. To replace transmitter and

related transmission equipment and 50

SCA radio receivers.

File No. 98021CTB Washburn

University of Topeka, KTWU–TV 1700

SW College Ave. Topeka, KS 66621.

Contact: Mr. Robert Fidler, Director of

Operations. Funds Requested: $27,320.

Total Project Cost: $54,640. To replace

3⁄4’’ u-matic tape machines in master

control.

Kentucky

File No. 98071CRB Appalshop,

WMMT 306 Madison Street Whitesburg,

KY 41858. Contact: Mr. R. Raymond

Moore, Administrative Director. Funds

Requested: $75,982. Total Project Cost:

$101,310. To replace origination and

interconnection equipment, including

audio consoles, DAT recorders,

microphones, CD players, telephone

interface, STL, and remote control.

File No. 98117CTB Kentucky

Educational Television, WKMU (TV)

600 Cooper Drive Lexington, KY 40502.

Contact: Mrs. Virginia Fox, Executive

Director. Funds Requested: $469,750.

Total Project Cost: $939,500. To replace

the transmitter at WKMU, ch. 51,

Murray/Mayfield, KY.

File No. 98056CRB Kentucky Public

Radio, d.b.a. Public Radio Partnership

301 York Street Louisville, KY 40203.

Contact: Ms. Kathi Ellis, Grant Writer.

Funds Requested: $200,435. Total

Project Cost: $400,870. To augment the

operational capability of Kentucky

Public Radio, which operates WFPL

89.3 MHz, WUOL 90.5 MHz, and WFPK

91.8 MHz, in Louisville, KY, by

acquiring equipment for its new

building, including an STL interface,

fiber satellite connection, audio

consoles, a production console, CD

equipment and 12 digital audio work

stations.

File No. 98075IPTBN The Center For

Rural Development, 2292 South

Highway 27, Suite 30 Somerset, KY

42501. Contact: Ms. Hilda Legg,

Executive Director & CEO. Funds

Requested: $47,875. Total Project Cost:

$191,309. To plan for a new video

production facility to produce distance

learning programming for statewide

distribution.

Louisiana

File No. 98209CTB Greater New

Orleans ETV Fdn., WYES–TV 916

Navarre Ave. New Orleans, LA 70124.

Contact: Mr. Randall Feldman,

President & Gen. Mgr. Funds Requested:

$265,000. Total Project Cost: $530,000.

To replace transmission line, video

cassette recorders and acquire a digital

video effects machine.

File No. 98045CTB LA Educational

Television Authority, 7733 Perkins

Road Baton Rouge, LA 70810. Contact:

Ms. Cynthia Rougeou, CAO. Funds

Requested: $107,187. Total Project Cost:

$214,375. To replace transmission line

at KLTL–TV, Ch. 18, in Lake Charles.

File No. 98154CTB LA Educational

Television Authority, 7733 Perkins

Road Baton Rouge, LA 70810. Contact:

Ms. Cynthia Rougeou, CAO. Funds

Requested: $150,000. Total Project Cost:

$300,000. To replace the network’s

master control transports with a digital

storage and retrieval system at public

television station WLPB–TV, Ch. 27, in

Baton Rouge.

File No. 98242CRB Louisiana State

Univ. in Shreveport, Red River Public

Radio Net—KBSA One University Place

Shreveport, LA 71115. Contact: Ms.

Catherine Fraser, General Manager.

Funds Requested: $43,822. Total Project

Cost: $58,430. To return public radio

station KBSA–FM, 90.9 MHz, in El

Dorado, AR to full service after its

antenna and transmission line were

destroyed when the tower collapsed

during a severe storm on 2/10/98.

File No. 98160ICTN NOETC, Inc.,

2929 S. Carollton Avenue New Orleans,

LA 70118. Contact: Dr. Gordon Mueller,

Member, Exec. Committee. Funds

Requested: $62,319. Total Project Cost:

$124,638. To extend the ITFS distance

learning system of the New Orleans

Educational Telecommunications

Consortium to the Lakefront Campus of

the University of New Orleans and to

the Stennis Space Center, Biloxi, MS.

The project would also enable Nunez

Community College in New Orleans to

reach an unserved population in rural

Plaquemine Parish.

File No. 98107ICTN New Orleans

Public Schools, 3510 General DeGaulle

Drive New Orleans, LA 70114. Contact:

Dr. James Lloyd, Compliance Officer.

Funds Requested: $92,440. Total Project

Cost: $184,880. To establish an ITFS

distance learning system in 95 schools.

New Orleans Public Schools is

conducting this project in cooperation

with public television station WLAE–

TV, New Orleans and the schools

districts of six Parishes in greater New

Orleans.

Massachusetts

File No. 98129CRB Emerson College,

WERS–FM 100 Beacon Street Boston,

MA 02116. Contact: Mr. Arthur Singer,

GM Television, Film & Radio. Funds

Requested: $198,375. Total Project Cost:

$264,500. To replace the studio console

and purchase a server-based digital

audio network and a computerized

traffic and billing system.

File No. 98046CTB WGBH

Educational Foundation, Production

Services Division 125 Western Avenue

Boston, MA 02134. Contact: Mr.

Andrew Griffiths, VP Finance and

Administration. Funds Requested:

$370,355. Total Project Cost: $740,710.

To replace production equipment with

six D–5 and four D-Beta VTRs.

Maryland

File No. 98092PTB Enchanted

Communications, 3 Brookebury Drive #

2b Reistertown, MD 21136. Contact: Mr.

Caleb Crump, CEO. Funds Requested:

$150,000. Total Project Cost: $150,000.

To improve the applicant’s production

capabilities by purchasing cameras,

monitors, playback machines and lights,

plus an editing system and a

microphone system.

File No. 98126CTB Maryland Public

Television, 11767 Owings Mills

Boulevard Owings Mills, MD 21117.

Contact: Mr. Robert Sestili, Senior Vice

President/COO. Funds Requested:

$430,000. Total Project Cost: $860,000.

To replace master control equipment

with digital state-of-the-art units,

including the routing switcher and tape

machines. The project also includes an

automation system and a digital audio/

video server system.

File No. 98134CTN

Telecommunications Access of

Maryland, 301 West Preston Street,

Suite 1, Baltimore, MD 21117. Contact:

Mr. Gilbert L. Becker, Assistant Director.

Funds Requested: $125,000. Total

Project Cost: $250,000. To provide video

conferencing equipment which would

be used only to allow the hearingimpaired access to regular telephone

service.
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File No. 98003ICTN University of

Maryland, Eastern Shore, Department Of

English Wilson Hall University Of

Maryland Eastern S Princess Anne, MD

21853. Contact: Dr. Chester Hedgepeth,

Assoc. Professor. Funds Requested:

$92,201. Total Project Cost: $122,935.

To construct a Ku-band analog satellite

uplink to provide distance learning

throughout the DELMARVA peninsula.

Michigan

File No. 98006CTB Grand Valley State

University, d.b.a. West Michigan Pub

Bdctng 301 West Fulton Street Grand

Rapids, MI 49504. Contact: Mr. Robert

Lumbert, Director of Engineering. Funds

Requested: $516,085. Total Project Cost:

$1,032,170. To replace video recorders,

a video file server, monitors, and

amplifiers.

File No. 98226ICTN Lansing

Community College, Extension &

Community Education 28 N. Capital

Lansing, MI 48933. Contact: Ms. Jean

Morciglio, Director/Ext. & Commun.

Educ. Funds Requested: $320,000. Total

Project Cost: $640,000. To extend

distance learning by purchasing video

classroom equipment for the College’s

campus and four area school districts.

File No. 98099CRTB Northern

Michigan University, WNMU–TV &

WNMU–FM Learning Resources

Division Elizabeth Harden Drive

Marquette, MI 49855. Contact: Mr. Scott

Seaman, General Manager. Funds

Requested: $65,150. Total Project Cost:

$130,300. To replace production

equipment for the applicant’s television

and radio facilities.

File No. 98047ICTN R.E.M.C. #10,

Thumb Area Television (TATV) 4415 S.

Seeger Street Cass City, MI 48726.

Contact: Mr. Timothy von Hoff,

Director. Funds Requested: $215,471.

Total Project Cost: $391,756. To

purchase a video bridge and to install

video classrooms in two hospitals in

rural areas of ‘‘The Thumb’’ section of

eastern Michigan.

File No. 98149ICTN St. Clair County

ISD, 499 Range Road P.O. Box 5001 Port

Huron, MI 48061–5001. Contact: Ms.

Cynthia Banach, Assistant

Superintendent. Funds Requested:

$438,340. Total Project Cost: $875,380.

To establish a distance learning system

via video classrooms in nine high

schools and five additional sites.

File No. 98057CRB University of

Michigan, WUOM (FM) 5000 LSA

Building 500 South State Street Ann

Arbor, MI 48109–1382. Contact: Mr.

Donovan Reynolds, Director of

Broadcasting. Funds Requested:

$206,136. Total Project Cost: $412,272.

To replace production equipment,

including mixers, digital work stations,

and routing switchers

Minnesota

File No. 98146CRB Mankato State

University, KMSU (FM) 1536 Warren

Street MSU 153/P.O. Box 8400 Mankato,

MN 56002. Contact: Ms. Marilee

Rickard, Station Manager. Funds

Requested: $27,170. Total Project Cost:

$54,341. To replace the transmitter.

File No. 98227CRB Minnesota Public

Radio, KCCM 45 East 7th Street Saint

Paul, MN 55101. Contact: Mr. Ron Hall,

Research Assistant. Funds Requested:

$244,470. Total Project Cost: $488,940.

To replace a transmitter at station

KCCM, 91.1 MHz, Moorehead, MN, and

replace production equipment at

network headquarters, including

production equipment used for national

productions.

File No. 98007CTB Northern

Minnesota PTV, KAWE (TV) BSU, Box

9 1500 Birchmont Drive, N.E. Bemidji,

MN 56601–2699. Contact: Mr. William

Sanford, Director of Engineering. Funds

Requested: $498,375. Total Project Cost:

$664,500. To replace a transmitter and

associated equipment items.

File No. 98131CTB Pioneer Public

Television, 120 West Schlieman

Appleton, MN 56208. Contact: Mr.

Ansel Doll, General Manager. Funds

Requested: $210,450. Total Project Cost:

$420,900. To equip a remote production

van at KWCM, ch. 10, Appleton, MN.

File No. 98008CRB Saint Cloud State

University, KVSC Stewart Hall #27, 720

4th Ave. South St. Cloud, MN 56301.

Contact: Mr. Richard Hill, General

Manager. Funds Requested: $6,221.

Total Project Cost: $12,443. To purchase

a satellite downlink.

File No. 98054CTB Twin Cities Public

Television, KTCA 172 East 4th Street

Saint Paul, MN 55101. Contact: Mr.

Daniel Thomas, VP Operations. Funds

Requested: $1,439,600. Total Project

Cost: $2,879,200. To convert public

television station KTCA, ch. 2, St. Paul,

MN, to digital broadcasting on channel

34.

File No. 98051CRB University of

Minnesota-Duluth, KUMD (FM) 130

Humanities Building 10 University

Drive Duluth, MN 55812. Contact: Mr.

Paul Schmitz, Station Manager. Funds

Requested: $31,773. Total Project Cost:

$63,547. To replace and upgrade an

audio hard disk and production

equipment.

Mississippi

File No. 98001CTB Mississippi

Authority For Educational Television,

3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, MS,

39211. Contact: Mrs. Willie Tucker,

Grants Administrator. Funds Requested:

$1,043,392. Total Project Cost:

$2,086,785. To purchase a tall tower as

well as an antenna, a transmission line,

and emergency auxiliary transmission

equipment for public television station

WMPN, Ch. 29, Jackson, MS. These

purchases were made necessary on an

emergency basis by the October 23, 1997

collapse of the tower on which WMPN–

TV’s antenna was located.

Missouri

File No. 98183CRB Double Helix

Corporation, KDHX (FM) 3504 Magnolia

Ave. St. Louis, MO 63118. Contact: Ms.

Beverly Hacker, Interim Station

Manager. Funds Requested: $55,717.

Total Project Cost: $74,290. To replace

a transmitter.

File No. 98174CRB 97114 New Wave

Corporation, KOPN (FM) 915 East

Broadway Columbia, MO 65201.

Contact: Mr. Steve Spencer, General

Manager. Funds Requested: $65,686.

Total Project Cost: $131,373. To replace

the transmitter, STL, and production

equipment.

File No. 98145CTB Public Television

19, Inc., KCPT 125 East 31st Street

Kansas City, MO 64108. Contact: Ms.

Brenda Williams, Grant Coordinator.

Funds Requested: $271,225. Total

Project Cost: $542,450. To replace

master control equipment..

File No. 98220CRB Southeast

Missouri State University, KRCU/

Southeast Public Radio One University

Plaza Cape Girardeau, MO 63701.

Contact: Mr. Greg Petrowich, General

Manager. Funds Requested: $141,495.

Total Project Cost: $188,661. To activate

a repeater station on 88.7 MHz in Poplar

Bluff, MO.

File No. 98219CRB Southeast

Missouri State University, KRCU/

Southeast Public Radio One University

Plaza Cape Girardeau, MO 63701–4799.

Contact: Mr. Greg Petrowich, General

Manager. Funds Requested: $238,403.

Total Project Cost: $317,871. To activate

a repeater station on 88.9 MHz in

Farmington, MO.

File No. 98064CRB University of

Missouri-St. Louis, KWMU 8001 Natural

Bridge Road St. Louis, MO 63121–4499.

Contact: Ms. Patricia Bennett, Director &

General Manager. Funds Requested:

$31,640. Total Project Cost: $63,280. To

replace production equipment in the

station’s news booth, including audio

consoles, DAT recorders, cassette

recorders, CD players, telephone

hybrids, microphones, and appropriate

cabinetry.

File No. 98181ICTN University of

Missouri-St. Louis, Instructional

Technology Center 113 Lucas Hall 8001

Natural Bridge St. Louis, MO 63121.

Contact: Mrs. Jahna Kahrhoff, Asst. Dir/
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Instr. Tech. Center. Funds Requested:

$89,985. Total Project Cost: $179,970.

To interconnect the applicant’s St. Louis

EdNet distance learning network with

the Mid-America Aquacenter, the St.

Louis Science Center, and the St. Louis

Symphony.

Montana

File No. 98015CTB Montana State

University-Bozeman, College Of Arts &

Architecture P.O. Box 173340 172

Visual Communications Building

Bozeman, MT 59717. Contact: Mr. Jack

Hyyppa, Station Manager. Funds

Requested: $364,760. Total Project Cost:

$729,520. To replace studio cameras,

and other production equipment.

File No. 98204PRB Northern

Cheyenne Tribe, Box 140 Lame Deer,

MT 59043. Contact: Mr. John Grinsell,

Tribal Council Member. Funds

Requested: $48,282. Total Project Cost:

$55,479. To plan for the first public

radio station to serve the Northern

Cheyenne Reservation.

North Carolina

File No. 98038CTB CharlotteMecklenburg Pub Brdctg, WTVI–TV

3242 Commonwealth Avenue Charlotte,

NC 28205. Contact: Mr. Harold Bouton,

President & CEO. Funds Requested:

$52,846. Total Project Cost: $105,692.

To purchase a digital video server to

replace videotape machines.

File No. 98147CRB Friends Of Public

Radio, Inc., WHQR–FM 254 North Front

Street Wilmington, NC 28401. Contact:

Mr. Daniel Campbell, Gen. Mgr. Funds

Requested: $127,500. Total Project Cost:

$170,000. To increase the station’s

power, increase the antenna height and

use a directional antenna to provide first

public radio service to about 69,000

people.

File No. 98139CTB 97164, 96231

University of North Carolina Ctr. for

Public TV, 10 TW Alexander Drive

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.

Contact: Ms. Meg Lu, Director of

Administration. Funds Requested:

$1,574,523. Total Project Cost:

$4,890,000. To replace transmission

equipment and construct a taller tower

at WUND–TV, Channel 2, in Columbia,

thereby extending coverage area to the

state’s northeast region.

File No. 98231CRB University Of

North Carolina, WUNC Radio CB#0915

Room 105 Swain Hall Cameron Avenue

Chapel Hill, NC 27599–9015. Contact:

Mr. Thomas Davis, General Manager.

Funds Requested: $453,375. Total

Project Cost: $604,500. To extend public

radio service to the Outer Banks area of

North Carolina by constructing an FM

station with a local studio in Manteo,

operating on 88.9 MHz; and translator

stations in Buxton, operating on 91.1

MHz and in Waves, operating on 90.1

MHz.

North Dakota

File No. 98215CTB., Prairie Public

Broadcasting, Inc., 207 North 5th Street

P.O. Box 3240, Fargo, ND 58102.

Contact: Ms. Kathleen Pavelko,

President & CEO. Funds Requested:

$1,126,619. Total Project Cost:

$1,502,159. To construct a new digital

public television station, Ch. 22, in

Bismarck.

File No. 98214CTB Prairie Public

Broadcasting, Inc., 207 North 5th Street,

P.O. Box 3240, Fargo, ND 58102.

Contact: Ms. Kathleen Pavelko,

President & CEO. Funds Requested:

$32,535. Total Project Cost: $43,380. To

replace an audio-video switcher.

Nebraska

File No. 98093CTN ADEC

Corporation, C218 Animal Science

Building, University of NebraskaLincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583. Contact: Dr.

Janet Poley, President/CEO. Funds

Requested: $278,800. Total Project Cost:

$557,600. To expand services by

purchasing a multi-channel digital

encoder for A*DEC’s satellite hub at

Colorado State University in Ft. Collins,

CO and a single channel digital encoder

for Penn State University’s satellite

uplink in State College, PA.

File No. 98087ICTN Little Priest

Tribal College, Box 270, Winnebago, NE

68071. Contact: Mr. Ben Kitto, VP

Academic Services. Funds Requested:

$142,839. Total Project Cost: $192,310.

To construct a VSAT satellite facility for

distance learning services to the

Winnebago Indian Reservation and to

exchange programing with other tribal

colleges affiliated with the American

Indian Higher Education Consortium.

File No. 98230PTB Nebraska Educ. T/

C Commission, 1800 N 33 Street, P.O.

Box 83111, Lincoln, NE 68501–3111.

Contact: Mr. Rod Bates, Secretary.

Funds Requested: $150,000. Total

Project Cost: $300,000. To plan the

conversion of the state’s public

television network to digital television

(DTV).

File No. 98210CRB Nebraska

Educational T/C Commission, 1800 N

33 Street, P.O. Box 83001, Lincoln, NE

68501. Contact: Mr. Rod Bates,

Secretary. Funds Requested: $62,728.

Total Project Cost: $125,456. To replace

transmission system, change frequency

to 91.1 MHz and re-orient the antenna

of KUCV–FM in Lincoln in order to

improve coverage to about 70,000

people.

File No. 98221CTB Nebraska

Educational T/C Commission, 1800 N.

33 Street, P.O. Box 83111, Lincoln, NE

685013111. Contact: Mr. Rod Bates,

Secretary. Funds Requested: $714,122.

Total Project Cost: $1,428,245. To

replace the transmitter at KXNE–TV,

Norfolk and acquire a Hard Disk Server

System, a master control switcher, a

non-linear edit system, four studio

camera pedestals and studio lighting

system for the Network Operations

Center.

File No. 98011CRB Univ. of Nebraska

at Omaha, KVNO, 60th & Dodge Street

Engineering Bldg. #200, Omaha, NE

68182. Contact: Ms Debra Aliano,

General Manager. Funds Requested:

$40,000. Total Project Cost: $83,000. To

replace transmitter, antenna, line and

associated equipment.

File No. 98009CTB Univ. of Nebraska

at Omaha, UNO, 60th & Dodge Street

Engineering Bldg. #200, Omaha, NE

68182. Contact: Ms. Debra Aliano,

General Manager. Funds Requested:

$42,480. Total Project Cost: $88,500. To

acquire a master control switching

system for KYNE–TV.

New Hampshire

File No. 98002CTB University of New

Hampshire, New Hampshire Public

Television, 268 Mast Road Durham, NH

03824. Contact: Mr. Robert Ross,

Director of Engineering. Funds

Requested: $187,500. Total Project Cost:

$375,000. To replace video tape

recorders, ENG equipment and test

equipment with digital units at WENH–

TV, Durham.

New Jersey

File No. 98059CRB 97136 Burlington

County College, County Route 530,

Pemberton-Browns Mills Road,

Pemberton, NJ 08068. Contact: Mr. Drew

Jacobs, Program Operations Manager.

Funds Requested: $29,753. Total Project

Cost: $59,507. To extend the service of

WBZC–FM, by activating two

translators, one in Burlington/Beverly,

operating on 95.1 MHz, and one in

Palmyra/Riverton, operating on 107.5

MHz.

File No. 98136CRB New Jersey Public

Broadcasting Auth, 25 South Stockton

Street, P.O. Box 777, Trenton, NJ 08625.

Contact: Mr. William Schnorbus,

Assistant Director of Engineer. Funds

Requested: $114,787. Total Project Cost:

$153,050. To construct repeater FM

transmitters WNJM(FM), 88.9 MHz, in

Manahawkin and WNJZ(FM), 90.3

MHz.,in Cape May Courthouse.

File No. 98068CTB Thomas Edison

State College, NJ Library For The Blind,

2300 Stuyvesant Avenue Trenton, NJ

08618. Contact: Ms. Donna Bensen,

Director, Audiovision. Funds

Requested: $53,750. Total Project Cost:
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$135,020. To expand the Audiovision

reading service for the visually impaired

and the illiterate. The project will fund

satellite receive and production

equipment and will provide for the

purchase of 500 SAP receivers. The

reading service will be carried on the

audio channels of NJ Public

Broadcasting Authority’s WNJT,

Trenton and WNJS, Camden.

New Mexico

File No. 98243CRB Eastern New

Mexico University, KENW–FM Station

52 Portales, NM 88130. Contact: Mr.

Duane Ryan, Director of Broadcasting.

Funds Requested: $22,175. Total Project

Cost: $32,900. To construct new

translators at Fort Sumner (91.7 MHz)

and Conchas Lake (88.3 MHz).

File No. 98052CTB Eastern New

Mexico University, KENW–TV Station

52 Portales, NM 88130. Contact: Mr.

Duane Ryan, Director of Broadcasting.

Funds Requested: $178,500. Total

Project Cost: $357,000. To replace three

studio cameras and related equipment.

File No. 98101CTB New Mexico State

University, KRWG–TV, Room 100

Milton Hall Jordan Street, NMSU Las

Cruces, NM 88003. Contact: Mr. Ronald

Salak, General Manager. Funds

Requested: $474,430. Total Project Cost:

$948,860. To replace five TV translators

in Cliff/Gilla, Ch.2, Hillsboro, Ch. 13,

Lordsboro, Ch. 2, Hatch, Ch. 65, and

Truth or Consequences, Ch. 59. The

project will also replace a studio-totransmitter link, and obsolete

production, master control and test

equipment.

File No. 98236CRB Self Reliance

Foundation, 121 Sandoval Street, 3rd

Floor, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Contact: Mr.

Roberto Salazar, Chief of Staff. Funds

Requested: $398,000. Total Project Cost:

$798,600. To equip fifty affiliated

Spanish-language stations in the United

States with satellite downlinks.

File No. 98132CTB University of New

Mexico, KNME–TV, 1130 University

Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102.

Contact: Mr. Jon Cooper, General

Manager. Funds Requested: $150,000.

Total Project Cost: $300,000. To replace

record playback videotape system with

a video file server.

File No. 98110CTB University of New

Mexico, KNME–TV, 1130 University

Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102.

Contact: Mr. Jon Cooper, General

Manager. Funds Requested: $102,375.

Total Project Cost: $188,800. To replace

8 TV translators at Sunetha, CO, Pagosa

Springs, CO, Mora, NM, Carrizozo, NM,

Capulin/Des Moines, NM, Eagle Nest,

NM, Gallina, NM, and Noolan/Wooton,

NM.

File No. 98206PTB University of New

Mexico, KNME–TV, 1130 University

Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102.

Contact: Mr. Jon Cooper, General

Manager. Funds Requested: $130,000.

Total Project Cost: $237,868. To plan for

the conversion to digital broadcasting of

KNME–TV, Albuquerque; KENW–TV,

Portales and KRWG–TV, Las Cruces.

Nevada

File No. 98063ICTBN Clark County

School District, Station KLVX–TV, 4210

Channel 10 Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89119.

Contact: Mr. Thomas Axtell, General

Manager. Funds Requested: $432,500.

Total Project Cost: $666,028. To add

four channels to its present eightchannel ITFS system. The project would

also replace camera pedestals, heads,

and color monitors for the station’s

broadcast operation.

File No. 98237CRB Nevada Public

Radio Corporation, KNPR–FM, 5151

Boulder Highway, Las Vegas, NV 89122.

Contact: Mr. Lamar Marchese, Pres./

Gen. Mgr. Funds Requested: $157,188.

Total Project Cost: $209,585. To

construct a new station in Lund, 88.7

MHz, which will repeat KNPR–FM but

will have local origination capacity and

an FM translator in Ely, 89.5 MHz.

File No. 98194CRB Shoshone-Paiute

Tribes/Duck Valley, P.O. Box 219,

Idaho/Nevada, Highway #51, Owyhee,

NV 89832. Contact: Mr. Herman Atkins,

Tribal Administrator. Funds Requested:

$311,426. Total Project Cost: $415,235.

To activate a new noncommercial FM

radio station on 88.3 MHz, in Owyhee.

The station will carry the signal of

KNBA–FM, Anchorage, Alaska

(provided by satellite) and will have 4

hours/day of local programming.

File No. 98013CRB University of

Nevada, Reno, Mail Stop 294, Reno, NV

89557. Contact: Ms. Mary Husemoller,

Director of Sponsored Projects. Funds

Requested: $72,339. Total Project Cost:

$96,452. To construct FM translators

operating on 90.7 MHz in Ely, NV, 88.3

MHz, in Lund, NV, 88.3 MHz in

Cedarville, CA, and 89.5 MHz in

Quincy, CA and relocate existing FM

translator K210AK from Incline Village,

NV to Tahoe City, CA. The translators

will rebroadcast programming from

KUNR(FM).

New York

File No. 98022CTB Long Island

Educational TV Council, WLIW–21,

Channel 21 Drive, Plainview, NY 11803.

Contact: Mr. Terrel Cass, President &

General Manager. Funds Requested:

$415,127. Total Project Cost: $830,255.

To replace the transmitter and

associated testing equipment.

File No. 98201CTB Mountain Lake

Public T/C Council, One Sesame Street,

Plattsburgh, NY 12901. Contact: Mr.

Howard Lowe, President and General

Manager. Funds Requested: $142,188.

Total Project Cost: $189,585. To replace

a transmitter remote control system, and

10 videotape machines with digital

units.

File No. 98042CRB Niagara Frontier

Radio Readg Servic, 15 Industrial

Parkway, Cheektowaga, NY 14227.

Contact: Mr. Robert Sikorski, President.

Funds Requested: $50,032. Total Project

Cost: $100,065. To replace studio

equipment, including a control console,

tape decks and CD players and purchase

350 SCA and TV SAP radio reading

receivers.

File No. 98100CRB Northeast Public

Radio, WAMC, 318 Central Avenue,

Albany, NY 122062522. Contact: Mr.

David Galletly, Assistant Executive

Director. Funds Requested: $94,852.

Total Project Cost: $189,705. To replace

production and master control

equipment, including a digital harddrive system, cassette decks, cart

machines and a work station.

File No. 98118ICTN Oswego County

BOCES, 179 County Route 64, Mexico,

NY 13114. Contact: Mr. Frank House,

Ex. Dir./ Instr Support Srvs. Funds

Requested: $513,900. Total Project Cost:

$685,200. To install video classrooms at

12 sites located throughout Oswego and

Fulton Counties.

File No. 98026CTB Pub Bdcstg

Council of Central NY, 506 Old

Liverpool Road P.O. Box 2400,

Syracuse, NY 13220. Contact: Mr. John

Duffy, Chief Engineer. Funds Requested:

$75,000. Total Project Cost: $150,000.

To replace a video server.

File No. 98079CTB St. Lawrence

Valley, Ed. TV Council, 1056 Arsenal

Street, Watertown, NY 13601. Contact:

Mr. Thomas Hanley, President and

General Manager. Funds Requested:

$54,950. Total Project Cost: $109,900.

To replace four 1-inch VTR’s with

digital units.

File No. 98112CRB The Pacifica

Foundation, WBAI Radio, 505 Eighth

Avenue 19th Floor, New York City, NY

10018. Contact: Ms. Valerie van Isler,

Station Manager. Funds Requested:

$71,975. Total Project Cost: $143,949.

To replace a mixing console, digital cart

system, DAT recorders, router/switcher,

CD players and a digital audio work

station.

File No. 98190CTB WMHT

Educational Telecommunications, P.O

Box 17 17 Fern Avenue Schenectady,

NY 12301. Contact: Ms. Elizabeth Hood,

Director of Administration. Funds

Requested: $381,600. Total Project Cost:
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$763,200. To construct a Ku-band

digital satellite uplink.

File No. 98189CRB WMHT

Educational Telecommunications, P.O.

Box 17, 17 Fern Avenue Schenectady,

NY 12301. Contact: Ms. Elizabeth Hood,

Director of Administration. Funds

Requested: $53,875. Total Project Cost:

$107,750. To replace audio record/play

equipment with an audio server system

to be used by WMHT–FM and by RISE,

the station’s radio reading service.

File No. 98155CRB WNYC Radio,

WNYC AM 820 and 93.9 FM, One

Centre Street, 24th Floor New York, NY

10007. Contact: Mr. Ken Dinitz,

Manager For External Relations. Funds

Requested: $75,349. Total Project Cost:

$150,698. To replace analog cart

machines with a hard-drive based

digital audio system.

File No. 98153CTB WXXI Public

Broadcasting Council, WXXI–TV 280

State Street Rochester, NY 14614.

Contact: Mr. Norm Silverstein, President

& CEO. Funds Requested: $200,000.

Total Project Cost: $400,000. To replace

master control equipment by purchasing

a digital routing switcher, a video server

and a transmitter remote control system.

Ohio

File No. 98123CTB Bowling Green

State University, WBGU–TV 245 Troup

St. Bowling Green, OH 43403. Contact:

Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald, General Manager.

Funds Requested: $243,446. Total

Project Cost: $486,893. To replace three

cameras and associated equipment.

File No. 98037CRB Cincinnati

Classical Public Radio, 1223 Central

Parkway Cincinnati, OH 45214. Contact:

Ms. Cathy Beltz-Williams, Business

Manager. Funds Requested: $10,480.

Total Project Cost: $20,960. To replace

the stations fiber optic STL with a

wireless system.

File No. 98036CRB Cincinnati

Classical Public Radio, 1223 Central

Parkway Cincinnati, OH 45214–2889.

Contact: Ms. Cathy Beltz-Williams,

Business Manager. Funds Requested:

$13,050. Total Project Cost: $26,100. To

replace selected items of master control

equipment, including patchbays and an

audio routing system.

File No. 98035CRB Cincinnati

Classical Public Radio, WGUC (FM)

1223 Central Parkway Cincinnati, OH

45214–2889. Contact: Ms. Cathy BeltzWilliams, Business Manager. Funds

Requested: $35,981. Total Project Cost:

$71,963. To replace a transmitter and

support equipment.

File No. 98163CTN Columbus

Community Cable Access, Inc. 394 Oak

Street, Columbus, OH 43215. Contact:

Ms. Patricia N. Williamsen, Executive

Director. Funds Requested: $51,180.

Total Project Cost: $102,360. To replace

cameras at a cable access facility.

File No. 98069CTB ETV Assn of

Metropolitan Cleveland, WVIZ 4300

Brookpark Rd., Cleveland, OH 44134.

Contact: Mr. Jerry Wareham, President/

CEO. Funds Requested: $477,280. Total

Project Cost: $1,193,200. To replace

studio and field cameras and an off-line

editing system.

File No. 98182CTB Greater Dayton

Public Television, WPTD 110 South

Jefferson Street Dayton, OH 45402–

2415. Contact: Mr. David Fogarty,

President and General Manager. Funds

Requested: $358,363. Total Project Cost:

$716,727. To replace three camera

systems, a routing switcher, a character

generator, and a hard disk video server

system.

File No. 98115CRB Miami University,

WMUB Williams Hall— Second Floor,

Spring and Oak Streets Oxford, OH

45056. Contact: Dr. Cleve Callison,

General Manager. Funds Requested:

$51,800. Total Project Cost: $103,600.

To replace an STL and purchase a

networked hard disc audio recording

and editing system, an audio console,

CD players, and microphone processors.

File No. 98211CTB NE Educational

Television of Ohio, WNEO/WEAO 1750

Campus Center Drive Kent, OH 44240.

Contact: Mr. William Glaeser, President

and General Mgr. Funds Requested:

$435,549. Total Project Cost: $871,099.

To replace a transmitter, remote control,

and monitoring equipment.

File No. 98213CTB Ohio State

University, WOSU Stations 2400

Olentangy River Road Columbus, OH

43210. Contact: Mr. Thomas Lahr,

Engineering Manager. Funds Requested:

$68,073. Total Project Cost: $136,146.

To replace a video switcher and video

tape machines and acquire a small

automation system.

File No. 98229CRB Ohio State

University, WOSU Stations 2400

Olentangy River Road Columbus, OH

43210. Contact: Mr. Sam Eiler, Radio

Station Manager. Funds Requested:

$37,950. Total Project Cost: $75,900. To

replace an audio console and associated

equipment and the remote control and

antenna monitor to improve WOSU–

AM’s nighttime signal.

File No. 98014CTB Ohio University,

WOUB–TV Telecommunication Center

9 South College Street Athens, OH

45701. Contact: Mr. Paul Witkowski,

Associate Director. Funds Requested:

$257,400. Total Project Cost: $514,800.

To replace video recording, playback,

and storage systems, and acquire test

equipment.

File No. 98089CTB Public Bdcstng

Fndn of NW Ohio, WGTE–TV 136

Huron Street Toledo, OH 43604.

Contact: Mr. Daniel Niedzwiecki,

Director Of Engineering. Funds

Requested: $90,000. Total Project Cost:

$180,000. To replace a studio lighting

system and microwave relay system that

connects the station’s satellite receiving

dish with its studio facilities.

File No. 98088CRB Public Bdcstng

Fndn of NW Ohio, WGTE–FM 136

Huron Street Toledo, OH 43604.

Contact: Mr. Daniel Niedzwiecki,

Director of Engineering. Funds

Requested: $85,000. Total Project Cost:

$170,000. To activate a repeater on 91.9

MHz in Defiance, OH.

File No. 98039CRB Xavier University,

WVXU 3800 Victory Parkway

Cincinnati, OH 45207. Contact: Dr.

James King, Executive Director/GM.

Funds Requested: $99,555. Total Project

Cost: $132,740. To replace the tower,

antenna, and transmission line of

WMLQ, 96.7 MHz, Rogers City, MI,

which is licensed to WVXU and repeats

is programming.

Oklahoma

File No. 98121CTB Oklahoma

Educational TV Authority, 7403 North

Kelley Avenue Post Office Box 14190

Oklahoma City, OK 73113. Contact: Mr.

Malcolm Wall, Assoc. Executive

Director. Funds Requested: $452,833.

Total Project Cost: $905,666. To replace

700 miles of microwave interconnection

with a digital Ku-band satellite delivery

system to provide dual channel service

to the 4 full-power stations and 15

translator stations in the state system.

File No. 98081ICTN Oklahoma State

University, Educational Television

Services 100 Telecommunications

Center, Stillwater, OK 74078. Contact:

Dr. Glade Presnal, Senior Project

Manager. Funds Requested: $234,481.

Total Project Cost: $468,962. To install

a video bridge and video server on the

main campus of Oklahoma State

University, Stillwater to support

additional course offerings via

compressed video and the Internet.

File No. 98157PRB University of

Oklahoma, KGOU Radio 780 Van Vleet

Oval Norman, OK 73019. Contact: Ms.

Karen Holp, General Manager. Funds

Requested: $9,800. Total Project Cost:

$13,291. To plan for a new public radio

station which will provide first service

to western Oklahoma.

Oregon

File No. 98185PTN Oregon ED–NET,

6720 SW Macadam Ave., Suite 290

Portland, OR 97219. Contact: Ms.

Andrea LaFayette, Client

Communications. Funds Requested:

$74,870. Total Project Cost: $251,559.

To digitize an uplink at Eastern Oregon

University, La Grande, OR, purchase 56
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digital receivers, and fund network

control equipment in Portland which

will extend ED–NET services to eastern

Oregon.

File No. 98207CTB Oregon Public

Broadcasting, 7140 SW Macadam

Avenue Portland, OR 97219. Contact:

Ms. Deborah Hinton, Sr. Vice President.

Funds Requested: $499,750. Total

Project Cost: $999,500. To improve the

facilities of KOPB–TV, Portland, by

purchasing a video server, digital

routing switcher, 4 channel SDTV

encoder and automation system.

File No. 98102CTB Southern Oregon

Public Television, 34 South Fir Street

Medford, OR 97501. Contact: Mr.

William Campbell, President/CEO.

Funds Requested: $313,755. Total

Project Cost: $627,510. To upgrade

master control through the installation

of an automation/video server system

and new character generator.

File No. 98044CRB Tillicum

Foundation, KMUN–FM P.O. Box 269

1445 Exchange Astoria, OR 97103.

Contact: Mr. Charles Sweet, Station

Manager. Funds Requested: $84,918.

Total Project Cost: $113,224. To replace

the station’s transmitter, antenna,

studio-transmitter link, audio consoles,

and routing switcher.

Pennsylvania

File No. 98086ICTN Crawford Co.

Development Corp., 18257 Industrial

Drive Meadville, PA 16335. Contact:

Mrs. Maryann Martin, Director, Grant

Administration. Funds Requested:

$200,000. Total Project Cost: $423,339.

To establish a distance learning system.

File No. 98108CRB Duquesne

University, WDUQ (FM) Duquesne

University Pittsburgh, PA 15282.

Contact: Mr. Scott Hanley, Director/

General Manager. Funds Requested:

$105,292. Total Project Cost: $215,292.

To replace the station’s transmitter.

File No. 98067CTB Independence

Public Media, WYBE–TV 6070 Ridge

Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19128.

Contact: Ms. Sherri Culver, General

Manager. Funds Requested: $467,400.

Total Project Cost: $623,200. To replace

videotape recorders, video switchers

and a character generator.

File No. 98049CTB Penn State, WPSX

(TV) 102 Wagner Building University

Park, PA 168023899. Contact: Mr. Mark

Erstling, General Manager. Funds

Requested: $44,111. Total Project Cost:

$88,223. To replace four 1′′ videotape

recorders with digital recorders.

File No. 98197CTB WITF, Inc.,

Station WITF–TV 1982 Locust Lane P.O.

Box 2954 Harrisburg, PA 17105.

Contact: Mr. Gregory Poland, Sr. VP &

CFO. Funds Requested: $1,235,992.

Total Project Cost: $1,647,990. To

purchase transmission, studio, local

insertion, and test equipment that

would allow the station to commence

digital television operations.

File No. 98048CTB WQED Pittsburgh,

WQED–TV 4802 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Contact: Mr.

Jeffrey Rutkowski, Director of

Administration. Funds Requested:

$105,998. Total Project Cost: $211,997.

To replace 1′′ videotape recorders with

digital recorders, as well as purchase

digital camcorders and field audio and

lighting packages.

South Dakota

File No. 98151IPTN Black Hills State

University, Office of Extended Services

1200 University Spearfish, SD 57799.

Contact: Ms. Amy Jennings, Instruct’l

Technology Support. Funds Requested:

$88,983. Total Project Cost: $127,828.

To plan the establishment of a

telecommunications infrastructure for

the delivery of higher education

instruction and services.

File No. 98030ICTN Montrose School

District 43–2, 112 Church Street

Montrose, SD 57048. Contact: Ms.

Connie Colwill, Chief Executive Officer.

Funds Requested: $663,295. Total

Project Cost: $1,149,745. To purchase a

Multipoint Control Unit and a CODEC

to interconnect 10 high schools in

eastern South Dakota and the Earth

Resources Observations Systems, a unit

of the U.S. Geological Survey, Sioux

Falls.

File No. 98200CRB Sisseton

Wahpeton Community College, Agency

Village, Box 689 Sisseton, SD 57262–

0689. Contact: Mr. Elden Lawrence,

President. Funds Requested: $57,112.

Total Project Cost: $76,150. To locate a

tower on a higher, more advantageous

site.

Tennessee

File No. 98094CTB East Tennessee

Public Communications, WSJK–TV

1611 E. Magnolia Ave. Knoxville, TN

37917. Contact: Mr. Jim Tindell,

President/CEO. Funds Requested:

$54,734. Total Project Cost: $109,468.

To replace a transmitter remote control

system, parallel transmitter exciter

system and a power amplifier

refurbishment kit.

File No. 98164PRB Fisk University,

WFSK/Humanities And Fine Arts 1000

17th Avenue North Nashville, TN

37208. Contact: Mrs. Delores London,

Director, Budgets & Grants. Funds

Requested: $20,973. Total Project Cost:

$26,198. To plan for the use of

commercial quality high technology and

more efficient methods of programming

and marketing.

File No. 98235ICTN Memphis City

Schools, 2597 Avery Avenue, Room 208

Memphis, TN 38112. Contact: Ms. Mary

Korff, Interim Grant Writer. Funds

Requested: $600,000. Total Project Cost:

$1,353,356. To establish a distance

learning system for the City of

Memphis, TN, by interconnecting seven

elementary schools. The system would

use ATM/AMX technology.

File No. 98169CRB 97072, 96120

Memphis/Shelby Cty Public Library,

WYPL–FM 1850 Peabody Avenue

Memphis, TN 38104. Contact: Mr.

Steven Terry, General Manager/CE.

Funds Requested: $160,717. Total

Project Cost: $401,792. To extend the

signal of public radio station WYPL–

FM, by relocating the transmitter and

increasing the station’s power.

File No. 98137CTB Mid-South Pub.

Comm. Fdtn., WKNO–TV 900 Getwell

Road Memphis, TN 38111. Contact: Mr.

Michael LaBonia, President & CEO.

Funds Requested: $301,880. Total

Project Cost: $603,760. To replace three

studio cameras with digital cameras.

File No. 98168CRB University of

Tennessee/Chattanooga, WUTC–FM 104

Cadek Hall 615 McCallie Avenue

Chattanooga, TN 37343. Contact: Dr.

John McCormack, Director. Funds

Requested: $14,342. Total Project Cost:

$28,685. To purchase a propane backup

electric generator.

Texas

File No. 98033CTB Alamo Public T/

C Council, KLRN 501 Broadway San

Antonio, TX 78215. Contact: Mr.

Charles Vaughn, Sr. VP

Telecommunications. Funds Requested:

$88,555. Total Project Cost: $177,111.

To replace video monitors and two field

production cameras and related

equipment.

File No. 98004CTB Capital of Texas

Public T/C Council, KLRU–TV 2504–B

Whitis Street Austin, TX 78705.

Contact: Mr. Bill Arhos, President.

Funds Requested: $397,567. Total

Project Cost: $795,135. To replace

origination equipment with a digital

video routing/master control switcher

and associated equipment and two

digital portable/studio cameras.

File No. 98170CTB Central Texas

College, 6200 W. Central Texas

Expressway Killeen, TX 76542. Contact:

Mr. L. Max Rudolph, General Manager.

Funds Requested: $476,250. Total

Project Cost: $635,000. To replace

analog video tape machines and tubetype studio cameras at KNCT with 3

digital cameras, triax cable, digital video

recording equipment and other related

origination equipment.

File No. 98198CTB North Texas

Public Broadcasting, 3000 Harry Hines
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 101 /Wednesday, May 27, 1998 / Notices 29087

Boulevard Dallas, TX 75201. Contact:

Ms. Cheryl Craigie, President & CEO.

Funds Requested: $497,333. Total

Project Cost: $994,666. To permit

KETA–TV to remain on its existing

tower through the sharing of the cost of

a new digital television (DTV) antenna

with a commercial broadcaster.

File No. 98161CRB Texas Southern

University, KTSU–FM 3100 Cleburne

Avenue Houston, TX 77004. Contact:

Mr. George Thomas, Station Manager.

Funds Requested: $25,107. Total Project

Cost: $33,476. To replace the station’s

antenna, coax line and associated

equipment.

File No. 98239ICTN United Star Dist.

Learn. Consortium, 3305 N. 3rd., #307

Abilene, TX 79603. Contact: Ms. Glenda

Mathis, Executive Director. Funds

Requested: $509,929. Total Project Cost:

$2,039,717. To expand the StarNet

distance learning network via purchase

of: digital satellite downlinks for 671

schools in over 40 states; a satellite

uplink for Education Service Center

Region 20 in San Antonio, TX; digital

encoders for Western Illinois University

in Macomb, IL, and the Agency for

Public Telecommunications in Raleigh,

NC.

File No. 98060CRB University of

Houston, KUHF–FM Radio 3801 Cullen

Blvd. Communications Bldg. Room 101

Houston, TX 77004. Contact: Mr. John

Proffitt, General Manager & CEO. Funds

Requested: $221,193. Total Project Cost:

$442,387. To relocate the station to a

different tower because it is being

displaced due to the digital television

conversion by the commercial licensee

who owns the existing tower. Project

will acquire a new transmitter, remote

control, and related dissemination

equipment.

File No. 98192CTB University of

Houston, Houston Public Television

4513 Cullen Blvd. Houston, TX 77004.

Contact: Mr. Jeff Clarke, CEO & General

Manager. Funds Requested: $421,238.

Total Project Cost: $1,053,094. To

purchase a digital fiber link, digital

master control switcher and encoding

equipment, 3 digital camera packages,

and digital test equipment.

File No. 98196CRB University of

Texas at Austin, KUT Radio

Communication Building B Austin, TX

78712. Contact: Mr. Dana Whitehair,

Manager-Technical Operations. Funds

Requested: $38,435. Total Project Cost:

$76,870. To purchase an on-air phone

system, master clock system, CD

players, DAT recorders, desktop digital

audio editors, digital audio recorders

and other similar origination equipment

as well as digital ready unit STL unit.

Utah

File No. 98238CRB Listeners

Community Radio of Utah, KRCL–FM

208 West 800 South Salt Lake City, UT

84101. Contact: Mr. John Bortel, Pres. &

General Manager. Funds Requested:

$203,406. Total Project Cost: $271,209.

To replace the station’s transmitter,

studio-to-transmitter link, a variety of

origination equipment and acquire a

new satellite dish and a spectrum

analyzer.

File No. 98120CRB Utah State

University, Utah Public Radio/KUSU–

FM 8505 University Blvd. Logan, UT

84322. Contact: Mr. Bryan Earl, Director

of Development. Funds Requested:

$11,512. Total Project Cost: $15,350. To

activate a new translator on 91.5 MHz

in Vernal/Uintah.

Virginia

File No. 98065ICTN Franklin County

Public Schools, 25 Bernard Road, Rocky

Mount, VA 24151. Contact: Dr. Tammy

McGraw, Coord. of Instr’l. Technology.

Funds Requested: $167,325. Total

Project Cost: $223,100. To construct an

video classroom to be linked via ATM

with Net.Work.Virginia, which links

200 educational institutions across

Virginia.

File No. 98191CRB Greater

Washington Ed. T/C Assoc., Station

WETA–FM 2775 S. Quincy Street

Arlington, VA 22206. Contact: Mr. John

Hoehn, Chief Engineer. Funds

Requested: $359,999. Total Project Cost:

$479,999. To activate a repeater station

in Leonardtown, Maryland, operating on

91.7 MHz.

File No. 98228CTB Greater

Washington Ed. T/C Assoc., Station

WETA–TV 2775 S. Quincy Street

Arlington, VA 22206. Contact: Mr Lewis

Zager, Director, Technical Services.

Funds Requested: $468,750. Total

Project Cost: $625,000. To purchase two

digital encoders, one for the applicant

station and one for public television

station KCTS, Seattle, WA to conduct

diverse tests and planning in the use of

multicasted digital signals.

File No. 98218ICTN Old Dominion

University, Academic Television

Services Room 228 Education Building

Norfolk, VA 23529. Contact: Dr. Anne

Savage, Assoc. VP for Academic Affairs.

Funds Requested: $464,486. Total

Project Cost: $928,972. To expand the

applicant’s distance learning system

using ATM and MPEG2 technology to

three additional sites in the Hampton

Roads Metropolitan area.

Vermont

File No. 98058CTB Vermont ETV,

Inc., 88 Ethan Allen Avenue Colchester,

VT 05446. Contact: Mr. Wayne Rosberg,

Vice President. Funds Requested:

$698,886. Total Project Cost: $1,397,774.

To replace a statewide microwave

system.

File No. 98245CRB Vermont Public

Radio, 20 Troy Avenue Colchester, VT

05446. Contact: Ms. Cindy Shuman,

Vice-President. Funds Requested:

$215,723. Total Project Cost: $431,447.

To relocate and replace the transmitter,

antenna and STL of WVPS–FM, 107.9

MHz in Colchester. On its present

tower, the station cannot meet new FCC

Radio Frequency Radiation guidelines.

Washington

File No. 98234CTB 97056 Bates

Technical College, 1101 Yakima Avenue

South Tacoma, WA 98405. Contact: Ms.

Debbie Emond, General Manager. Funds

Requested: $437,829. Total Project Cost:

$583,773. To activate a full power

satellite station of KBTC–TV in Tacoma,

in Bellingham, operating on Channel 34.

File No. 98141ICTN City of Tacoma,

Communications Division 747 Market

Street Tacoma, WA 98402. Contact: Ms.

Leslie Rowen, General Services Director.

Funds Requested: $1,906,101. Total

Project Cost: $3,491,482. To assist the

City of Takoma in constructing a fiberoptic infrastructure needed to develop a

city-wide Institutional Network (I-Net).

File No. 98078CTB KCTS Television,

Channel 9/Channel 41 401 Mercer Street

Seattle, WA 98101. Contact: Mr. Burnill

Clark, President & CEO. Funds

Requested: $1,354,295. Total Project

Cost: $2,083,530. To convert KCTS to

digital broadcasts by purchasing a DTV

transmitter, converting its existing

microwave path to digital to carry both

the NTSC and DTV feeds to the

transmitter; replacing the antenna and

the transmission line; purchasing a

combiner and splitter with digital

capability and purchasing encoders for

both SDTV and HDTV.

File No. 98077CRB KSER Foundation,

14920 Highway 99, #150 Lynnwood,

WA 98037. Contact: Mr. Edward

Bremer, Station Manager. Funds

Requested: $52,992. Total Project Cost:

$70,657. To relocate the station

transmitter and antenna, install an STL,

and increase station power from 1000 to

5750 watts.

File No. 98070CRB Northwest

Communities’ Ed. Center, 121

Sunnyside Avenue P.O. Box 800

Granger, WA 98932. Contact: Mr.

Ricardo Garcia, Executive Director.

Funds Requested: $38,194. Total Project

Cost: $50,925. To replace the station

transmitter.

File No. 98180IPTN Northwest Indian

College, 2522 Kwina Road Bellingham,

WA 98226. Contact: Dr. Robert Lorence,
29088 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 101 /Wednesday, May 27, 1998 / Notices

President. Funds Requested: $74,568.

Total Project Cost: $94,132. To conduct

a programming and equipment needs

analysis centered on the delivery of

post-secondary educational services to

all interested American Indian

Reservations in Washington, Oregon,

Idaho and Southeast Alaska.

File No. 98024CRB, 97073

Washington State University,

Educational T/C & Technology 382

Murrow Center PO Box 642530

Pullman, WA 991642530. Contact: Mr.

Dennis Haarsager, Associate VP &

General Manager. Funds Requested:

$119,280. Total Project Cost: $159,040.

To activate two repeater stations one in

Chehalis, operating on 88.9 MHz and

one in Mt. Vernon, operating on 91.7

MHz.

File No. 98205PRB Yakama Indian

Nation, Economic Development 401

Fort Road Toppenish, WA 98948.

Contact: Mr. Lawrence SpottedBird,

Economic Development Director. Funds

Requested: $60,280. Total Project Cost:

$72,669. To plan for the construction of

a radio station.

Wisconsin

File No. 98166CRB Backporch Radio

Broadcasting, WORT (FM) 118 South

Bedford Street Madison, WI 53703.

Contact: Ms. Cindy Fesemyer, Business

& Fdn. Development. Funds Requested:

$25,000. Total Project Cost: $50,759. To

replace an analog STL system with a

digital system and a remote pick up unit

with new equipment.

File No. 98217CRB Educational

Communications Board, 3319 West

Beltline Highway Madison, WI 53713–

4296. Contact: Mr. Thomas Fletemeyer,

Executive Director. Funds Requested:

$204,188. Total Project Cost: $272,251.

To extend Wisconsin Public Radio to

Ashland by constructing translators

operating on 102.9 MHz and 104.7 MHz.

One facility will broadcast programming

from the Wisconsin Ideas Network, the

other from the NPR News and Classical

Music Network. The applicant intends

to upgrade both translators to Class A

stations in the future.

File No. 98125CTB Milwaukee Area

Technical College, WMVS/WMVT 1036

North 8th Street Milwaukee, WI 53233.

Contact: Mr. W. Bryce Combs, General

Manager. Funds Requested: $788,894.

Total Project Cost: $1,577,788. To

replace the transmitter, antenna and

transmission line.

File No. 98097CTB University of

Wisconsin, WHA Television—Green

Bay 821 University Avenue Madison,

WI 53706. Contact: Mr. Larry Dickerson,

Director, Comm & Info Technolo. Funds

Requested: $40,450. Total Project Cost:

$80,900. To replace VHS editing

equipment with digital workstations.

File No. 98175IPTN Wisconsin Educ.

Comm. Board, 3319 West Beltline

Highway Madison, WI 53713–4296.

Contact: Mr. Thomas Fletemeyer,

Executive Director. Funds Requested:

$55,452. Total Project Cost: $81,366. To

plan how best to deliver instructional

video programs and segments of

programs to classrooms on demand.

West Virginia

File No. 98171ICTN 97047 Bluefield

State College, 219 Rock Street Bluefield,

WV 24701. Contact: Ms Annette

Osborne, Dir./ Instit. Advanc. & Plng.

Funds Requested: $153,768. Total

Project Cost: $205,025. To purchase

video classroom equipment and

CODECs to allow the applicant to

extend its distance learning system.

File No. 98167CRB Clay County

Communications, Ltd., 15 Falling Rock

Road Clendenin, WV 25045. Contact:

Mr. Delbert Davis, President. Funds

Requested: $139,432. Total Project Cost:

$185,910. To activate a community

radio station in Clendenin, operating on

89.3 MHz.

File No. 98109CTB WV Ed

Broadcasting Authority, Station WPBY–

TV 600 Capitol Street Charleston, WV

25301. Contact: Mr. Bill Acker, General

Manager. Funds Requested: $518,327.

Total Project Cost: $1,036,654. To

replace a studio lighting system, two

production switchers, production

character generators, video servers and

nonlinear editors at studios in Nitro,

Morgantown, Beckley and Huntington.

Pan-Pacific Education and

Communications Experiments by

Satellite (PEACESAT) applications.

File No. 98244 University of Hawaii,

Social Science Research Institute, 2530

Dole St., Honolulu, HI 96822. Contact:

Dr. Norman H. Okamura. Funds

Requested: $445,745. Total Project Cost:

$574,220. To support continued

operations of the PEACESAT network

headquarters to operate the satellite and

provide program service to the 22

Pacific Island nations/entities

participating in the PEACESAT Project.

The project would also secure use of the

GOES–7 satellite to ensure continued

satellite services for the next decade.

Bernadette McGuire-Rivera,

Associate Administrator, Office of

Telecommunications and Information

Applications.

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