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Section I - General Information

Section II - CERTIFICATIONS

All broadcast licensees and permittees participating in the digital channel election process may make the following certifications. Licensees/permittees that do not submit this form by the deadline on page one will be presumed (1) to agree that their database technical information on file with the Commission is accurate and complete; and (2) not to intend to replicate or maximize, and such decision will be taken into account in the Commission's determination of final channel assignments.

Replication/Maximization Deadlines

By completing the appropriate certification below, licensee/permittee may certify its intent to construct and operate its allotted "replication" facilities or already-authorized "maximization" facilities on its post-transition channel. Licensees/permittees are reminded that false certifications may result in fines and loss of license. Additionally, licensee's/permittee's failure to replicate or maximize to the extent it certifies will result in the loss of interference protection to those service areas not replicated or maximized.

Licensee/permittee should also be aware of the following replication and maximization deadlines that pertain to current DTV facilities and that affect the right to "carry over" interference protection to its post-transition channel. (Failure to meet the replication/maximization requirements will cause the licensee/permittee to lose interference protection to the unused portion of the associated area as of the applicable interference protection deadline. Furthermore, a licensee/permittee failing to meet these deadlines will lose the ability to "carry over" its interference protection to its unserved DTV service area on its post-transition channel.):

• July 1, 2005 -- Deadline for DTV licensees affiliated with the top-four networks (i.e., ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC) in markets 1-100. Those licensees that receive a tentative DTV channel designation in the channel election process on their current digital channel must construct full, authorized facilities. Those licensees that receive a tentative DTV channel designation on a channel that is not their current DTV channel must serve at least 100 percent of the number of viewers served by the 1997 facility on which their replication coverage was based. The number of viewers served by a station's 1997 facility on which its replication is based will be determined using population data from the year 2000 census.
• July 1, 2006 -- Deadline for all other commercial DTV licensees as well as noncommercial DTV licensees. Those licensees that receive a tentative DTV channel designation in the channel election process on their current digital channel must construct full, authorized DTV facilities. Those licensees that receive a tentative DTV channel designation on a channel that is not their current DTV channel must serve at least 80 percent of the number of viewers served by the 1997 facility on which their replication coverage was based. The number of viewers served by a station's 1997 facility on which its replication is based will be determined using population data from the year 2000 census.

I certify that the statements and certifications in this form are true, complete, and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, and are made in good faith.

WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND/OR IMPRISONMENT (U.S. CODE, TITLE 18, SECTION 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION LICENSE OR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT (U.S. CODE, TITLE 47, SECTION 312(a)(1)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.S. CODE, TITLE 47, SECTION 503).

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