Television Broadcasting Services; Waverly, NY and Altoona, PA

The Commission, at the request of WSKG Public Telecommunications Council, allots UHF TV Channel *57- to Waverly, New York, and reserves it for noncommercial educational use, as the community's first local television service. In addition, the reference coordinates for vacant and unapplied-for UHF TV Channel *57+ at Altoona, Pennsylvania, are modified. See 61 FR 6336, February 20, 1996. Channel *57- can be allotted to Waverly in compliance with the Commission's minimum distance separation requirements with a site restriction of 5.1 kilometers (3.1 miles) north to avoid a short- spacing to Station WGBY-TV, Channel 57+, Springfield, MA, Station WNYS- TV, Channel 43+, Syracuse, NY, and Station CITY-TV, Channel 57, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at coordinates 42-03-20 North Latitude and 76-32-05 West Longitude. The reference coordinates for Channel *57+ at Altoona are changed to 40-24-01; 78-32-42, to reflect a transmitter site 18 kilometers (11.2 miles) southwest. Canadian concurrence in the allotment at Waverly and reference coordinate change at Altoona has been obtained since both communities are located within 400 kilometers (250 miles) of the U.S.-Canadian border. The allotment at Waverly is not affected by the temporary freeze imposed by the Commission on new television allotments in certain metropolitan areas but Altoona lies within the freeze zone of Pittsburgh, PA. Therefore, the freeze on applications with respect to Channel *57+ at Altoona will continue in effect. With this action, this proceeding is terminated.