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

In the Matter of                     )
                                     )
Amendment of Section 73.622(b),     )        MM Docket No. 99-319
Table of Allotments,                 )       RM-9756
Digital Television Broadcast Stations.       )
(Albany, Georgia)                   )

                        REPORT AND ORDER
                     (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted:  July 19, 2000              Released:  July 20, 2000  

By the Chief, Video Services:

     1.  At the request of  Waitt License Company of Georgia, L.L.C. ("Waitt"), licensee of
station WFXL(TV), NTSC Channel 31, Albany, Georgia, the Commission has before it the Notice
of Proposed Rule Making, 14 FCC Rcd 18560 (1999), proposing the substitution of DTV Channel
12 for station WFXL(TV)'s assigned DTV Channel 30 at Albany.  Waitt filed comments stating its
intention to apply for DTV Channel 12, if allotted.  No other comments were filed.
 
     2.  We believe the public interest would be served by substituting DTV Channel 12 for DTV
Channel 30 since it will reduce station WFXL(TV)'s need to modify existing towers or build new
ones.  DTV Channel 12 can be allotted to Albany, Georgia, as proposed, in compliance with the
principle community coverage requirements of Section 73.625(a) at coordinates (31-19-52 N. and
83-51-43 W.)  In addition, we find that this channel is acceptable under the 2 percent criterion for de
minimis impact that is applied in evaluating requests for modification of initial DTV allotments under
Section 73.623(c)(2) for Station WFXL(TV) with the following specifications:

                  DTV         DTV power       Antenna       DTV Service
State & City        Channel        (kW)           HAAT (m)       Pop. (thous.)

GA  Albany              12               60                 287                  631
     
     3.  Accordingly, pursuant to the authority contained in Sections 4(i), 5(c)(1), 303(g) and (r)
and 307(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and Sections 0.61, 0.204(b) and 0.283
of the Commission's Rules, IT IS ORDERED, That effective September 5, 2000, the DTV Table of
Allotments, Section 73.622(b) of the Commission's Rules, IS AMENDED, with respect to the
community listed below, to read as follows:

                    City                Channel No.

                    Albany, Georgia             12, 17
     4.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That within 45 days of the effective date of this Order,   
   shall submit to the Commission a minor change application for a construction permit (FCC Form
301) specifying DTV Channel 12 in lieu of DTV Channel 30 for station WFXL(TV). 

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

     6.  For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Pam Blumenthal, Mass Media
Bureau, (202) 4181600.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




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