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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. 00-68
Table of Allotments,                 )       RM-9792
Digital Television Broadcast Stations.       )
(Norfolk, Virginia)                 )

                        REPORT AND ORDER
                     (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted:  September 7, 2000          Released:  September 8, 2000  

By the Chief, Video Services:

     1.  At the request of WTKR-TV, Inc. ("WTKR"), licensee of station WTKR-TV, NTSC
Channel 3, Norfolk, Virginia, the Commission has before it the Notice of Proposed Rule Making,
15 FCC Rcd 7284 (2000), proposing the substitution of DTV Channel 40 for DTV Channel 58 for
TV station WTKR at Norfolk.  WTKR filed comments stating its intention to apply for DTV
Channel 40, if allotted.  No other comments were filed.

     2.  We believe the public interest would be served by substituting DTV Channel 40 for DTV
Channel 58 since it will enable station WTKR to continue to broadcast on its transitional in-core
DTV channel after the transition period has ended.  DTV Channel 40 can be allotted to Norfolk,
Virginia, as proposed in compliance with the principle community coverage requirements of Section
73.625(a) at coordinates (36-48-56 N. and 76-28-00 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 WTKR-TV with
the following specifications:

                  DTV         DTV power       Antenna       DTV Service
State & City        Channel        (kW)           HAAT (m)       Pop. (thous.)
VA  Norfolk                  40             1000           313                  1761
     
     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 October 23, 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.
     
                    Norfolk, Virginia         38, 40, 46  

     4.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That within 45 days of the effective date of this Order,
WTKR-TV, Inc. shall submit to the Commission a minor change application for a construction
permit (FCC Form 301) specifying DTV Channel 40 in lieu of DTV Channel 58 for station WTKR-
TV at Norfolk, Virginia. 

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

     6.  For further information concerning this proceeding, contact Pam Blumenthal, Mass
Media Bureau, (202) 418-1600.

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




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