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                                                                          Released:  April 10, 1996
                                    
    Notice of Extension of Low Power Television/Television Translator
                    "Major Change Only" Filing Window




     On March 18 1996, the Commission announced the scheduling of a
low power television and television translator station (LPTV)
application filing window.  Public Notice, Mimeo No. 62033, 61 Fed.
Reg. 11840, published March 22, 1996.  That filing window was limited
to LPTV major change applications and was scheduled to commence on
April 22, 1996 and continue through April 26, 1996.

     The Community Broadcasters Association, the National Translator
Association, and the Association of Federal Communications Consulting
Engineers requested that the scheduled filing window be postponed or
extended to better accommodate the expected demand for application
preparation.  For good cause shown, the LPTV filing window will be
extended, as requested.  Accordingly, commencing April 22, 1996, and
continuing to and including May 17, 1996, the Commission will permit
the filing of applications for MAJOR CHANGES ONLY in existing
facilities for low power television and television translator
stations.

     Information concerning this major change limitation and the
procedures governing this LPTV filing window are set forth in the
previously released  Public Notice, Mimeo No. 62033, 61 Fed. Reg
11840, published March 22, 1996.