PUBLIC NOTICE
                                                                  
      
      Federal Communications Commission
      1919 M St., N.W.
      Washington, D.C. 20554

                                                                  
      

                                                                  
      

                                                                  
      
         OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY TO HOLD PUBLIC
FORUM 
                                                                  
     ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH TO DISCUSS
   D                IGITAL TELEVISION ALLOTMENT PLAN
                                   
                    September 6, 1996     
   
    The Office of Engineering and Technology, in cooperation with
the Mass Media
   Bureau and the Office of Plans and Policy, will hold a public
forum on the key
   technical and engineering issues of the Sixth Further Notice
of Proposed Rule Making
   in Docket No. 87-268, which was recently adopted by the
Commission.  This open
   forum will provide industry engineers, technical staff and
other interested parties an
   opportunity to learn about the DTV allotment process and to
participate in the
   discussion of this subject. 
   
    An example of issues that may be discussed include, but are
not limited to the
   following:
   1)   DTV Allotment/Assignment Principles   
   2)   Allotment Methodology and Approach
   3)   Computer Software used in the Development of the DTV
Allotment Table 
   4)  Draft Table of DTV Allotments
   5)   DTV Allotment Negotiations and Modifications
   6)   NTSC Station Facility Changes
   7)   DTV Implementation and Timing
   
    After the presentations there will be a question and answer
period.  The Forum
   will be held on Thursday, September 26, 1996 from 9:30 a.m. to
12 noon in the
   Commission Meeting Room (Room 856), 1919 M Street, N.W.
   
   Office of Engineering and Technology contact:  Helena Mitchell
at (202) 418-2930
   
   -FCC-