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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. 99-265
Table of Allotments,                 )       RM-9660
Digital Television Broadcast Stations.       )
(Monroe, Louisiana)                 )

                        REPORT AND ORDER
                     (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted:  August 2, 2000             Released:  August 3, 2000  

By the Chief, Video Services:

     1.  At the request of Noe Corporation L.L.C. ("Noe"), licensee of station KNOE-TV, NTSC
Channel 8, Monroe, Louisiana, the Commission has before it the Notice of Proposed Rule Making,
14 FCC Rcd 12384 (1999), proposing the substitution of DTV Channel 7 for DTV Channel 55 for
station KNOE-TV at Monroe.  Noe filed comments stating its intention to promptly implement the
allotment change.  Station KAQY(TV), ("KAQY"), NTSC Channel 11, Columbia, Louisiana, filed
comments.

     2.  We believe the public interest would be served by substituting DTV Channel 7 for DTV
Channel 55 since it would permit station KNOE-TV to replicate a larger portion of its existing
service area during the DTV transition period.  DTV Channel 7 can be allotted to Monroe,
Louisiana, as proposed, in compliance with the principle community coverage requirements of
Section 73.625(a) at reference coordinates (32-11-45 N. and 92-04-10 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
KNOE-TV with the following specifications:


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

LA  Monroe               7               5.0                519                   454
     
     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 18, 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.

                    Monroe, Louisiana            7, *19


     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 7 in lieu of DTV 55 Channel for station KNOE-TV at Monroe,
Louisiana. 

     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