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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. 00-98
Table of Allotments,                 )       RM-9811
Digital Television Broadcast Stations.       )
(Thomasville, Georgia)               )

                        REPORT AND ORDER
                     (Proceeding Terminated)

   Adopted:  September 29, 2000         Released:  October 2, 2000  

By the Chief, Video Services:

1.  At the request of WCTV Licensee Corporation ("WCTV"), licensee of station WCTV-TV,
NTSC Channel 6, Thomasville, Georgia, the Commission has before it the Notice of Proposed Rule
Making, 15 FCC Rcd 9450 (2000), proposing the substitution of DTV Channel 46 for DTV
Channel 52 for Station WCTV-DT at Thomasville.  WCTV filed comments in support of the
channel change.  Channel 51, L.C., permittee for a new commercial full power television station
WBIF(TV), NTSC Channel 51, Marianna, Florida, filed supporting comments. 

     2.  We believe the public interest would be served by substituting DTV Channel 46 for DTV
Channel 52 since it permit Station WCTV-DT to operate on a core allotment in lieu of its current
non-core allotment.  DTV Channel 46 can be allotted to Thomasville, Georgia, as proposed, in
compliance with the principle community coverage requirements of Section 73.625(a) at coordinates
(30-40-13 N. and 83-56-26 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 WCTV-DT with the following
specifications:

                  DTV         DTV power       Antenna       DTV Service
State & City        Channel        (kW)           HAAT (m)       Pop. (thous.)

GA  Thomasville         46           1000                 619                    832  
     
     
     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 November 16, 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.

                    Thomasville, Georgia                 46

     4.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That within 45 days of the effective date of this Order,
WCTV Licensee Corporation shall submit to the Commission a minor change application for a
construction permit (FCC Form 301) specifying DTV Channel 46 in lieu of DTV Channel 52 for
Station WCTV-TV at Thomasville, Georgia. 

     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