THE PROPOSED FACILITY PROVIDES 'REPLACEMENT' SERVICE FOR AREAS WHERE KTWU HAS LOST SERVICE. A CONTOUR MAP SHOWING THE PROPOSED 'REPLACEMENT' TRANSLATOR IS ATTACHED. THE PROPOSED FACILITY HAS BEEN OPTIMIZED TO SERVE THE LOST AREA WHILE TRYING TO KEEP THE 51 DBU CONTOUR OF THE FACILITY WITHIN THE 36 DBU CONTOUR OF THE PRIMARY STATION. IN THIS CASE THE PROPOSED TRANSLATOR 51 DBU CONTOUR SLIGHTLY EXCEEDS THE PRIMARY STATION, KTWU, 36 DBU PROTECTED CONTOUR. THE FCC DOES ALLOW A DE MINIMIS CONTOUR EXTENSION OUTSIDE OF THE PRIMARY CONTOUR. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AREA EXCEEDING THE PRIMARY STATION CONTOUR, THE TOTAL POPULATION WITHIN THE AREA EXCEEDING THE PRIMARY STATION 36 DBU CONTOUR IS ONLY 493 PEOPLE. THE TOTAL POPULATION WITHIN THE 51 DBU PROPOSED TRANSLATOR CONTOUR IS 109,727, SO THIS IS ONLY 0.4 % OF THE TRANSLATOR POPULATION AND IS BELIEVED TO BE CONSIDERED DE MINIMIS. AN INTERFERENCE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN EXECUTED FOR THE PROPOSED FACILITY USING THE OET-69 METHODOLOGY FROM THE FLR PROGRAM ON A SUN WORKSTATION. THE RESULTS INDICATE NO OBJECTIONABLE INTERFERENCE. THE RESULTS ARE ATTACHED. ONE RECORD HAS BEEN IGNORED IN THE ANALYSIS AND THAT IS A RECORD WHICH WAS ONE THAT DISMISSAL IS, OR HAS BEEN, REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT BECAUSE THE APPLICATION WAS INCORRECT.