KQEG-LP WAS PLACED IN A DISPLACEMENT SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT OF DIGITAL CH. 50 TO WISC-TV, MADISON, WI, AND AN APPLICATION WAS FILED TO MOVE FROM CH. 50 TO CH. 23. IN AUGUST 1999 (REPORT NO. 44552), THE APPLICATION WAS GRANTED AND A CP FOR CH. 23 WAS ISSUED. IN NOVEMBER 2000, AN APPLICATION WAS FILED TO CONVERT THE FACILITIES TO CLASS A FACILITIES. THE CH. 23 FACILITIES WERE CONSTRUCTED AND KQEG-LP WENT ON THE AIR WITH THE CH. 23 FACILITIES ON FEBRUARY 1, 2001. AN AMENDMENT TO THE CLASS A APPLICATION WAS FILED ON MARCH 21, 2001 PROVIDING FURTHER TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND THE COVER LETTER STATED THAT THE CH. 23 FACILITIES HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED. THE CLAS A LICENSE FOR CH. 23 WAS GRANTED (FILE NO. BLTTA-20010403ABF). THE KQEG-LP OWNERSHIP VIEWED THE CLASS A LICENSE WHICH SPECIFIES THE CH. 23 FACILITIES AS A LICENSE WHICH ALSO COVERED THE CH. 23 CP. RECENTLY, A QUESTION WAS RAISED ABOUT WHETHER THE CLASS A LICENSE ACTUALLY COVERS THE CH. 23 CP. IF THE CLASS A LICENSE DID NOT COVER THE CH. 23 CP, THEN THE CP EXPIRED IN 2002 AND A LICENSE APPLICATION WAS NEVER FILED EVEN THOUGH THE FACILITIES WERE CONSTRUCTED AS AUTHORIZED IN THE CP, AND, THE STATION HAS BEEN OPERATING ON CH. 23 FOR OVER THREE YEARS. THE MATTER WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE STAFF AND THEY ADVISED THAT THE INSTANT LATE-FILED LICENSE APPLICATION SHOULD BE FILED IMMEDIATELY ACCOMPANIED BY THIS EXPLANATORY EXHIBIT.