ON 23 NOVEMBER 2017, THE KUHB ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE WAS DESTROYED IN AN ARCTIC WIND STORM. THE APPLICANT SEEKS TO TEMPORARILY LOCATE AN EMERGENCY ANTENNA ON THE ROOF OF AN ADJACENT BUILDING UNTIL SUCH TIME AS REPLACEMENT FACILITIES CAN BE CONSTRUCTED. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO OPERATE AT REDUCED POWER, REDUCED ELEVATION AND AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION EMPLOYING AN OMNI-DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA IN LIEU OF THE DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA SPECIFIED IN ITS AUTHORIZATION. THE PROPOSED FACILITIES WILL BE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 30 METERS ENE OF THE AUTHORIZED FACILITIES AT AN ELEVATION APPROXIMATELY 16 METERS LOWER THAN AUTHORIZED. OPERATION WILL BE AT 100 WATTS. BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTIES INHERENT IN WINTERTIME CONSTRUCTION IN THE ARCTIC AND THE LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS OF BRINGING MATERIAL AND WORK CREWS TO A REMOTE ISLAND IN THE BERING SEA, THE APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT THIS TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION BE GRANTED UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 2018. GRANTING OF THIS SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY WILL SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST, CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY BY ALLOWING THE ONLY AURAL TRANSMISSION SERVICE, AND THE ONLY LOCAL TRANSMISSION SERVICE TO RETURN TO THE AIR. ON 18 MAY 2018 THE COMMISSION GRANTED FILE NUMBER BPED-20180413ABC, A CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR NEW PERMANENT FACILITIES. IT IS THE LICENSEE'S INTENT TO CONSTRUCT THE NEW FACILITIES DURING THE UPCOMING SUMMER BUILDING SEASON. THE APPLICANT RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT THE INSTANT STA BE EXTENDED FOR 6 MONTHS ALLOWING KUHB TO REMAIN ON THE AIR WHILE THESE NEW FACILITIES ARE CONSTRUCTED.