KEGW-LP IS LICENSED ON OUT-OF-CORE CHANNEL 64 AND WAS REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSION TO GO DARK ON 12/31/2011. THE STATION HAS AN APPLICATION PENDING, FILE NO. BDISDTL-20100922ABP, TO OPERATE ON DIGITAL CHANNEL 30. THAT APPLICATION HAS NOT YET APPEARED ON A PROPOSED GRANT LIST, AS THERE WERE SOME MINOR DEFICIENCIES REQUIRING AMENDMENTS. ALL REQUIRED AMENDMENTS HAVE NOW BEEN FILED, BUT THE APPLICATION STILL CANNOT BE GRANTED BY ONE YEAR AFTER THE SILENT DATE. TO AVOID EXPIRATION OF ITS LICENSE UNDER SECTION 312(G) OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT, KEGW-LP REQUESTS AN STA TO RESUME OPERATION PRIOR TO 12/31/2012, USING THE SAME FACILITIES SPECIFIED IN THE PENDING DISPLACEMENT APPLICATION, BUT WITH LOWER POWER, BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME LEFT TO CONSTRUCT THE FULL FACILITIES. THE STA PROPOSAL WILL COVER 77% OF THE AREA COVERED BY THE PENDING DISPLACEMENT FACILITIES.