APPLICATION PROCESSING PURSUANT TO THE PROVISION IN 47 C.F.R. SECTION 73.622(F)(5) IS REQUESTED. THE APPLICANT SEEKS TO OPERATE KCRG WITH GREATER EFFECTIVE RADIATED POWER (ERP) THAN NORMALLY AFFORDED FOR ITS ANTENNA HEIGHT ABOVE AVERAGE TERRAIN INASMUCH AS ADDITIONAL ERP IS NEEDED TO SERVE AN EQUIVALENT SIZE COVERAGE AREA AS ANOTHER STATION LOCATED IN THE SAME DESIGNATED MARKET AREA (DMA). SPECIFICALLY, THE PROPOSED COVERAGE AREA FOR KCRG MEASURES 51,842.6 SQUARE KILOMETERS WHILE THE AREA CURRENTLY SERVED BY KWWL IS 51,844.6 SQUARE KILOMETERS. KWWL IS LICENSED TO SERVE WATERLOO, IA ON VHF CHANNEL 7, FCC FACILITY ID 593, FILE NO. BLCDT-20100707AXT. COMPLIANCE WITH THE INTERFERENCE PROTECTION CRITERIA IN SECTION 73.616 WAS EVALUATED USING THE TV INTERFERENCE AND SPACING ANALYSIS PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY TECHWARE, INC. THE ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED USING THE STANDARD CELL CALCULATION SIZE OF 2 KILOMETERS WITH A FINER TERRAIN PROFILE STEP SIZE OF 0.2 KILOMETERS. IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT HAS OBTAINED INTERFERENCE AGREEMENTS WITH THE FOLLOWING TWO STATIONS: 1) WILL-TV, CHANNEL 9, URBANA, IL, FACILITY ID 68939 2) KTTC, CHANNEL 10, ROCHESTER, MN, FACILITY ID 35678 COPIES OF THE EXECUTED INTERFERENCE AGREEMENTS WITH WILL-TV AND KTTC ARE PROVIDED AS ATTACHMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS EXHIBIT. AS STATED ABOVE, THE APPLICANT REQUESTS A COMMISSION REVIEW OF THIS PROPOSAL USING THE FOLLOWING OET-69 ANALYSIS SETTINGS: 1) CELL SIZE FOR SERVICE ANALYSIS = 2.0 KM/SIDE 2) DISTANCE INCREMENT FOR LONGLEY-RICE ANALYSIS = 0.2 KM ASIDE FROM STATIONS WILL-TV AND KTTC, WHICH HAVE AGREED TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL INTERFERENCE, THE ENHANCED STUDY RESULTS DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER CASES OF PREDICTED INTERFERENCE IN EXCESS OF THE STANDARD 0.5 PERCENT ALLOWANCE. A SUMMARY REPORT OF THE INTERFERENCE ANALYSIS IS ALSO PROVIDED AS AN ATTACHMENT.