THE FACILITIES OF ANALOG TELEVISION TRANSLATOR STATION K34BV WERE DESTROYED BY VANDALS IN MID-2005, CAUSING THE STATION TO GO DARK FROM JULY 15, 2005 UNTIL JULY 12, 2006. FOLLOWING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TRANSLATOR, THE LICENSEE ASSESSED CONDITIONS AT THE SITE AND DETERMINED THAT IT COULD NOT BE SECURED AGAINST FURTHER VANDALISM. IN ADDITION, K34BV HAS BEEN DISPLACED FROM ITS LICENSED CHANNEL BY THE DIGITAL OPERATIONS OF FULL POWER TELEVISION STATION KTVL-DT/CHANNEL 35 IN MEDFORD, OR. CONSEQUENTLY, WHEN THE LICENSEE FILED A DISPLACEMENT APPLICATION IN MARCH 2006, IT PROPOSED TO RELOCATE THE STATION TO A NEW SITE LOCATED ON MT. BALDY (BDISDTT-20060331BFX). THAT APPLICATION WAS GRANTED ON OCTOBER 23, 2006. IN ORDER TO RETURN K34BV TO THE AIR BY JULY 15, 2006, BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THE 12-MONTH OFF-AIR PERIOD, AND IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT ITS FORMER TRANSMITTER SITE COULD NOT BE MADE SECURE FROM FURTHER VANDALISM, THE LICENSEE REQUESTED SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO MOVE ITS CHANNEL 34 ANALOG FACILITIES TO THE PROPOSED DIGITAL TRANSMITTER SITE ON MT. BALDY, AND TO OPERATE THERE UNTIL IT CONSTRUCTS AND LICENSES THE NEW DIGITAL FACILITIES. THE STA WAS GRANTED JULY 12, 2006. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY EXTENDED ON JANUARY 11, 2007 AND IS DUE TO EXPIRE ON JULY 12, 2007. THE LICENSEE HAS NOT COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF THE DISPLACEMENT DIGITAL FACILITIES. THEREFORE, IT RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS EXTENSION OF THE STA TO OPERATE ANALOG K34BV AT MT. BALDY FOR AN ADDITIONAL 6 MONTHS.