THE PROPOSED WHPX-DT FACILITY EXCEEDS THE APPENDIX B FACILITY FOR WHPX-DT AND A WAIVER OF THE FCC FILING FREEZE IS REQUESTED. WHPX-TV IS CURRENTLY LICENSED ON ANALOG CHANNEL 26 AND IS LICENSED FOR DIGITAL OPERATION ON CHANNEL 34. HOWEVER, WHPX-DT WILL BE OPERATING ON DIGITAL CHANNEL 26 POST TRANSITION AND IT PROPOSES TO EMPLOY ITS CURRENT ANALOG ANTENNA (DIELECTRIC TFU-31JTT-R 3BP250). THERE WILL BE EXTENSIONS OF THE APPENDIX B COVERAGE FOOTPRINT. SEE ATTACHED COVERAGE MAP (FIGURE 1). THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF THE ANOMALIES FOR WHICH THE 5-MILE WAIVER PROCESS WAS ESTABLISHED. AS FIGURE 1 INDICATES, THERE IS NO EXTENSION OF THE APPENDIX B SERVICE AREA BY MORE THAN 5 MILES. IN ADDITION, THE 0.5 DE MINIMIS INTERFERENCE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. THE RELEVANT NET SERVICE POPULATION FIGURES ARE SHOWN BELOW. THE POPULATION FIGURES ARE BASED ON AN OET-69 LONGLEY-RICE COVERAGE ANALYSIS CONSIDERING LOSSES DUE TO TERRAIN AND INTERFERENCE, USING 2000 CENSUS DATA. AS SHOWN BELOW, THE PROPOSAL MORE THAN REPLICATES THE ALLOTMENT SERVICE POPULATION. WHPX-DT CHANNEL 26 APPENDIX B ALLOTMENT: 3,333,000 WHPX-DT PROPOSED CHANNEL 26 POST-TRANSITION: 3,381,311 THE PROPOSED OPERATION WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PROTECTION TO RADIO ASTRONOMY INSTALLATIONS AND FCC MONITORING STATIONS.