REQUEST TO TREAT AS A DISPLACEMENT APPLICATION K209EN DES MOINES, IOWA , FACILITY ID 121782, BLFT-20170209AAA MARCH 2018 BACKGROUND INFORMATION: K209EN DES MOINES, IOWA BEGAN OPERATIONS IN FEBRUARY 2002 AND HAS CONTINUED OPERATIONS SINCE THAT TIME. IN JULY OF 2017, KVCI MONTEZUMA, IA, SUBMITTED A MODIFICATION APPLICATION TO A NEW TOWER SITE AND INCREASED POWER. K209EN WILL CREATE INTERFERENCE AS A CO CHANNEL TO KVCI AT ITS NEW FACILITY WHEN THEY CONSTRUCT. THIS NEW KVCI APPLICATION WILL CAUSE K209EN TO BE DISPLACED. PROBLEM: LACK OF ADJACENT FREQUENCIES TO MODIFY TO. CHANNEL MINOR CHANGE CHANNELS 208-212 HAVE PROHIBITED CONTOUR OVERLAP TO THE FOLLOWING: 206 KJMC/KSTM(205) AND KICJ(205) 207 KJMC (207) 208 KJMC (207) 209 KVCI (209) CO CHANNEL 210 WOI-FM (211), KVCI (209) 211 WOI-FM (211) 212 K213DV K209EN IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE A MINOR MODIFICATION AND CONTINUING TO OPERATE ON CHANNEL 209 WILL NOT BE A POSSIBILITY SHOULD KVCI CONSTRUCT ONCE A CP HAS BEEN GRANTED. IF FREQUENCIES 262 AND 263 (OF WHICH EITHER ARE REALLY AVAILABLE) REQUIRE AN OFF AIR SIGNAL FEED, AND CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC. HAS NO OTHER BROADCAST THAT IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO FEED OFF AIR. WAIVER REQUEST: SINCE K209EN DES MOINES WILL BE FORCED TO VACATE ITS CURRENT LICENSED OPERATION ON CHANNEL 209, WITH NO MODIFICATION ON CHANNEL 209 POSSIBLE AND NO MINOR CHANGE IS AVAILABLE, INCLUDING I.F. CHANNELS, THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE TREATED AS A MINOR CHANGE APPLICATION DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE PROPOSED NEW CHANNEL IS MORE THAN THREE CHANNELS AWAY (UP OR DOWN) FROM ITS CURRENT CHANNEL OF OPERATIONS. THE FCC HAS ALLOWED FM TRANSLATORS THESE TYPES OF WAIVER GRANTS FOR VARIOUS CHANNEL/FREQUENCY PROBLEMS IN THE PAST, AND CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC ASKS FOR SIMILAR TREATMENT HERE. (FOR EXAMPLE, SEE RECENT CONSTRUCTION PERMITS BPFT-20090817ACF JOPLIN, MISSOURI; BMPFT-20090519ABU MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA; BPFT-20100512AEU OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON, BPFT-20100429AAA KAMIAH, IDAHO) CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC. BELIEVES THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST WOULD BE SERVED BY A GRANT OF THIS WAIVER REQUEST AND TREATMENT OF THIS APPLICATION AS A MINOR CHANGE APPLICATION. THIS TRANSLATOR STATION HAS PROVIDED UNIQUE INSPIRATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL AND SPIRITUAL PROGRAMMING TO ITS COMMUNITY OF LICENSE FOR MORE THAN 16 YEARS THAT CANNOT BE MATCHED IN THIS AREA AND THE LOSS OF THIS SERVICE WILL CREATE AN AVOIDABLE VOID IN THE LIVES OF MANY PEOPLE IN THE DES MOINES AREA.