INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INC. ('ICN'), LICENSEE OF K61GH, NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS A SIX-MONTH EXTENTION OF THE SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY GRANTED TO K61GH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 9, 2006, IN BESTA-20060309AEJ. AS THE COMMISSION'S RECORDS REFLECT, WHILE OPERATING K61GH UNDER AN STA, ICN HAS MADE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO OBTAIN AN IN-CORE DISPLACEMENT CHANNEL FOR K61GH, WHICH EFFORTS HAVE BEEN STYMIED BY THE DENIAL OF MEXICAN COORDINATION. ICN INITIALLY APPLIED FOR CHANNEL 24, BUT HAD TO ABANDON THE PROPOSAL BECAUSE MEXICO WOULD NOT APPROVE THAT CHANNEL. ICN THEN APPLIED FOR CHANNEL 38, AND EARLIER THIS WEEK, ICN WAS ADVISED THAT THAT MEXICO WOULD NOT APPROVE CHANNEL 38 FOR ICN'S USE. ACCORDINGLY, ICN IS NOW SEEKING OUT OTHER POSSIBLE DISPLACEMENT CHANNELS FOR K61GH, AND PLANS TO FILE A NEW DISPLACEMENT APPLICATION AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE. IN THE MEANTIME, ICN SUBMITS THAT THE PARAMOUNT PUBLIC INTEREST DICTATES THAT K61GH BE PERMITTED TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER THE CURRENT STA TO ENABLE VIEWERS IN THE SAN DIEGO MARKET TO CONTINUE TO HAVE OVER-THE-AIR ACCESS TO THE MULTI-CULTURAL AND ETHNIC PROGRAMMING THAT THE STATION PROVIDES.