ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS FOR ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY ('ASU'), LICENSEE OF K55DB, PRESCOTT, ETC., ARIZONA (FACILITY ID NO. 6092), PERMITTEE OF K43LW-D PRESCOTT, ETC., ARIZONA (FACILITY ID NO. 6092) (DIGITAL DISPLACEMENT FACILITY) HEREBY REQUESTS EXTENSION OF ITS CURRENT SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY ('STA') , AUTHORIZING THE STATION'S DIGITAL OPERATIONS ON CHANNEL 43 WITH A TMPORARY TRANSMITTER AND AT A LOWER EFFECTIVE RADIATED POWER ('ERP') THAN THOSE AUTHORIZED IN ASU'S CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR CHANNEL 43 (SEE FCC FILE NO. BMPDTT-20111005AJE) (THE 'PERMIT'). EXTENSION OF THE STA IS REQUESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE STATION'S CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITIES SPECIFIED IN THE PERMIT. WHILE ASU IS COMPLETING CONSTRUCTING AND AWAITING DELIVERY OF ITS TRANSMITTER, IT REQUESTS STA TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS ON CHANNEL 43 AT 50% OF AUTHORIZED ERP. THE REQUESTED TEMPORARY FACILITIES UTILIZE A TEMPORARY TRANSMITTTER (LARCAN MXI 101U) WITH STRINGENT MASK FILTER, AND THE PERMITTED ANTENNA (SCA 4DR-8-2HW) FROM THE SAME SITE AS AUTHORIZED IN THE PERMIT. THE REQUESTED OPERATION WILL SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST BY ALLOWING THE STATION TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER PROGRAMMING TO THE VIEWERS DURING THE STATION'S TRANSITION TO DIGITAL OPERATION.