THE PROPOSED KLKN-DT FACILITY SLIGHTLY EXCEEDS THE APPENDIX B FACILITY FOR KLKN-DT AND A WAIVER OF THE FCC FILING FREEZE IS REQUESTED. KLKN-TV IS CURRENTLY LICENSED ON ANALOG CHANNEL 8 AND IS PROPOSING TO RETURN TO ITS ANALOG CHANNEL AND TO EMPLOY ITS CURRENT RCA TW-15A8-R ANTENNA. 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 AS FOLLOWS BASED ON AN OET-69 LONGLEY-RICE COVERAGE ANALYSIS CONSIDERING LOSSES DUE TO TERRAIN AND INTERFERENCE, USING 2000 CENSUS DATA: KLKN-DT CHANNEL 8 APPENDIX B ALLOTMENT: 695,000 KLKN-DT PROPOSED CHANNEL 8 POST-TRANSITION: 698,176 THE PROPOSED OPERATION WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY PROTECTION TO RADIO ASTRONOMY INSTALLATIONS AND FCC MONITORING STATIONS.