ALMA VISION HISPANIC NETWORK, INC. ('LICENSEE') RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS A FURTHER EXTENSION OF THE SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY ('STA'), ORIGINALLY GRANTED IN FILE NO. BSTA-20090722ABT AND EXTENDED IN FILE NO. BESTA-20100219ABJ, FOR THE OPERATION OF KTAV-LP, ALTADENA, CA, ON DIGITAL CHANNEL 46. AS SET FORTH BELOW, THE SAME SET OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT SUPPORTED THE GRANT OF BOTH THE ORIGINAL STA AND THE INITIAL EXTENSION THEREOF ALSO JUSTIFY THE GRANT OF A SIX-MONTH FURTHER EXTENSION OF STA. BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, KTAV-LP IS LICENSED TO OPERATE ON OUT-OF-CORE ANALOG CHANNEL 69. AS STATED IN THE LICENSEE'S ORIGINAL STA REQUEST, THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, THEN PLANNED TO SOON BEGIN TESTING ITS PUBLIC SAFETY/FIRST RESPONDER USE OF THE 700 MHZ FREQUENCY, MAKING IT ALL THE MORE NECESSARY FOR KTAV-LP TO RELINQUISH CHANNEL 69 FOR AN IN-CORE CHANNEL. THUS, THE LICENSEE FILED A DISPLACEMENT APPLICATION (FILE NO. BDISDTL-20090609ACK) FOR OPERATION ON CHANNEL 46D. HOWEVER, THE PROCESSING OF THAT APPLICATION HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD PENDING ACTION BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY THAT MUST CONCUR WITH THE LICENSEE'S PROPOSAL TO OPERATE ON CHANNEL 46D. TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LICENSEE, AS OF THE FILING DATE OF THIS STA EXTENSION REQUEST, THE REQUEST FOR MEXICAN CONCURRENCE REMAINS PENDING. (IT IS NOTED THAT MEXICAN CONCURRENCE WITH THE LICENSEE'S STA WAS NOT REQUIRED BECAUSE THE STA 'FOOTPRINT' IS LOCATED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE FULL SERVICE STATION THAT PREVIOUSLY OPERATED ON ANALOG CHANNEL 46 (KFTR).) FURTHER, TEMPORARY AUTHORITY FOR KTAV-LP TO OPERATE ON DIGITAL CHANNEL 46, AS OPPOSED TO AN ANALOG CHANNEL, MEANS THAT THE STATION CAN PROVIDE ITS SPANISH LANGUAGE RELIGIOUS PROGRAMMING TO FAR MORE VIEWERS WHO NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO ANALOG SIGNALS. ACCORDINGLY, FOR THESE REASONS, THE LICENSEE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS A SIX-MONTH EXTENSION OF THE STA FOR OPERATION OF KTAV-LP ON CHANNEL 46D.