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Daily Digest
Federal Communications Commission
45 L Street NE
Washington, DC 20554

Vol. 40 No. 892
News media information 202 / 418-0500
Internet: http://www.fcc.gov
ASL Video Call: 1-844-432-2275


August 6, 2021
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[...]

Released: 2021-08-06. ENFORCEMENT BUREAU CONTINUES 2021 BROADCAST EEO AUDITS.
(DA No. 21-822). EB. Contact: Elizabeth E. Goldin at (202) 418-1450.
DA-21-822A1.pdf<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-822A1.pdf>
DA-21-822A1.txt<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-822A1.txt>


(Moderator's Note:

Call Letters or Unlicensed and Company or Place Name match found in
contents linked at URL:


KKOH AM RENO NV 11236 RADIO LICENSE
HOLDING CBC, LLC

KNBR AM SAN FRANCISCO CA 35208 RADIO LICENSE
HOLDING SRC LLC

KNZR AM BAKERSFIELD CA 7715 ALPHA MEDIA
LICENSEE LLC


[...]

KMJB FM HUDSON WY 173291 WESTERN
INSPIRATIONAL BROADCASTERS, INC.

KNBR-FM FM SAN FRANCISCO CA 54770 RADIO LICENSE
HOLDING SRC LLC

KNMA FM TULAROSA NM 122932 CSN
INTERNATIONAL


)

[...]

Report No: PN-1-210806-01. Released: 2021-08-06. APPLICATIONS. MB.
DOC-374733A1.pdf<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-374733A1.pdf>
DOC-374733A1.txt<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-374733A1.txt>


(Moderator's Note:

Call Letters or Unlicensed and Company or Place Name match found in
contents linked at URL:



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0000155433 | Renewal of License | FM | KISQ
| 59964 | Main | 98.1 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | IHM
LICENSES, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For Filing


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0000155661 | Renewal of License | FM | KLLC
| 9624 | Main | 97.3 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA |
Audacy License, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155568 | Renewal of License | AM | KEST
| 17410 | Main | 1450.0 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA |
MULTICULTURAL RADIO BROADCASTING LICENSEE, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155812 | Renewal of License | AM | KFAX
| 24510 | Main | 1100.0 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | NEW
INSPIRATION BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For Filing


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0000155455 | Renewal of License | FX | K233CM
| 152120 | | 94.5 | PETALUMA, CA |
AMATURO SONOMA MEDIA GROUP, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155239 | Renewal of License | FX | K238AF
| 81724 | Main | 95.5 | SANTA ROSA, CA |
B.C. Radio LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155342 | Renewal of License | FM | KEZR
| 1176 | Main | 106.5 | SAN JOSE, CA |
ALPHA MEDIA LICENSEE LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155843 | Renewal of License | AM | KDIA
| 87108 | Main | 1640.0 | VALLEJO, CA | New
Inspiration Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For Filing


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0000155656 | Renewal of License | FM | KGMZ-FM
| 25446 | Main | 95.7 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA |
Audacy License, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155838 | Renewal of License | FX | K273CU
| 156231 | | 102.5 | PETALUMA, CA |
California Broadcasting Company, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155525 | Renewal of License | AM | KSCO
| 41594 | Main | 1080.0 | SANTA CRUZ, CA |
ZWERLING BROADCASTING SYSTEM, LTD |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155854 | Renewal of License | AM | KDYA
| 54263 | Main | 1190.0 | VALLEJO, CA | New
Inspiration Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For Filing


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0000155654 | Renewal of License | AM | KGMZ
| 25458 | Main | 1550.0 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA |
Audacy License, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155648 | Renewal of License | AM | KCBS
| 9637 | Main | 740.0 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA |
Audacy License, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155436 | Renewal of License | FM | KYLD
| 59989 | Main | 94.9 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | IHM
LICENSES, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For Filing


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0000155844 | Renewal of License | AM | KRRS
| 43710 | Main | 1460.0 | SANTA ROSA, CA |
CALIFORNIA BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155845 | Renewal of License | FX | K234DD
| 202109 | | 94.7 | SANTA ROSA, CA |
CALIFORNIA BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155405 | Renewal of License | AM | KIQI
| 50703 | Main | 1010.0 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA |
MULTICULTURAL RADIO BROADCASTING LICENSEE, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155448 | Renewal of License | FX | K300AO
| 148020 | | 107.9 | SANTA ROSA, CA |
AMATURO SONOMA MEDIA GROUP, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155820 | Renewal of License | AM | KTRB
| 66246 | Main | 860.0 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | NEW
INSPIRATION BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For Filing


[...]

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0000155453 | Renewal of License | AM | KSRO
| 22881 | Main | 1350.0 | SANTA ROSA, CA |
AMATURO SONOMA MEDIA GROUP, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


[...]

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0000155452 | Renewal of License | FM | KHTH
| 22890 | Main | 101.7 | SANTA ROSA, CA |
AMATURO SONOMA MEDIA GROUP, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155356 | Renewal of License | FM | KKIQ
| 67818 | Main | 101.7 | LIVERMORE, CA |
Alpha Media Licensee LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155217 | Renewal of License | FM | KREV
| 36029 | Main | 92.7 | ALAMEDA, CA | W.
LAWRENCE PATRICK, RECEIVER |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155360 | Renewal of License | FM | KKDV
| 36032 | Main | 92.1 | WALNUT CREEK, CA |
ALPHA MEDIA LICENSEE LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155846 | Renewal of License | FX | K289AS
| 147597 | | 105.7 | COTATI, CA |
CALIFORNIA BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155653 | Renewal of License | FM | KFRC-FM
| 20897 | Main | 106.9 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA |
Audacy License, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


[...]

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0000155742 | Renewal of License | FX | K237GZ
| 201186 | | 95.3 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA |
SCA-PALO ALTO, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155344 | Renewal of License | FM | KBAY
| 35401 | Main | 94.5 | GILROY, CA |
ALPHA MEDIA LICENSEE LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155298 | Renewal of License | AM | KOMY
| 22694 | Main | 1340.0 | LA SELVA BEACH, CA |
ZWERLING BROADCASTING SYSTEM, LTD |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155425 | Renewal of License | FM | KMEL
| 35121 | Main | 106.1 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | IHM
LICENSES, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For Filing


[...]

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0000155650 | Renewal of License | FM | KRBQ
| 65486 | Main | 102.1 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA |
Audacy License, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155418 | Renewal of License | FM | KIOI
| 34930 | Main | 101.3 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | IHM
LICENSES, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For Filing


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0000155837 | Renewal of License | AM | KZNB
| 52345 | Main | 1490.0 | PETALUMA, CA |
California Broadcasting Company, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155741 | Renewal of License | AM | KDOW
| 65485 | Main | 1220.0 | PALO ALTO, CA |
SCA-PALO ALTO, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155426 | Renewal of License | AM | KATD
| 52256 | Main | 990.0 | PITTSBURG, CA | WAY
BROADCASTING LICENSEE, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For Filing


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0000155445 | Renewal of License | AM | KKSF
| 59966 | Main | 910.0 | OAKLAND, CA | IHM
LICENSES, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For Filing


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0000155536 | Renewal of License | FM | KCBS-FM
| 9612 | Main | 93.1 | LOS ANGELES, CA |
Audacy License, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155454 | Renewal of License | FX | K278CD
| 22886 | Main | 103.5 | SANTA ROSA, CA |
AMATURO SONOMA MEDIA GROUP, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155659 | Renewal of License | FM | KITS
| 18510 | Main | 105.3 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA |
Audacy License, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155985 | Renewal of License | FX | K257GE
| 156438 | | 99.3 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA |
HISPANIC FAMILY CHRISTIAN NETWORK, INC. |
| | 08/03/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155409 | Renewal of License | AM | KNEW
| 59957 | Main | 960.0 | OAKLAND, CA | IHM
LICENSES, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For Filing


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0000155601 | Renewal of License | AM | KSJX
| 4118 | Main | 1500.0 | SAN JOSE, CA |
MULTICULTURAL RADIO BROADCASTING LICENSEE, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For
Filing


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0000155440 | Renewal of License | FM | KOSF
| 65484 | Main | 103.7 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | IHM
LICENSES, LLC |
| | 08/02/2021 | Accepted For Filing


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)

[...]

PETITION OF ONE MINISTRIES, INC. FOR MODIFICATION OF THE TELEVISION MARKET OF
KQSL(DT), FORT BRAGG, CA. Media Bureau grants in part and denies in part the
One Ministries Television Market Modification Petition for KQSL(DT). (Dkt No
21-142). Action by: Senior Deputy Chief, Policy Division, Media Bureau.
Adopted: 2021-08-06 by MO&O. (DA No. 21-961). MB.
DA-21-961A1.docx<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-961A1.docx>
DA-21-961A1.pdf<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-961A1.pdf>
DA-21-961A1.txt<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-961A1.txt>


(Moderator's Note:

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contents linked at URL:


licensee of television station KQSL(DT), Fort Bragg, California
(Facility ID No. 8378) (KQSL or Station) filed the above-captioned Petition
One Ministries, Inc. Petition for Special Relief for Modification of the
Television Market for Station KQSL, MB Docket No. 21-142 (filed Apr. 7,
2021),
https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/104071388910299/One%20Ministries%20-%20KQSL%20Market%20Mod%20Petition%20(Comcast).pdf
(KQSL Petition). The Media Bureau placed the Petition on public notice and
sought comment. Special Relief and Show Cause Petitions, Public Notice,
Report No. 0498 (MB Apr. 13, 2021).

requesting modification of the Station’s television market to
include Cloverdale and certain communities in Contra Costa, San Mateo, and
San Francisco Counties located within the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
Designated Market Area (DMA). Specifically, the Petitioner is seeking to add:
Cloverdale (CA0110); Concord (CA0063); Contra Costa County (CA0062, CA0070,
CA0075, CA0243, CA0289, CA0346, CA0354, CA0365, CA0576, CA0747, CA0924,
CA1233, CA1507); Walnut Creek (CA0293, CA1395, CA1654); Martinez (CA0241);
Pleasant Hill (CA0244); Berlingame (CA0925); Daly City (CA0280, CA1337); San
Francisco (CA0245); San Mateo City (CA0206, CA1374); Redwood City (CA0205,
CA1569); San Mateo County (CA0074, CA0076, CA0078, CA0079, CA0573, CA0575,
CA0859, CA0860, CA0967, CA1377, CA1461, CA1501, CA1502, CA1523); and South
San Francisco (CA0282). Petition at n.3.

These communities are served by Comcast systems (Comcast), The
Petitioner states that according to the Commission’s Cable Operations and
Licensing systems (COALS) database, Comcast does business in the communities
at issue under various names, including Comcast of California III, Inc. and
Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC. For ease of reference, the Petitioner states
that it refers to the relevant cable systems as “Comcast” throughout its
pleading. Petition at n.2. We do the same herein.


[...]

Its primary broadcast location is a site on top of Cahto Peak, near
Laytonville, California using a directional antenna at 1.3 kW ERP that
transmits the Station’s signal north toward Eureka, east toward Red Bluff
and south over a portion of Sonoma County. FCC File No. BLCDT-20090610AAS.

In 2011, Comcast successfully petitioned to modify KQSL’s market to
exclude the Communities, as well as others outside the scope of the instant
proceeding. In re Comcast Cable Communications, LLC for Modification of the
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, California DMA, Memorandum Opinion and Order,
26 FCC Rcd 14453 (2011) (2011 Market Modification Order).

In granting Comcast’s petition, the Media Bureau (Bureau) found
that KQSL had “no history of carriage and no discernable viewership in the
communities at issue.” Id. at 14463, para. 15.


[...]

According to One Ministries, the Station now has a history of
carriage in all of the Communities not encompassed by KQSL’s contour. Id.

One Ministries describes KQSL as an independent, Christian television
station that has served the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose DMA for decades,
Id. at 2. Petitioner states that KQSL, then licensed to another broadcaster,
signed on the air as KFWU in 1990. Id. at n.5.

and states that it now broadcasts “locally targeted and produced
religious programming, including Spanish language programming, as well as
Chinese-language news, finance, and lifestyle programming.” Id. at 2-3.


[...]

As Petitioner concedes, the Contested Communities all remain well
outside of KQSL’s DTS noise-limited contour. Id. at 3. Referring to
Petitioner’s Exhibit B, Comcast notes that the contour maps show virtually
no coverage south of Cloverdale. In addition, Comcast states that the
Commission’s online DTV Reception Map tool shows that KQSL cannot be
received over-the-air in any of the Contested Communities. See id. at n.7;
https://www.fcc.gov/media/-engineering/dtvmaps.

Comcast asserts that where expanded over-the-air coverage was a
positive factor in the Bureau’s previous DTS-related market modification
decisions, KQSL’s continuing lack of over-the-air coverage even after its
DTS construction must be considered a negative factor in this case. Id.
Comcast further notes that KSBW, Salinas, California broadcasts on the same
channel as KQSL and is significantly closer to San Francisco (and the other
Contested Communities) than KQSL. See
https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/tv-profile/ksbw/contour-maps/. Therefore,
Comcast observes, the Commission’s DTS rules, including prohibitions
against any potential interference with KSBW, limit KQSL’s ability to ever
extend its noise-limited service contour in the Bay Area. Comcast Opposition
at n.9.



[...]

11. The Petitioner asserts that KQSL is currently and has previously
been carried within the Communities by a number of MVPDs. Petition at 9.

Today, the Station is carried in all of the Communities on systems
operated by AT&T U-verse, DirecTV, DISH Network, and Wave Broadband, but
Petitioner acknowledges that KQSL has been carried for fewer than ten years
on each system. Id. and Exhibit A (Cable Provider Channel Lineups). The
Petitioner states that Astound Broadband, LLC (d/b/a Wave Broadband) has two
systems. The first covers Concord, Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek,
and Contra Costa. The second, which Wave refers to as the “Peninsula/San
Francisco” system, covers San Francisco, South San Francisco, Daly City,
Burlingame, San Mateo City, Redwood City, and San Mateo County. Wave
Broadband does not provide service in Cloverdale. Id. at n.31.

In opposition, Comcast argues that we should give little weight to
Petitioner’s relatively short history of carriage, given its decades of
operation, and notes that no Comcast system has ever carried the station in
the communities. Comcast Opposition at 4. See also 2011 Market Modification
Order at 14463, para, 15 (“The record unambiguously demonstrates that KQSL
has no history of carriage and no discernable viewership in the communities
at issue . . . . [even though] KQSL has been on-the-air for over 20
years.”).


[...]


12. Comcast also argues that One Ministries’ historic carriage
arguments are further undermined because KQSL lacks historic carriage in a
number of cable communities that are either: “(a) adjacent to or nearby the
Contested Communities; or (b) much closer to Fort Bragg[, KQSL’s community
of license].” Id. at 5. For example, Comcast states that the Petitioner
seeks carriage in San Francisco and Walnut Creek, but excludes Oakland and
Berkeley, even though they lie between San Francisco and Walnut Creek.
Similarly, Comcast points out that the Petitioner seeks carriage in the
Communities, but not in the cities of San Rafael, Petaluma, and Santa Rosa,
even though they lie between the Communities and Fort Bragg. Further, it is
noted that One Ministries does not seek carriage in any community within Napa
and Marin Counties, and seeks carriage only in Cloverdale among Sonoma
County’s many communities. Id. at n.14. Comcast submits a list of its San
Francisco DMA communities, indicating those communities on which KQSL seeks
carriage and those communities the Petitioner excluded from its Petition.
See id. at Exhibit 1.

Comcast asserts that in focusing on KQSL’s recent carriage by
certain MVPDs in the Contested Communities, and ignoring gaps in its cable
carriage outside those Contested Communities, the Petitioner “advances an
unprecedented market modification request that illogically leapfrogs across a
vast expanse of Northern California and nonsensically asserts a local nexus
to a scattershot collection of Bay Area communities.” Id. at Exhibit 1
“showing that KQSL does not seek carriage in 19 Alameda County communities
served by Comcast, 16 Contra Costa County communities served by Comcast, 13
Marin County communities served by Comcast, and 6 Napa County communities
served by Comcast. [The Petitioner] seeks carriage in Cloverdale within
Sonoma County, but ignores another 16 Sonoma County communities Comcast
serves, including Santa Rosa, the largest community in the county.” Id. at
n.16


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18. The Petitioner further asserts that although Cloverdale is the only
Community covered by the Station’s contour, KQSL provides local service to
the Communities through translator stations KQTA-LD, San Francisco,
California (Facility ID No. 182960); KUKR-LD, Santa Rosa, California
(Facility ID No. 182689); and KZHD-LD, Cotati, California (Facility ID No.
126508). Petition at Exhibit D (Translator Contours).

Further, the Petitioner states that the Bureau previously granted a
market modification request where the petitioning station’s translators
“‘provide a Grade B signal contour over the communities at issue . . .
.’” Petition at 12 (citing In the Matter of Mapale LLC for Modification
of the Miami, Florida DMA, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 24 FCC Rcd 8366,
para. 9 (2009)).

The Petitioner asserts that the Comcast headends serving the
Communities are within the contours of these three translator stations. Id.
More specifically, the Petitioner states that Comcast’s San Francisco,
Hayward, Pleasanton, Santa Clara, and Rohnert Park headends are encompassed.
Petition at n.46 and Exhibit D (Translator Contours).

Moreover, the Petitioner notes that fiber optic transmission
facilities ensure that the Station delivers a clear signal from its Santa
Rosa studios to Comcast’s headend in Ukiah, California, which in turn feeds
other headends serving the Communities. Id. at 12.


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19. In Opposition, Comcast notes that One Ministries’ Petition makes
clear that as a result of DTS, Cloverdale is the only Community that now
falls within KQSL’s contour coverage area. Comcast Opposition at 6.

Comcast argues that coverage of Cloverdale cannot somehow weigh in
favor of the Petitioner’s market modification request for the Contested
Communities, especially considering the distance of many of those Communities
from Cloverdale. Id. Comcast states that this is not a case where the
Communities are “immediately proximate to [the] southernmost edge of
KQSL’s noise-limited contour.” Id. at n.18. Citing One Ministries’
Petition, Comcast points out that distances from the noise-limited contour
near Cloverdale to various Communities include: San Francisco – 72.8 miles;
Concord – 78.6 miles; Daly City – 82.3 miles; Martinez – 72.3; Pleasant
Hill – 78.7 miles; Redwood City – 100.6 miles; San Mateo – 93.7 miles;
South San Francisco – 83 miles; and Walnut Creek – 80.7 miles. See
Petition at 14.

Furthermore, Comcast contends that market modification precedent does
not support relying on translator coverage to compensate for a lack of
over-the-air coverage by the primary signal. It argues that the Bureau
already addressed and rejected this argument by KQSL in the 2011 Market
Modification Order. 2011 Market Modification Order, 26 FCC Rcd at 14460-61,
para 13.


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Comcast points to the 2011 Market Modification Order which noted that
Fort Bragg is geographically distant from the communities and that the
communities are separated by mountainous terrain. 2011 Market Modification
Order, 26 FCC Rcd at 14463, para. 15.

Comcast also adds that all of the Contested Communities are naturally
separated from Fort Bragg and Cloverdale by the San Francisco Bay. Comcast
Opposition at 8.

Comcast notes that Fort Bragg is approximately 132 miles as the crow
flies from San Francisco, the closest Contested Community, and approximately
159 miles from Redwood City, the farthest Contested Community. See id. at
Exhibit 2 (calculation of miles from Fort Bragg to each Community obtained
from http://www.indo.com/distance).

Finally, Comcast asserts that while it is theoretically possible to
take public transportation between Cloverdale or Fort Bragg and the Contested
Communities, the several hours it would take means it is not a realistic
commuting option. Id. at 10, referencing Petitioner’s Exhibit F.


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Referring to the KVMD Order, the Petitioner argues that in granting
the Petition the Bureau relied, in part, on the geographic proximity of the
DTS transmitter site to the communities, notwithstanding the fact that the
station’s community of license was over 180 miles from the farthest
community. KVMD Order, 36 FCC Rcd 2349, 2358, para. 19, n.63 (“[t]he
average Community distance to Twentynine Palms in the nine systems ranges
from 74.8 miles to 185.04 miles.”).

The Petitioner further argues that “given the vastness of the San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose DMA, comparisons to distances found acceptable in
other markets may not be entirely apt.” Reply at 6-7.

Regardless, the Petitioner asserts that “to the extent that some of
the Communities are farther away, other factors . . . demonstrate that the
subset of Communities in question are still part of the same economic
market.” Id. at 8.


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24. The Petitioner responds that residents of the Communities
travelling to Fort Bragg as a tourist destination would be evidence of a
strong economic connection. Reply at 8-9.

Petitioner also notes that as Comcast carries a number of San
Francisco stations on its Fort Bragg system, Comcast appears to recognize
that Fort Bragg is part of the same economic market as the Communities. Id.
at 9. These stations include KPIX-TV, KGO-TV, and KRON-TV, all in San
Francisco. Id. and Exhibit L (Comcast Channel Lineup for Fort Bragg).
Comcast responds that carriage of San Francisco network affiliates on its
Fort Bragg system proves nothing about the Contested Communities’ own
connection to Fort Bragg or KQSL. Comcast asserts that to the extent that
Fort Bragg residents might enjoy a connection to San Francisco, a highly
populated city at the center of the DMA, this would not prove that residents
of the Contested Communities have a similar connection to Fort Bragg, a small
community at the remote northern end of the DMA, or KQSL. Comcast Surreply
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