Report No. MM 97-14      MASS MEDIA ACTION        September 3, 1997


       FIRST DTV CONSTRUCTION PERMIT APPLICATION GRANTED
               TO STATION KHVO(TV), HILO, HAWAII

     Today, the Federal Communications Commision's Mass Media Bureau issued the first
DTV construction permit to KITV Argyle Television, Inc.'s station KHVO(TV), Channel 13 in
Hilo, Hawaii.  The construction permit application, for DTV operation on Channel 18, was
granted within two days of its receipt by the Bureau.

     Under the Commission's "certification checklist" procedures, DTV construction permit
applications are expedited when the applicant answers "yes" to five questions.  

     KITV Argyle Television, Inc. confirmed that its application specifies a transmitter site
within 5 kilometers of the site assumed in the DTV Table of Allotments created in the Sixth
Report and Order in MM Docket No. 87-268, released on April 21, 1997.  The applicant also
confirmed that the DTV station's proposed ERP and antenna height will not exceed the values in
the DTV Table.  Further, the applicant stated that the DTV station's proposed operation would
comply with the Commission's RF radiation and environmental requirements.  KITV Argyle
Television, Inc., also confirmed that it had a registered or an FAA approved tower site.  

     The applicant was able to take advantage of the expeditious grant procedure and the Mass
Media Bureau was able to process and grant this DTV construction permit application within two
business days of its receipt by the Bureau.


                    Mass Media Bureau Contacts:   Clay Pendarvis at (202) 418-1600 or Roxanne
          Harris at (202) 418-1607

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