File no: 06002, South Dakota Board of Directors for Educational Te, South Dakota Public Television, Cherry & Dakota Streets, Box 500, , Vermillion, SD, 57069-5000. Contact person: Mr. Donald Forseth, phone: (605) 677-5240, e_mail: Don.forseth@sdpb.org. Funds requested: $157,500. Total project cost: $315,000. A project to purchase two Encoder Upgrades, two HD Tape Machines, and two sets of Multi-purpose Format Converters. 

File no: 06003, Blacksmith Multimedia, WABS, P.O. Box 201451, , Montgomey, AL, 36116. Contact person: Mr. Robert Black, phone: (334) 284-1024, e_mail: ssbrb1235@aol.com. Funds requested: $320,985. Total project cost: $641,970. To activate a new FM station in Montgomery/Coosada by purchasing transmitters, antenna tower, audio, processor, console, microphones, CD players, DAT, Recorders, and associated equipment. 

File no: 06004, Hutchinson Community College, Radio Kansas, 815 N. Walnut, Suite 300, , Hutchinson, KS, 67501-6217. Contact person: Mr. David Horning, phone: (620) 662-6646, e_mail: dhorning@radiokansas.org. Funds requested: $695,803. Total project cost: $1,095,803. Radio Kansas seeks funds to construct a transmission tower for its originating station, KHCC-FM.  After 27 years on the same commercial television tower, KHCC will no longer be able to use that tower when the current lease runs out in June 2008. 

File no: 06005, Minnesota State University - Moorhead, , 1104 7th Avenue Sout, , Moorhead, MN, 56563. Contact person: Dr. Teri Walseth, phone: (218) 477-2255, e_mail: walseth@mnstate.edu. Funds requested: $47,350. Total project cost: $202,399. A planning project to extend Moorhead, MN, pre-service teacher field experience to a diverse, K-12 urban, school of Aldine, TX, by conducting guided observations and interactive activities. 

File no: 06006, The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, KRVS Public Radio, Box 42171, , Lafayette, LA, 70504-2171. Contact person: Mr. David Spizale, phone: (337) 482-6108, e_mail: Dspizale@krvs.org. Funds requested: $48,241. Total project cost: $64,322. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette seeks funding for the acquisition and installation of an emergency power generator at the KRVS-FM main transmitter site in Maxie, Louisiana. The "hardening" of this site is crucial in terms of maintaining service. 

File no: 06007, Confederated Tribes/Umatilla Indian Reservation, KCUW-LP, Post Office Box 638, , Pendleton, OR, 97801. Contact person: Ms. Debra Croswell, phone: (541) 966-2033, e_mail: debracroswell@ctuir.com. Funds requested: $23,062. Total project cost: $30,750. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, a Federally recognized Tribal Government, on behalf of their low-power public radio station KCUW-LP seeks federal funding to construct a satellite downlink facility and acquire the necessary equipment to interconnect to the Public Radio Satellite System. 

File no: 06008, University of Tennessee/Chattanooga, WUTC, 615 McCallie Ave - Dept. 1151, , Chattanooga, TN, 37403. Contact person: Dr. John McCormack, phone: (423) 425-1718, e_mail: john-mccormack@utc.edu. Funds requested: $13,642. Total project cost: $32,285. A project to replace an analog production console with digital equipment. 

File no: 06009, The Public Brdcstng Council of Central NY, WCNY-TV, 506 Old Liverpool Road, PO BOX 2400, Liverpool, NY, 13088. Contact person: Mr. John Duffy, phone: (315) 453-2424, e_mail: john_duffy@wcny.org. Funds requested: $325,000. Total project cost: $650,000. WCNY-TV is seeking funding to replace analog local production equipment, with a digital hybrid HD/SD production switcher, 4 digital HD field cameras configured with studio lenses for studio use, and production control room monitoring. 

File no: 06010, Public Radio for the Front Range, KRFC FM 88.9 Community Radio, 619 S. College Avenue, Suite 4, Fort Collins, CO, 80524-3068. Contact person: Mrs. Beth Flowers, phone: (970) 221-5075, e_mail: beth@krfcfm.org. Funds requested: $49,854. Total project cost: $99,708. Public Radio for the Front Range seeks funding for the digital conversion of the KRFC community radio station signal. 

File no: 06011, University of Florida, WUFT-FM, 2208 Weimer Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611. Contact person: Mr. Henri Pensis, phone: (352) 392-5200, e_mail: hpensis@wuft.org. Funds requested: $40,807. Total project cost: $81,614. Replace STL to accommodate the HD signal and increase STL channel capacity for multicasting; replace Master Control audio console to take full advantage of signal quality gains from HD conversion. 

File no: 06012, Pribilof School District, KUHB-FM, P.O. Box 905, , St. Paul, AK, 99660-0905. Contact person: Mr. Earle Trumble, phone: (907) 546-3324, e_mail: earle_trumble@pribilofs.k12.ak.us. Funds requested: $28,000. Total project cost: $56,000. Replace ten year old contol board, before digital conversion of broadcast equipment, later this fiscal year. 

File no: 06013, Gulf Coast Community College, WKGC, 5230 W. Highway 98, , Panama City, FL, 32401. Contact person: Mr. Frank Sundram, phone: (850) 873-3500, e_mail: fsundram@gulfcoast.edu. Funds requested: $219,193. Total project cost: $438,387. WKGC requests matching funds to relocate its broadcast facilities to a safer site, install a new tower, antenna, feed line, STL, related equipment, emergency generator, and a new production facility for RRS. 

File no: 06014, Ohio University, WOUB Center for Public Media, 9 South College Street, , Athens, OH, 45701-2979. Contact person: Ms. Carolyn Lewis, phone: (740) 593-4783, e_mail: carolyn_lewis@woub.pbs.org. Funds requested: $15,325. Total project cost: $30,650. Replacement of radio origination equipment so that the WOUB Radio Network can continue to provide reliable public radio broadcast service to an underserved audience. 

File no: 06015, University of West Florida, WUWF Radio, Univ. of West Florida, Bldg. 88, 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL, 32514. Contact person: Mr. Joe Vincenza, phone: (850) 473-7451, e_mail: joe@wuwf.org. Funds requested: $34,702. Total project cost: $69,405. WUWF-FM requests a 50%  match ($34,702) of total project cost ($69,405) to replace Uninterruptible Power Supply for critical equipment, purchase digital recording/editing equipment, remote pick-up units and fiber optic lines. 

File no: 06016, WQED Multimedia, WQED, 4802 Fifth Avenue, , Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-2957. Contact person: Mr. Marc Pollock, phone: (412) 622-3430, e_mail: mpollock@wqed.org. Funds requested: $189,486. Total project cost: $378,972. WQED Multimedia Pittsburgh requests a PTFP matching grant of $189,486 on a total $378,972 project to acquire necessary equipment to complete our current uninterruptible power supply configuration. 

File no: 06017, Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council, KLRU, 2504-B Whitis, Mail Code A0701, Austin, TX, 78712. Contact person: Mrs. Pat Wertz, phone: (512) 475-9011, e_mail: pwertz@klru.org. Funds requested: $342,953. Total project cost: $685,907. The Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council requests funding for the purchase of digital broadcast and production equipment for its public television station, KLRU. Funds will be used to complete the next stage of KLRU's digital conversion 

File no: 06018, Michigan State University, WKAR-TV, 283 Communication Arts Bldg., 84, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1212. Contact person: Mrs. Nancy Gilleo, phone: (517) 432-3120, e_mail: nancy@wkar.msu.edu. Funds requested: $252,292. Total project cost: $504,585. Convert analog master control and routing system to a multichannel digital system, including a program archive system. 

File no: 06019, Michigan State University, WKAR-TV, 283 Communication Arts Bldg., 84, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1212. Contact person: Mrs. Nancy Gilleo, phone: (517) 432-3120, e_mail: nancy@wkar.msu.edu. Funds requested: $41,785. Total project cost: $83,570. Convert out-of-core channel 55 DTV transmitter to final channel as assigned by the FCC. 

File no: 06020, West Tennessee Public Television Council, WLJT-TV/DT, P.O. Box 966, , Martin, TN, 38237. Contact person: Mr. David Hinman, phone: (731) 881-7561, e_mail: dhinman@utm.edu. Funds requested: $810,632. Total project cost: $1,621,265. WLJT-DT seeks funding assistance to replace mobile analog production equipment and complete the digital conversion of its mobile production facility. 

File no: 06021, Zuni Communications Authority The Pueblo of Zuni, KSHI-FM, Post Office Box 339, , Zuni, NM, 87327-0339. Contact person: Mr. Duane Chimoni, phone: (505) 782-4144, e_mail: kshi909fm@gmail.com. Funds requested: $17,812. Total project cost: $23,750. KSHI-FM requests funding assistance for the purchase of a satellite downlink to provide first ever broadcast service of PRSS and AIROS distributed programs to residents of the Zuni Pueblo. 

File no: 06022, The Curators of the University of Missouri, KBIA-FM, 310 Jesse Hall, , Columbia, MO, 65211-1310. Contact person: Dr. Michael Dunn, phone: (573) 882-3431, e_mail: dunnm@missouri.edu. Funds requested: $39,843. Total project cost: $79,687. KBIA is seeking PTPF funding to help continue a multi-year, digital facilities upgrade to fully implement features of HD Radio broadcasting including a Radio Broadcast Data System, Program Associated Data and programming to a Supplemental Audio Channel. 

File no: 06023, University of Utah Office of Sponsored Projects, KUED, 75 S. 2000 E., 2nd Floor, , Salt Lake City, UT, 84112. Contact person: Ms. Rebecca Davis, phone: (801) 581-4348, e_mail: rdavis@media.utah.edu. Funds requested: $593,303. Total project cost: $1,186,605. KUED is requesting support to replace camera equipment and to upgrade some of the station’s master control, editing, and field production equipment. 

File no: 06024, Tohono O'odham Nation, KOHN-FM, Post Office Box 837, , Sells, AZ, 85634. Contact person: Mr. Sial Thonolig, phone: (520) 361-5011, e_mail: sial.thonolig@tonation-nsn.gov. Funds requested: $17,550. Total project cost: $23,400. The Tohono O’odham Nation, a federally recognized Tribal Government, on behalf of their public radio station KOHN-FM, seeks federal funding to construct a satellite downlink facility and acquire the necessary equipment to interconnect KOHN-FM with the Public Radio Satellite System. 

File no: 06025, Eastern New Mexico University, KENW-TV, 52 Broadcast Center, , Portales, NM, 88130-7405. Contact person: Mr. Duane Ryan, phone: (505) 562-2112, e_mail: duane.ryan@enmu.edu. Funds requested: $499,150. Total project cost: $998,300. Replace analog production equipment with digital production equipment for installation in the newly constructed Broadcast Center facility. 

File no: 06026, Oklahoma State University, Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence, 100 Telecommunications Center, , Stillwater, OK, 74078-6060. Contact person: Mr. Marshall Allen, phone: (405) 744-1000, e_mail: marshall.allen@okstate.edu. Funds requested: $499,886. Total project cost: $999,773. Acquire digital television equipment to enable existing analog television production facility to deliver courses and other University materials statewide via the public television multicast network. 

File no: 06027, Okaloosa County School District, Instructional Technology, 120 Lowery Place SE, , Fort Walton Beach, FL, 32548. Contact person: Ms. Dolores Noechel, phone: (850) 833-3527, e_mail: noecheld@mail.okaloosa.k12.fl.us. Funds requested: $20,000. Total project cost: $40,000. Okaloosa County School District seeks funding to assist in the purchase of automated equipment that will allow us to convert to digital broadcast and use a remote studio. It will provide viewers a way to schedule on demand by logging into our program collection. 

File no: 06028, Barry Telecommunications, WXEL-TV, 3401 S. Congress Ave, , Boynton Beach, FL, 33426. Contact person: Mr. Bernard Henneberg, phone: (561) 737-8000, e_mail: bhenneberg@wxel.org. Funds requested: $652,193. Total project cost: $1,304,386. Replace basic master control and production equipment: still store, graphics generator, switcher, and associated equipment. 

File no: 06029, Texas Public Radio, 8401 Datapoint Drive, Suite 800, , San Anonio, TX, 78229. Contact person: Mr. Joe Gwathmey, phone: (210) 614-8977, e_mail: joe@tpr.org. Funds requested: $88,325. Total project cost: $176,650. A project to replace analog studio equipment with state of the art digital equipment. 

File no: 06030, KOCE-TV Foundation, KOCE-TV, 15751 Gothard Street, , Huntington Beach, CA, 92647-0476. Contact person: Mr. Mel Rogers, phone: (714) 895-5623, e_mail: mrogers@koce.org. Funds requested: $631,790. Total project cost: $1,263,580. KOCE-TV is applying for funds to replace analog studio and field equipment with new HDTV studio and field equipment, as well as associated test equipment and a master control switcher. 

File no: 06031, Quincy University, WQUB, 1800 College Avenue, , Quincy, IL, 62301-2699. Contact person: Dr. John Milligan, phone: (217) 228-5409, e_mail: millijo@quincy.edu. Funds requested: $193,900. Total project cost: $258,549. To convert the station from analog to digital transmission. 

File no: 06032, Bowling Green State University, WBGU, Tucker Center for Telecommunicat, 245 Troup St., Bowling Green, OH, 43403-0060. Contact person: Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald, phone: (419) 372-7000, e_mail: fitzgerald@wbgu.bgsu.edu. Funds requested: $129,000. Total project cost: $258,000. This application is to replace a production switcher and related video monitoring.  The current switcher, purchased in 1990,  is no longer supported by a manufacturer and parts are not available. 

File no: 06033, WSKG Public Telecommunications Council, WSKG, 601 GATES ROAD, , VESTAL, NY, 13850. Contact person: Ms. NANCY CHRISTENSEN, phone: (607) 729-0100, e_mail: NANCY_CHRISTENSEN@WSKG.PBS.ORG. Funds requested: $880,492. Total project cost: $1,760,983. A project to replace Analog studio, production and master control equipment with HD digital equipment. 

File no: 06034, Valley Public Television, Inc, KVPT, 1544 Van Ness Avenue, , Fresno, CA, 93721. Contact person: Ms. Phyllis Brotherton, phone: (559) 266-1800, e_mail: pbrotherton@kvpt.org. Funds requested: $393,802. Total project cost: $787,604. Replace analog production equipment with digital equipment. 

File no: 06035, WITF, Inc., WITF-FM, 1982 Locust Lane, , Harrisburg, PA, 17109. Contact person: Mr. Gregory Poland, phone: (717) 221-2995, e_mail: greg_poland@witf.org. Funds requested: $25,000. Total project cost: $50,000. WITF seeks partial financial support from PTFP, in the amount of $25,000, in order to install and operate a second HD Radio channel under an FCC experimental license. 

File no: 06036, Mountain Lake Public Telecommunications Council, Mountain Lake PBS, One Sesame Street, , Plattsburgh, NY, 12901. Contact person: Mrs. Alice Recore, phone: (518) 563-9770, e_mail: alice_recore@mountainlake.pbs.org. Funds requested: $207,947. Total project cost: $346,578. The Mountain Lake Public Telecommunications Council (Mountain Lake PBS), seeks a single year grant to replace analog production equipment with digital, state of the art equipment. 

File no: 06037, Spokane School District #81 / KSPS-TV, KSPS-TV, 3911 South Regal Street, , Spokane, WA, 99223. Contact person: Mr. Claude Kistler, phone: (509) 354-7734, e_mail: claudek@spokaneschools.org. Funds requested: $301,390. Total project cost: $602,780. KSPS-TV is requesting assistance in continuing the conversion of its Master control and Production facilities to digital with the ultimate goal of originating and broadcasting programming in digital and eventually high definition. 

File no: 06038, Oklahoma Educational Television Authority, State Agency, 7403 North Kelley Avenue, , Oklahoma City, OK, 73111-8420. Contact person: Mr. John McCarroll, phone: (405) 841-9250, e_mail: jmccarroll@oeta.tv. Funds requested: $724,687. Total project cost: $1,449,375. The Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) seeks funding assistance to purchase the equipment that will complete the digital transformation of the production studio and control room, allowing OETA to continue its digital conversion. 

File no: 06039, Washington State University, Educational Telecommunications & Technology, PO Box 642530, 382 Murrow Center, Pullman, WA, 99164-2530. Contact person: Ms. Kathryn Dahmen, phone: (509) 335-6536, e_mail: dahmen@wsu.edu. Funds requested: $180,537. Total project cost: $240,716. The Chehalis Rural First Service Project will bring first public radio service to 73,080 in the state of Washington. 

File no: 06040, Hawaii Public Radio, KKUA - Maui, 738 Kaheka Street, #101, , Honolulu, HI, 96814-3726. Contact person: Mr. Michael Titterton, phone: (808) 955-8821, e_mail: gm@hawaiipublicradio.org. Funds requested: $67,000. Total project cost: $138,100. Relocates the KKUA transmitter away from Astronomy observatories and military installations atop Haleakala to an interference-free location, increases power to full class C and replaces transmitter and antenna to allow the power increase. Upgrades microwave link to digital-ready. 

File no: 06041, Idaho Public Television, State of Idaho Public Television Network, 1455 N. Orchard Street, , Boise, ID, 83706. Contact person: Mr. Phillip Kottraba, phone: (208) 373-7220, e_mail: kelly.roberts@idahoptv.org. Funds requested: $449,430. Total project cost: $599,241. This application requests PTFP funds to 1) begin digital service on two translators, 2) upgrade 9 aged analog translators to DTV-ready status, and 3) establish digital microwave connectivity to three translator sites. 

File no: 06042, University of New Mexico, KNME-TV, 1130 University Boulevard, NE, , Albuquerque, NM, 87131-0001. Contact person: Mr. Ted Garcia, phone: (505) 277-4913, e_mail: tgarcia@knme.org. Funds requested: $264,580. Total project cost: $529,160. KNME-TV/DT seeks matching funds to purchase HD field origination and editing equipment for the production of locally originated programming. 

File no: 06043, WSKG Public Telecommunications Council, , 601 GATES ROAD, , VESTAL, NY, 13850. Contact person: Ms. NANCY CHRISTENSEN, phone: (607) 729-0100, e_mail: NANCY_CHRISTENSEN@WSKG.PBS.ORG. Funds requested: $188,109. Total project cost: $376,218. WSKG-FM is seeking a 50-50 matching grant for a project total cost of $376,218 to replace its local programming production capacity. The project includes replacement of an analog audio router, analog on-air console, production consoles and hard drive storage/ automation system. 

File no: 06044, Texas Educational Broadcasting Co-operative Inc., KOOP Radio 91.7FM, P.O. Box 2116, , Austin, TX, 78768-2116. Contact person: Ms. Amy Wright, phone: (512) 472-1369, e_mail: info@koop.org. Funds requested: $66,161. Total project cost: $88,215. On January 6th, 2006, a fire broke out in the building that houses KOOP radio. Due to fire damage, the building owner has told KOOP to vacate.This grant seeks to help KOOP install critical transmission equipment and infrastructure in a new location. 

File no: 06045, Kansas Public Telecommunications Service, Inc., Broadcast Operations, 320 W. 21st Street North, , Wichita, KS, 67203-2499. Contact person: Mr. Michael McWilliams, phone: (316) 838-3090, e_mail: mmcwilliams@kpts.org. Funds requested: $237,500. Total project cost: $475,000. Continuing digital converstion, KPTS is seeking funding assistance to replace the analog studio production switcher and character generator. 

File no: 06046, Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc., KAKM-TV, KAKM-DTV, KSKA-FM, APRN, 3877 University Drive, , Anchorage, AK, 99508. Contact person: Mr. Jeffrey Ramirez, phone: (907) 273-9456, e_mail: jramirez@kakm.org. Funds requested: $89,227. Total project cost: $118,970. A project to improve the digital production and transmission capacity of KAKM-TV ch. 7, KAKM-DTV ch. 8, KSKA-FM 91.1 MHz, and the Alaska Public Radio Network (APRN), based in Anchorage, AK, through a multi-prong strategy to acquire equipment that will help process and synthesize different audio and video signals, across APTI, with common and functional digital strands. 

File no: 06047, New Hampshire Public Radio, Inc., WEVO, 207 North Main Street, , Concord, NH, 03301-5003. Contact person: Mr. Scott McPherson, phone: (603) 223-2425, e_mail: smcpherson@nhpr.org. Funds requested: $70,534. Total project cost: $141,069. New Hampshire Public Radio, Inc., will replace its 24-year-old antenna, transmission line, and equipment shelter of its flaship station WEVO-FM in Concord in order to assure quality reliable service. 

File no: 06048, City of McAllen, Texas, McAllen Cable Network, P. O. Box 220, 1300 Houston Avenue, McAllen, TX, 78505-0220. Contact person: Ms. Carla de Roulac, phone: (956) 972-7233, e_mail: cderoulac@mcallen.net. Funds requested: $50,000. Total project cost: $100,000. The goal of the project is to improve the quality of the production and programming being produced for the McAllen Cable Network through the replacement of existing equipment with new equipment that will meet or exceed new broadcast standards. 

File no: 06049, University of New Hampshire, , 368 Mast Road, , Durham, NH, 03824-4601. Contact person: Ms. Jahnay Pickett, phone: (603) 862-1992, e_mail: jahnay.pickett@unh.edu. Funds requested: $275,250. Total project cost: $550,500. A project to continue with the digital conversion of NHPTV by purchasing a digital audio mixer, HD field origination package, and HD editing and storage systems. 

File no: 06050, Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc., KAKM-TV, KAKM-DTV, KSKA-FM, APRN, 3877 University Drive, , Anchorage, AK, 99508. Contact person: Mr. Jeffrey Ramirez, phone: (907) 273-9456, e_mail: jramirez@kakm.org. Funds requested: $48,712. Total project cost: $64,950. A project to improve the reliability and emergency operation of KAKM-TV ch. 7, KAKM-DTV ch. 8, KSKA-FM 91.1 MHz, and the Alaska Public Radio Network (APRN), based in Anchorage, AK, by purchasing a Stand-by Power Generator, to provide continued service and distribution of vital EAS and emergency information during prolonged power outages. 

File no: 06051, Mid-South Public Telecom Fndn, Radio Division, 900 Getwell Road, , Memphis, TN, 38111-7418. Contact person: Mr. Michael LaBonia, phone: (901) 325-6515, e_mail: mlabonia@wkno.org. Funds requested: $66,160. Total project cost: $132,321. WKNO-FM seeks funding assistance to replace analog studio equipment with digital equipment as the station converts to digital broadcast and constructs a new facility. 

File no: 06052, Hawaii Public Radio, KIPO - Oahu, 738 Kaheka Street #101, , Honolulu, HI, 96814-3726. Contact person: Mr. Michael Titterton, phone: (808) 955-8821, e_mail: gm@hawaiipublicradio.org. Funds requested: $162,400. Total project cost: $338,200. Move KIPO to a new transmitter site that provides Island-wide coverage to Oahu, installs a new transmitter, tower and antenna, as well as a digital studio-transmitter link, and provides a pathway to digital broadcasting. 

File no: 06053, Hawaii Public Radio, KANO Radio - Hilo, 738 Kaheka Street #101, , Honolulu, HI, 96814-3726. Contact person: Mr. Michael Titterton, phone: (808) 955-8821, e_mail: gm@hawaiipublicradio.org. Funds requested: $62,100. Total project cost: $135,050. Replace transmission and monitoring equipment at KANO, and prepare for future digital upgrade. 

File no: 06054, Foundation California State University Monterey Ba, Office of Grants & Contracts, 100 Campus Center, Building 97, , Seaside, CA, 93955-8001. Contact person: Ms. Cynthia Lopez, phone: (831) 582-3089, e_mail: cindy_lopez@csumb.edu. Funds requested: $7,392. Total project cost: $14,785. Foundation of California State University Monterey Bay seeks funding assistance to minimize service disruption by acquiring an emergency generator and uninterruptable power supply for its public radio station KAZU-FM. 

File no: 06055, Window to The World Communications, WTTW, 5400 North St. Louis Avenue, , Chicago, IL, 60625-4698. Contact person: Mr. Martin McLaughlin, phone: (773) 509-5433, e_mail: mmclaughlin@networkchicago.com. Funds requested: $485,385. Total project cost: $970,770. To acquire HDTV Master Control and Production Equipment, as a most significant part in our conversion to full digital operation. 

File no: 06056, Twin Cities Public Television, , 172 East 4th Street, , Saint Paul, MN, 55101. Contact person: Mr. Bruce Jacobs, phone: (651) 229-1244, e_mail: bjacobs@tpt.org. Funds requested: $268,000. Total project cost: $536,000. This project will replace analog production and master-control equipment with digital wide-screen field cameras, a portable digital switcher, camera support equipment, digital studio dimmer controls, digital master control switching, and test equipment. 

File no: 06057, Grand Valley State University, WGVU Public Broadcasting, 301 W. Fulton Street, , Grand Rapids, MI, 49504-9492. Contact person: Mr. Stephen Chappell, phone: (616) 331-6505, e_mail: chappels@gvsu.edu. Funds requested: $227,354. Total project cost: $454,708. To continue digital conversion through the replacement of analog field cameras and editing equipment with state of the art high-definition equipment. 

File no: 06058, WITF, Inc., WITF (TV), 1982 Locust Lane, , Harrisburg, PA, 17109. Contact person: Mr. Gregory Poland, phone: (717) 221-2995, e_mail: greg_poland@witf.org. Funds requested: $61,345. Total project cost: $122,690. WITF seeks partial financial support from PTFP, in the amount of $61,345, for the replacement of television editing equipment. 

File no: 06059, Miami University, WMUB, 500 East High Street, , Oxford, OH, 45056. Contact person: Dr. Cleve Callison III, phone: (513) 529-5958, e_mail: callistc@muohio.edu. Funds requested: $26,612. Total project cost: $53,225. An Emergency Readiness Project enabling WMUB to serve as a primary broadcaster of critical information to Miami University, the City of Oxford, and Butler County in the event of winter storms, tornadoes, power outages, or other disruptions. 

File no: 06060, Bradley University, WCBU, 1501 West Bradley Avenue, , Peoria, IL, 61525. Contact person: Mr. Thomas Hunt, phone: (309) 677-2764, e_mail: thunt@bradley.edu. Funds requested: $45,019. Total project cost: $90,038. Bradley University, licensee of WCBU requests funding to increase reliability and enhance public safety in times of emergency through the purchase of two generators, Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS), and related equipment for the studio and transmitter sites. 

File no: 06061, Colorado Public Television, Inc., KBDI-TV/Channel 12, 2900 Welton Street, , Denver, CO, 80205. Contact person: Ms. Kim Johnson, phone: (303) 296-1212, e_mail: Kim_Johnson@KBDI.pbs.org. Funds requested: $256,687. Total project cost: $342,250. The construction project outlined in this grant application will build the communications link to the transmitter site of KBDI, allowing full compliance with FCC regulations pertaining to remote monitoring and control of transmiitter systems.  Additionally, the server expansion equipment will enhance our existing media management system to create more robust file conversions and transfers among diverse systems. 

File no: 06062, Tri-State Public Teleplex., WNIN-TV, 405 Carpenter Street, , Evansville, IN, 47708-1027. Contact person: Mr. David Dial, phone: (812) 423-2973, e_mail: ddial@wnin.org. Funds requested: $243,261. Total project cost: $324,348. Replace TV production equipment critically damaged in a lighting strike. Approval will also assist the station in replacing equipment that is malfunctioning for which the station can no longer find replacement parts. 

File no: 06063, University of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Center for Public TV, P.O. Box 14900, , Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709-4900. Contact person: Ms. Pat LaBarbera, phone: (919) 549-7154, e_mail: plabarbera@unctv.org. Funds requested: $503,962. Total project cost: $1,007,924. UNC-TV requests funding assistance to replace field video cameras with digital equipment and to supplement field production packages with portable non-linear editing systems. 

File no: 06064, University of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Center for Public TV, P.O. Box 14900, 10 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709-4900. Contact person: Ms. Pat LaBarbera, phone: (919) 549-7154, e_mail: plabarbera@unctv.org. Funds requested: $136,615. Total project cost: $273,230. A project to purchase a Digital DTx translator, plus input terminal, interconnection, test, and monitoring equipment for an on-channel repeater of WUNF-TV Asheville providing first DTV service to Franklin and Sylva NC. 

File no: 06065, Western New York Public Bdstng Association, WNED-FM, 140 Lower Terrace, PO Box 1263, Buffalo, NY, 14240-1263. Contact person: Mr. Richard Daly, phone: (716) 845-7002, e_mail: ddaly@wned.org. Funds requested: $120,771. Total project cost: $241,542. The Western New York Public Broadcasting Association seeks funding to complete the digital conversion of its FM radio transmission facilities, allowing the station (WNED-FM) to begin broadcasting a digital signal and begin multicasting. 

File no: 06066, WITF, Inc., WITF (TV), 1982 Locust Lane, , Harrisburg, PA, 17109. Contact person: Mr. Gregory Poland, phone: (717) 221-2995, e_mail: greg_poland@witf.org. Funds requested: $560,150. Total project cost: $1,120,300. WITF seeks partial financial support from PTFP, in the amount of $560,150, for the replacement of studio cameras, a video switcher and related production equipment in conjunction with a digital upgrade. 

File no: 06067, Friends of Public Radio, Inc., WHQR-FM, 254 North Front Street, , Wilmington, NC, 28401. Contact person: Ms. Susan Dankel, phone: (910) 343-1640, e_mail: sdankel@whqr.org. Funds requested: $110,250. Total project cost: $147,000. WHQR is requesting funds to replace its analog transmitter, STL antennas and feedlines, and a new standby generator. 

File no: 06068, Pennsylvania Public Television Network, PPTN, 24 Northeast Drive, , Hershey, PA, 17033. Contact person: Ms. Sylvia Strobel, phone: (717) 533-6010, e_mail: sstrobel@state.pa.us. Funds requested: $253,782. Total project cost: $507,564. PPTN seeks support to purchase datacast origination equipment for its network operations center and five of its eight member stations in order to expand our educational datacast service and complete our statewide delivery network. 

File no: 06069, Pennsylvania State University, WPSU-FM, Office of Sponsored Programs, 110 Technology Center Building, University Park, PA, 16802. Contact person: Mr. Timothy Stodart, phone: (814) 865-1027, e_mail: tms21@psu.edu. Funds requested: $11,514. Total project cost: $23,028. WPSU-FM is seeking to replace basic equipment at it main studio. Specifically, we want to replace our on-air and production audio consoles.  Both units are 8 years old and are no longer supported by manufacturer. 

File no: 06070, Commonwealth Public Bdcsting Corp., Radio, 23 Sesame St, , Richmond, VA, 23235. Contact person: Ms. Lisa Tait, phone: (804) 560-8142, e_mail: ltait@ideastations.org. Funds requested: $282,796. Total project cost: $377,062. Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation seeks funding assistance to install a new public radio repeater station in Chase City, Virginia. The station will provide the first non-commercial, educational radio service to the coverage area. 

File no: 06071, Southwestern Oregon Community College, N/A, 1988 Newmark Avenue, , Coos Bay, OR, 97420-2912. Contact person: Mr. Mike Gaudette, phone: (541) 888-7210, e_mail: mgaudette@socc.edu. Funds requested: $119,254. Total project cost: $238,508. Southwestern Oregon Community College (SOCC) seeks funding assistance to expand the infrastructure of a distance learning network along the rural southern coast of Oregon, in partnership with a local hospital, local K-12 school districts, and the SOCC outreach campus in Brookings, near the California border. 

File no: 06072, Lake County Community Radio, , P.O. Box 1494, , Lucerne, CA, 95458. Contact person: Mr. Andy Weiss, phone: (707) 274-2152, e_mail: aw@mchsi.com. Funds requested: $94,266. Total project cost: $125,688. Lake County Community radio is requesting funding assistance for the construction of a new, first service, Class A, full-power public radio station in Lake County, CA. 

File no: 06073, Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Public Broadcasting (WPSU-TV), Office of Sponsored Programs, 110 Technology Center Building, University Park, PA, 16802-7000. Contact person: Mr. Timothy Stodart, phone: (814) 865-1027, e_mail: tms21@psu.edu. Funds requested: $225,897. Total project cost: $451,795. The Pennsylvania State University (WPSU-TV and WPSU-DT) seeks funds to continue its required digital conversion by procuring HD field production equipment and augmenting its master control to enhance content creation and delivery to rural, central Pennsylvania. 

File no: 06074, The University of Oklahoma, KGOU Radio, 780 Van Vleet Oval, , Norman, OK, 73019-2034. Contact person: Ms. Karen Holp, phone: (405) 325-3388, e_mail: kholp@ou.edu. Funds requested: $203,394. Total project cost: $271,192. The University of Oklahoma requests funding to assist in the construction of a satellite (repeater) public radio station to provide first service to 8 counties in northwestern Oklahoma, covering 12,259 square miles with about 33,000 people. 

File no: 06075, Antioch University, WYSO, 795 Livermore Street, , Yellow Springs, OH, 45387. Contact person: Ms. Jacki Mayer, phone: (937) 769-1388, e_mail: jmayer@wyso.org. Funds requested: $110,059. Total project cost: $220,119. Antioch University seeks funding assistance to replace the transmitter and STL of Public Radio Station WYSO-FM. 

File no: 06076, South Carolina ETV Commission, South Carolina Educational Radio, 1101 George Rogers Blvd., , Columbia, SC, 29201. Contact person: Mr. Paul Zweimiller, phone: (803) 737-3409, e_mail: zweimill@scetv.org. Funds requested: $48,617. Total project cost: $97,235. The South Carolina Educational Television Commission seeks funding to replace a transmitter and test equipment at radio station WSCI, Charleston, SC. 

File no: 06077, Bethel Broadcasting, Inc., KYUK-AM, PO Box 468, , Bethel, AK, 98559. Contact person: Mr. Ronald Daugherty, phone: (907) 543-0222, e_mail: ron@kyuk.org. Funds requested: $51,393. Total project cost: $68,525. KYUK-AM, a sole-service radio station serving the Yupik Eskimo region of Western Alaska proposes to replace analog origination equipment in the master control room, news production studio and the production control room. 

File no: 06078, Northeastern ETV of Ohio, WNEO/WEAO, 1750 Campus Center Drive, , Kent, OH, 44240-5191. Contact person: Mr. William O'Neil Jr, phone: (330) 677-4549, e_mail: oneil@wneo.org. Funds requested: $95,250. Total project cost: $190,500. NETO is seeking funding to install stand-by generators and switching equipment to provide emergency power at the transmitter sites for WNEO and WEAO. 

File no: 06079, University of Houston, KUHT-TV, 4800 Calhoun, , Houston, TX, 77204-2015. Contact person: Ms. Ricka Waldron, phone: (713) 743-9237, e_mail: rawaldro@central.uh.edu. Funds requested: $746,968. Total project cost: $1,493,936. A project for the replacement of KUHT's 15 year old analog studio cameras and production switcher and to complete the next phase of our digital facility conversion. 

File no: 06080, Alabama ETV Commission, Alabama Public Television, 2112 11th Ave. South, Suite 400, Birmingham, AL, 35205-2884. Contact person: Mrs. Pauline Howland, phone: (205) 451-0126, e_mail: phowland@aptv.org. Funds requested: $310,148. Total project cost: $775,370. Alabama Public Television is requesting PTFP assistance in the replacement and/or acquisition of High Definition studio control room, origination, and interconnection equipment for its only production studio for the statewide network. 

File no: 06081, Eastern Illinois University, Radio & Television Center, 1521 Buzzard, 600 Lincoln Avenue, Charleston, IL, 61920-3099. Contact person: Mr. Denis Roche, phone: (217) 581-7198, e_mail: djroche@eiu.edu. Funds requested: $57,000. Total project cost: $114,000. Purchase digital equipment in order to improve and upgrade WEIU TV's operation. New equipment to be purchased includes an HDV Camera, increased storage for a multi-channel video server and for a program archive system, and closed captioning equipment. 

File no: 06082, Kentucky Authority for ETV, , 600 Cooper Drive, , Lexington, KY, 40502. Contact person: Mr. Malcolm Wall, phone: (859) 258-7100, e_mail: mwall@ket.org. Funds requested: $409,574. Total project cost: $819,148. To continue the digital conversion of Kentucky Educational Television by acquiring 1) UPS systems for KET's transmitter sites, 2) master control equipment, and 3) HD production equipment. 

File no: 06083, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, WOI Radio, 2022 Communications Building, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011-3241. Contact person: Mr. William McGinley, phone: (515) 294-9478, e_mail: mcginley@iastate.edu. Funds requested: $85,743. Total project cost: $171,487. This project requests replacing an antenna, transmission line and related components at KPTR-FM  Fort Dodge, an essential station providing the only public radio service for a large portion of the north central  region of the State of Iowa. On behalf of the newly emerging Iowa Public Radio network, WOI Radio will replace this equipment on a replacement tower being constructed by Iowa Public Television. 

File no: 06084, Misssissippi Public Broadcasting, Mississippi Public Radio, 3825 Ridgewood Road, , Jackson, MS, 39211. Contact person: Ms. Marie Antoon, phone: (601) 432-6565, e_mail: marie.antoon@mpbonline.org. Funds requested: $931,038. Total project cost: $1,862,077. Replace the transmitters of the eight-station Mississippi Public Radio network. 

File no: 06085, Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc, KNPB, 1670 N. Virginia Street, , Reno, NV, 89503. Contact person: Mr. Kliff Kuehl, phone: (775) 784-4555, e_mail: kliff@knpb.org. Funds requested: $123,551. Total project cost: $247,103. KNPB requests PTFP funds to assist with the acquisition of a HD remote field camera and a HD non-linear editing workstation. 

File no: 06086, Board of Regents, SEMO University, KRCU-FM, Southeast Public Radio, One University Plaza, MS 0300, Cape Girardeau, MO, 63701-4799. Contact person: Mr. Danny Woods, phone: (573) 651-5070, e_mail: djwoods@semo.edu. Funds requested: $21,250. Total project cost: $42,500. Southeast Missouri State University seeks 50% federal funding to purchase and install a stand-by power generator for a remote transmitter site. 

File no: 06087, Washington State University, Educational Telecommunications & Technology, PO Box 642530, 382 Murrow Center, Pullman, WA, 99164-2530. Contact person: Ms. Kathryn Dahmen, phone: (509) 335-6536, e_mail: dahmen@wsu.edu. Funds requested: $658,187. Total project cost: $1,316,375. The objectives of this project are to recapture the principal local production capabilities of the applicant’s two public television stations, reduce its maintenance costs and thereby increase resources and revenue available for digital programming and local production services.  The project will purchase HD cameras, digital videotape recorders, and related production equipment. 

File no: 06088, KUER FM, Office of Sponsored Projects, 1471 Federal Way, , Salt Lake City, UT, 84112. Contact person: Dr. Elliott Kulakowski, phone: (801) 581-3003, e_mail: elliott.kulakowski@osp.utaj.edu. Funds requested: $34,640. Total project cost: $69,280. This project will enable KUER's continued transition to a fully networked digital studio facility through the acquisition of additional digital audio consoles.  The requested expansion to our existing automation computer system will be an essential element of delivering second channel audio (SAC) to our new HDR signal. 

File no: 06089, NYC Dept. of Info. Tech. and Telecom., NYC Media Group, 1 Centre Street, 28th Floor, New York, NY, 10007-1602. Contact person: Mr. Matthew Tollin, phone: (212) 669-4672, e_mail: mtollin@doitt.nyc.gov. Funds requested: $1,965,855. Total project cost: $5,965,190. NYC Media Group, the parent organization for WNYE, seeks funding to support the planned buildout of a fully integrated digital transmission and master control operation. 

File no: 06090, Minnesota Public Radio, K249BK/K201CN (International Falls, MN), 480 Cedar St, , Saint Paul, MN, 55101. Contact person: Ron Hall, phone: (651) 290-1163, e_mail: rhall@mpr.org. Funds requested: $112,615. Total project cost: $225,230. Preserving the only public radio service in International Falls, MN by replacing our existing translators with full-power stations.  In so doing we would also provide a population of 5,952 with their first public radio service. 

File no: 06091, University of Northern Iowa, KUNI/KHKE, 324 Communication Arts Center, , Cedar Falls, IA, 50614-0359. Contact person: Ms. Barbara Reid, phone: (319) 273-6325, e_mail: barbara.reid@uni.edu. Funds requested: $54,832. Total project cost: $73,110. Provide a first service FM signal to Fairfield, Iowa.  Proposed station to be a repeater station of CPB qualified, NPR station KUNI, Cedar Falls, Iowa. 

File no: 06092, University of Northern Iowa, KUNI/KHKE, 324 Communication Arts Center, , Cedar Falls, IA, 50614-0359. Contact person: Ms. Barbara Reid, phone: (319) 273-6325, e_mail: barbara.reid@uni.edu. Funds requested: $48,163. Total project cost: $64,218. Provide a first service FM signal to Oskaloosa, Iowa.  Proposed station to be a repeater station of CPB qualified, NPR station KUNI, Cedar Falls, Iowa. 

File no: 06093, University of Northern Iowa, KUNI/KHKE, 324 Communication Arts Center, , Cedar Falls, IA, 50614-0359. Contact person: Ms. Barbara Reid, phone: (319) 273-6325, e_mail: barbara.reid@uni.edu. Funds requested: $187,271. Total project cost: $374,543. Provide an FM signal to Bettendorf, Iowa.  Proposed station to be a repeater station of CPB qualified, NPR station KUNI, Cedar Falls, Iowa. 

File no: 06094, Florida West Coast Public Broadcasting, WEDU, 1300 North Boulevard, , Tampa, FL, 33607-5645. Contact person: Ms. Leah Brainard, phone: (813) 254-9338, e_mail: lbrainard@wedu.org. Funds requested: $602,728. Total project cost: $1,205,457. Purchase a digital transmitter, transmission line, and antenna to complete WEDU's conversion to a final digital channel. 

File no: 06095, Pensacola Junior College, WSRE, 1000 College Blvd., , Pensacola, FL, 32504. Contact person: Mrs. Karen Pope, phone: (850) 484-1231, e_mail: kpope@wsre.org. Funds requested: $44,635. Total project cost: $89,271. Update its digital encoders and provide redundancy for the one remaining non-redundant piece of equipment in WSRE-DT's transmission chain, a multiplexer. 

File no: 06096, KEDM-FM, , 225 Stubbs Hall, , Monroe, LA, 71209. Contact person: Mr. William Simmons, phone: (318) 342-5559, e_mail: kedm@ulm.edu. Funds requested: $8,000. Total project cost: $16,000. A project to replace an automation and production system. 

File no: 06097, Youth Radio, Youth Radio, 1809 University Avenue, , Berkeley, CA, 94703. Contact person: Ms. Ellin O'Leary, phone: (510) 841-5123, e_mail: ellino@youthradio.org. Funds requested: $30,040. Total project cost: $60,080. Youth Radio, in collaboration with San Francisco State University and CENIC, respectfully requests support of the Remote Classroom project from NTIA/PTFP.   Remote Classroom will establish the infrastructure and technology in order to build connectivity to offer interactive distance learning coursework to underserved young people for college credit at Youth Radio's Downtown Digital Media Center in Oakland, CA. 

File no: 06098, Listeners Community Radio of Utah, Inc., KRCL, 1971 W. North Temple Street, , Salt Lake City, UT, 84116. Contact person: Ms. Donna Maldonado, phone: (801) 363-1818, e_mail: donna.land@krcl.org. Funds requested: $13,846. Total project cost: $27,692. The replacement of the non-automated computer based audio storage and playback system for the primary audio channel consistent with a new automated audio recording and playback system on the secondary audio channel HDR/SAC on KRCL's new HDR transmitter. 

File no: 06099, East Tennessee State University, Quillen College of Medicine, Office of CME, PO Box 70572, Johnson City, TN, 37614. Contact person: Ms. Barbara Sucher, phone: (423) 439-8024, e_mail: sucher@etsu.edu. Funds requested: $74,780. Total project cost: $99,707. This project will allow interconnection of live, interactive Continuing Medical Education programs to health care providers in the rural, medically underserved, disadvantaged, region of Northeast Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, Western North Carolina and Eastern Kentucky, known as Southern Appalachia. 

File no: 06100, Texas Tech University, KOHM-FM, 1901 University Ave., Suite 603B, , Lubbock, TX, 79410. Contact person: Mr. Clinton Barrick, phone: (806) 742-3100, e_mail: clinton.barrick@ttu.edu. Funds requested: $17,500. Total project cost: $35,000. KOHM-FM, a division of Texas Tech University, seeks funding to add a secondary digital audio stream so that public radio programming currently unavailable to the region may be made possible. 

File no: 06101, Clark County School District, KLVX Channel 10, 4210 Channel 10 Drive, , Las  Vegas, NV, 89119. Contact person: Mr. Thomas Axtell, phone: (702) 799-1010, e_mail: taxtell@klvx.org. Funds requested: $664,031. Total project cost: $1,328,062. KLVX requests assistance to purchase digital studio cameras, associated equipment, an archiving system,  and equipment to provide solar-powered electrical service to a remote transmitter site. 

File no: 06102, Prairie Public Broadcasting, Inc., KFME, P.O. Box 3240, , Fargo, ND, 58108-3240. Contact person: Mr. John Harris III, phone: (701) 239-7569, e_mail: jharris@prairiepublic.org. Funds requested: $613,275. Total project cost: $817,700. Prairie Public Broadcasting, Inc. (PPB) requests funding assistance for VHF digital transmitter and antenna equipment. Equipment will allow final DTV operation and analog coverage replication on Channel 13 for station KFME, Fargo, North Dakota. 

File no: 06103, Friends of WWOZ, Inc., WWOZ-FM, P.O. Box 51840, , New Orleans, LA, 70151-1840. Contact person: Mr. David Freedman, phone: (504) 568-    , e_mail: wwozdavid@yahoo.com. Funds requested: $417,650. Total project cost: $556,900. Total Replacement of Facilities after devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina 

File no: 06104, University of New Orleans, 89.9 WWNO/90.5 KTLN Radio, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, , New Orleans, LA, 70148. Contact person: Mr. Timothy Ryan, phone: (504) 280-6201, e_mail: tpryan@uno.edu. Funds requested: $123,037. Total project cost: $165,850. 89.9 WWNO requests funds to help develop and equip mobile origination broadcast facility for use during evacuation due to impending hurricane-level storm systems.  WWNO will "harden" its facilities, enabling them to be transported to safety in the event of a disaster or emergency. 

File no: 06105, Howard University, Howard University Television / WHUT-TV, 2222 Fourth Street NW, , Washington, DC, 20059. Contact person: Ms. Jennifer Lawson, phone: (202) 806-3010, e_mail: j_lawson@howard.edu. Funds requested: $406,421. Total project cost: $812,842. Replace analog production equipment with HD equipment to continue with the station's digital conversion. 

File no: 06106, Towson University, WTMD, 8000 York Road, , Towson, MD, 21252. Contact person: Mr. Stephen Yasko, phone: (410) 704-5640, e_mail: syasko@towson.edu. Funds requested: $69,000. Total project cost: $138,000. WTMD is seeking assistance to secure a digital transmitter and associated equipment to begin multicasting. 

File no: 06107, Public Television 19, Inc., Public Broadcasting Station, 125 E 31st Street, , Kansas City, MO, 64108. Contact person: Ms. Amy Long, phone: (816) 756-3580, e_mail: amy_long@kcpt.org. Funds requested: $346,224. Total project cost: $692,448. This project is to replace analog field equipment with state-of-the-art high definition digital (HD) equipment.  This equipment includes  HD cameras, HD editing and record/playback tape decks. 

File no: 06108, ideastream, Educational Services, Idea Center, 1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44115-1835. Contact person: Mr. Jerrold Wareham, phone: (216) 916-6120, e_mail: jerrold.wareham@ideastream.org. Funds requested: $230,432. Total project cost: $576,080. WVIZ/PBS proposes to use the funds to help support the conversion to an IP distance learning / video conferencing platform.   This project consists of the installation of a video conferencing bridge and related video conferencing equipment in its new Idea Center facility. 

File no: 06109, University of Florida, WUFT-TV, P.O. Box 118405, Weimer Hall, Gainesville, FL, 32611-8405. Contact person: Mr. Richard Lehner, phone: (352) 392-5551, e_mail: rlehner@wuft.org. Funds requested: $142,926. Total project cost: $285,853. Purchase production equipment to enable the station to locally originate and broadcast programming in high definition. 

File no: 06110, Paris Junior College, Distance Learning and Academics, , , Paris, TX, 75460. Contact person: Dr. Ken Haley, phone: (903) 782-0311, e_mail: khaley@parisjc.edu. Funds requested: $123,693. Total project cost: $247,386. The requested funding will be used to equip one new distance education classroom for first time delivery of instruction from the Paris Junior College Campus located in Greenville, TX.  The Paris Junior College System Instructional Network (PJCIN) includes 16 Independent School Districts in Texas. 

File no: 06111, WQED Multimedia, WQED-DT, 4802 Fifth Avenue, , Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-2957. Contact person: Mr. Marc Pollock, phone: (412) 622-3430, e_mail: mpollock@wqed.org. Funds requested: $116,465. Total project cost: $232,930. WQED is requesting a PTFP matching grant of $116,465 (50%) on a total $232,930 project to acquire necessary equipment to replace our current limited capacity, non HD-capable Pinnacle server with an HD capable, higher storage capacity server. 

File no: 06112, WQED Multimedia, WQED-FM, 4802 Fifth Avenue, , Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-2957. Contact person: Mr. Marc Pollock, phone: (412) 622-3430, e_mail: mpollock@wqed.org. Funds requested: $35,546. Total project cost: $71,092. WQED Multimedia Pittsburgh requests 50% federal matching funds of $35,546 to purchase and install new digital production, editing and automation equipment to maximize previous PTFP grants and to meet significantly increased local production demands. 

File no: 06113, Iowa Public Broadcasting Board, Iowa Public Television, P.O. Box 6450, , Johnston, IA, 50131-6450. Contact person: Mr. Daniel Miller, phone: (515) 242-3100, e_mail: dkm@iptv.org. Funds requested: $117,150. Total project cost: $234,300. This project will replace the displaced translator that serves the Fort Madison area. As part of this project, IPTV has also increased the licensed power of this facility to provide service to unserved Iowans in Van Buran, Henry and Des Moines counties.  The translator will initially operate in analog and be flash cut to digital  when appropriate. 

File no: 06114, Indiana University, WTIU, P.O. Box 1847, , Bloomington, IN, 47402-1847. Contact person: Mr. Bradley Howard, phone: (812) 855-3177, e_mail: bhoward@indiana.edu. Funds requested: $228,840. Total project cost: $457,680. Acquire HD production equipment to complete its overall plan for digital conversion. The equipment includes three basic camera and lens systems plus a small quantity of fluorescent lighting instruments. 

File no: 06115, San Miguel Educational Fund, KOTO-FM Community Radio, 207 N. PINE ST., PO BOX 1069, TELLURIDE, CO, 81435-1069. Contact person: STEVE KENNEDY, phone: (970) 728-4752, e_mail: steve@koto.org. Funds requested: $113,800. Total project cost: $151,760. KOTO-FM Community Radio in Telluride, CO (the sole provider of public radio programming to San Miguel County) seeks funding assistance to provide first service to portions of the towns of Telluride and Mountain Village, CO, by moving their primary signal on 91.7 mHZ to Coonskin Tower, increasing power to 8.9 kW, with a new transmitter, antenna, transmission line, and adding a digital signal. 

File no: 06116, Alabama ETV Commission, Alabama Public Television, 2112 11th Ave. South, Suite 400, Birmingham, AL, 35205-2884. Contact person: Mrs. Pauline Howland, phone: (205) 451-0126, e_mail: phowland@aptv.org. Funds requested: $64,000. Total project cost: $128,000. Alabama Public Television is requesting PTFP assistance in purchasing an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) along with a 3,000-gallon fuel tank for WEIQ-TV, Mobile, Alabama. 

File no: 06117, Florida State University, Sponsored Research Services, 97 S. Woodward Avenue, 3rd Floor, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-4166. Contact person: Ms. Denison Graham, phone: (850) 487-3170, e_mail: dgraham@admin.fsu.edu. Funds requested: $77,960. Total project cost: $155,920. Purchase two HD camera systems.  WFSU will be able to upgrade its electronic field production capability, and videotape basic studio multicamera programs in HD. 

File no: 06118, Florida State University, WFSU-FM, 1600 Red Barber Plaza, , Tallahassee, FL, 32310. Contact person: Mr. Andrew Hanus, phone: (850) 487-3086, e_mail: ahanus@fsu.edu. Funds requested: $21,095. Total project cost: $42,190. Replace analog microwave STL system. 

File no: 06119, West Virginia State University R&D Corporation, , 100 East Hall, , Institute, WV, 25112-1000. Contact person: Mr. William Woodrum, phone: (304) 766-5711, e_mail: woodrum@wvstateu.edu. Funds requested: $43,950. Total project cost: $58,600. A planning project to study whether the development of a digital satellite/online interconnection for web-based video technology studies is economically feasible for the West Virginia State University Educational Network. 

File no: 06120, Brazos Valley Public Broadcasting Foundation, Inc., dba KWBU-TV, One Bear Place #97296, , Waco, TX, 76798-7296. Contact person: Ms. Carla Hervey, phone: (254) 710-4298, e_mail: Carla@kwbu.org. Funds requested: $12,888. Total project cost: $25,775. This application is for the purpose of purchasing a back-up power generator for the transmitter site of KWBU-TV.  Our service area of Central Texas has been under hurricane watch and has served as an evacuation route multiple times in the past year. 

File no: 06121, University of Houston System, KUHF-FM, 4343 Elgin, 3rd floor, , Houston, TX, 77204-0887. Contact person: Mrs. Georgeann Smith, phone: (713) 743-8420, e_mail: gsmith@kuhf.org. Funds requested: $37,498. Total project cost: $74,996. KUHF-FM seeks funding assistance to expand digital studio facilities to program our IBOC supplemental channel. (HD-2) with the addition of one new announce studio, automation computers, and automation control in four of our studios. 

File no: 06122, Washburn University of Topeka, KTWU-TV, 1700 SW College Ave, , Topeka, KS, 66621. Contact person: Mr. Eugene Williams, phone: (785) 670-1111, e_mail: eugene.williams@washburn.edu. Funds requested: $55,262. Total project cost: $110,525. To replace the existing  K30AL transmitter (translator) and flash convert to Digital. 

File no: 06123, University of Pennsylvania, WPXN, 3025 Walnut Street, , Philadelphia, PA, 19104. Contact person: Mr. Roger LaMay, phone: (215) 898-0627, e_mail: roger@xpn.org. Funds requested: $30,000. Total project cost: $60,000. Provide emergency backup power at WXPN transmitter site to keep WXPN on the air during frequent power outages. 

File no: 06124, WJCT, Inc., WJCT-TV, 100 Festival Park Avenue, , Jacksonville, FL, 32202-1397. Contact person: Mr. Robert Culkeen, phone: (904) 358-6315, e_mail: BCulkeen@wjct.org. Funds requested: $297,945. Total project cost: $595,890. Replace the production and test equipment in the our mobile origination facility, including switchers, A/D converter,  VTRs,  HD camera systems, audio mixer, ans character generator. 

File no: 06125, School Board of Broward County Florida, BECON, 6600 SW Nova Drive, , Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33317. Contact person: Dr. Phyllis Schiffer-Simon, phone: (754) 321-1000, e_mail: psimon@becon.tv. Funds requested: $273,000. Total project cost: $546,000. BECON-TV (WPPB) is licensed by the FCC to provide noncommercial educational programming in South Florida.  Application is for the digital conversion of its master control and production equipment. 

File no: 06126, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Radio Services, 7140 SW Macadam Avenue, , Portland, OR, 97219-3099. Contact person: Mr. Jack Galmiche, phone: (503) 293-1987, e_mail: jack_galmiche@opb.org. Funds requested: $21,014. Total project cost: $42,029. This application requests the urgent placement of a new transmitter in the rural Eastern Oregon community of Baker City. 

File no: 06127, ideastream, WVIZ/WCPN, Idea Center, 1375 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44115. Contact person: Mr. Jerrold Wareham, phone: (216) 916-6120, e_mail: jerrold.wareham@ideastream.org. Funds requested: $377,880. Total project cost: $944,700. To complete a new radio and TV broadcast facility by installing mic PreNet, grid and monitoring cameras, satellite antenna, MATV, sound reinforcement, classroom and community conference room and related equipment in the new Idea Center. 

File no: 06128, Foundation for California Community Colleges, , 1102 Q Street , 3rd Floor, , Sacramento, CA, 95814. Contact person: Mr. Blaine Morrow, phone: (760) 744-1150, e_mail: . Funds requested: $159,917. Total project cost: $319,917. The Foundation for the California Community Colleges is submitting a construction application on behalf of the California Community Colleges Satellite Network (CCCSAT) to establish a 24-hour per day, 7-day per week, video-on-demand system for distance learning using broadband technology. 

File no: 06129, Cincinnati Public Radio, Inc., WVXR, 1223 Central Parkway, , Cincinnati, OH, 45214. Contact person: Ms. Cassie Gamble, phone: (513) 241-8282, e_mail: cgamble@cinradio.org. Funds requested: $56,400. Total project cost: $112,801. Applicant seeks funding assistance to replace transmitter and audio processor for Public Radio Station WVXR, New Paris, OH. 

File no: 06130, KGTF, , 194 Sesame Street At Washington, , Mangilao, GU, 96913. Contact person: Ms. Sonia Suobiron, phone: (671) 734-5483, e_mail: ssubiron@kgtf.org. Funds requested: $179,094. Total project cost: $179,094. Guam EducationalTelecommunications Corporation, KGTF, is requesting funding support to replace analog remote production equipment with digital systems that will be compatible with the overall digital infrastructure planned for the station. 

File no: 06131, Indiana University, WFIU, P.O. Box 1847, 1229 E. 7th street, Bloomington, IN, 47402-1847. Contact person: Mr. Bradley Howard, phone: (812) 855-3177, e_mail: bhoward@indiana.edu. Funds requested: $51,774. Total project cost: $69,032. Activate translators in French Lick/West Baden Springs in Orange County and one in Greensburg in Decatur County, Indiana.  These facilities would provide first service to a significant part of these counties. 

File no: 06132, Cincinnati Public Radio, Inc., WVXU, 1223 Central Parkway, , Cincinnati, OH, 45214. Contact person: Ms. Cassie Gamble, phone: (513) 241-8282, e_mail: cgamble@cinradio.org. Funds requested: $94,620. Total project cost: $189,240. Cincinnati Public Radio, Inc. seeks funding assistance to replace the processor, transmitter and add digital audio broadcasting capabilities to public radio station WVXU. 

File no: 06133, Minnesota Public Radio, K215BL (Alexandria MN), 480 Cedar St, , Saint Paul, MN, 55101. Contact person: Mr. Ron Hall, phone: (651) 290-1163, e_mail: rhall@mpr.org. Funds requested: $103,995. Total project cost: $138,661. Preserving the only pubic radio service in Douglas County MN by replacing our existing translator with a full power station, thereby also reaching a population of 10,256 persons for the first time. 

File no: 06134, Cincinnati Public Radio, Inc., WVXW, 1223 Central Parkway, , Cincinnati, OH, 45214. Contact person: Ms. Cassie Gamble, phone: (513) 241-8282, e_mail: cgamble@cinradio.org. Funds requested: $47,400. Total project cost: $94,801. Applicant seeks funding assistance to replace transmitter and audio processor for public radio station WVXW, West Union, OH. 

File no: 06135, Back Porch Radio Broadcasting, WORT, 118 South Bedford Street, , Madison, WI, 53703. Contact person: Mr. Norman Stockwell, phone: (608) 256-2695, e_mail: normstoc@wort-fm.org. Funds requested: $25,368. Total project cost: $52,736. The WORT SAP Project is intended to provide the station with the ability to broadcast a secondary audio program channel (SAC) on its HD digital broadcast signal. 

File no: 06136, San Bernardino Community College District, KVCR, 701 S. Mt. Vernon Avenue, , San Bernardino, CA, 92410. Contact person: Mr. Larry Ciecalone, phone: (909) 384-4326, e_mail: larry_ciecalone@kvcr.pbs.org. Funds requested: $126,925. Total project cost: $254,925. This equipment will replace analog equipment and make significant progress towards the conversion of KVCR-FM to digital equipment.  It will allow sending signals from the studio to the transmitter on Box Spring Mountain without losing the expanded capacity, allowing KVCR-FM greater frequency capacities and thus programming. 

File no: 06137, Colleges of the Seneca, WEOS(FM), 300 Pulteney Street, , Geneva, NY, 14456-3397. Contact person: Mr. Michael Black, phone: (315) 781-3811, e_mail: black@hws.edu. Funds requested: $66,457. Total project cost: $88,610. To complete the digital conversion of WEOS with the replacement of existing analog STL with digital STL, to accommodate PAD and multicast, and the purchase of a master control console. 

File no: 06138, Radio Bilingue, , 5005 East Belmont, , Fresno, CA, 93727. Contact person: Mr. Hugo Morales, phone: (559) 455-5757, e_mail: hugom@2sbcglobal.net. Funds requested: $75,023. Total project cost: $100,030. Radio Bilingue seeks funding assistance to complete plans for providing public radio services to the Latino community in southern Texas currently unserved by public radio. 

File no: 06139, Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc., WVTF Public Radio, 3520 Kingsbury Lane, , Roanoke, VA, 24014-1348. Contact person: Mr. Glenn Gleixner, phone: (540) 989-8900, e_mail: geg@vt.edu. Funds requested: $36,582. Total project cost: $73,165. WVTF seeks assistance to purchase STL microwave equipment to deliver HD Radio multi-cast streams to four of our stations; WVTU, WVTW, WVTF,  and WFFC. 

File no: 06140, Nevada Public Radio, Nevada Public Radio, 1289 S. Torrey Pines, , Las Vegas, NV, 89146. Contact person: Mr. Lamar Marchese, phone: (702) 258-9895, e_mail: lamar@knpr.org. Funds requested: $24,500. Total project cost: $49,000. This project will improve the operation of KNPR-FM, Las Vegas, NV by purchasing a stand-by power generator for its studios.  KNPR and its related stations serve a population of about 2,000,000 people. 

File no: 06141, Asian Media Access, , 2418 Plymouth, , Minneapolis, MN, 55411. Contact person: , phone: (   )    -    , e_mail: . Funds requested: $110,000. Total project cost: $150,000. A planning project to study the feasibility of establishing a national educational network of Asian American & Pacific Islander Senior, Health and Community Centers with initial sites in Minnesota, California, and Illinois. 

File no: 06142, Greater Dayton PTV, GDPT, 110 South Jefferson Street, , Dayton, OH, 45402-2415. Contact person: David Fogarty, phone: (937) 220-1611, e_mail: DFogarty@ThinkTV.org. Funds requested: $140,753. Total project cost: $281,507. One-year project for a closed captioning encoder and the digital conversion of WPTD for a basic non-linear digital editing system and a basic digital field acquisition capability. 

File no: 06143, Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc., Boulder Community Broadcast Association dba KGNU, 4700 Walnut St, , Boulder, CO, 80301. Contact person: Ms. Marty Durlin, phone: (303) 449-4885, e_mail: marty@kgnu.org. Funds requested: $22,279. Total project cost: $44,559. After serving Boulder County for 27 years, KGNU has expanded its coverage into the nearby Denver metro area with the aquisition of an AM frequency. KGNU has also extended access to its airwaves to the wider Denver community through its Boulder studios.  By constructing a broadcast studio in Denver, the Denver community in general and people of color in particular will have a more direct access to the airwaves. 

File no: 06144, Salish Kootenai College, KSKC-CA, 52000 Highway 93, P.O. Box 70, Pablo, MT, 59855-0070. Contact person: Dr. Joseph McDonald, phone: (406) 275-4959, e_mail: joseph_mcdonald@skc.edu. Funds requested: $298,462. Total project cost: $397,950. This application by Salish Kootenai College is for funding to assist in the replacement of master control, origination, automation and dissemination equipment for KSKC-TV on the Flathead Indian Reservation and surrounding area. 

File no: 06145, University of Wisconsin, WHA Television, 821 University Avenue, , Madison, WI, 53706-0545. Contact person: Mr. Malcolm Brett, phone: (608) 263-9598, e_mail: brett@wpt.org. Funds requested: $149,035. Total project cost: $298,070. WHA-TV seeks partial funding to acquire one portable HDTV remote package and one HDTV videotape editing system 

File no: 06146, Lehigh Valley Public Telecom Corp., WLVT-TV, 123 Sesame Street, , Bethlehem, PA, 18015-4799. Contact person: Mr. Daniel LaBert, phone: (610) 867-4677, e_mail: danl@wlvt.org. Funds requested: $228,335. Total project cost: $456,670. WLVT respectfully requests a grant from the PTFP program to support the replacement of its Production Control Switcher, Still Store, DVE, and production monitoring. This current equipment, which served us well, is no longer supported by any of the manufacturers. 

File no: 06147, Colleges of the Seneca, WEOS(FM), 300 Pulteney Street, , Geneva, NY, 14456-3397. Contact person: Mr. Michael Black, phone: (315) 781-3811, e_mail: black@hws.edu. Funds requested: $33,825. Total project cost: $45,100. This application is to provide backup power for WEOS(FM) at the studio and transmitter site, by purchasing emergency generators for the two locations, and a UPS for the transmitting equipment. 

File no: 06148, WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, 318 Central Ave, , Albany, NY, 12206. Contact person: Mr. David Galletly, phone: (518) 465-5233, e_mail: david@wamc.org. Funds requested: $403,500. Total project cost: $538,000. WAMC seeks urgent funding assistance to replace the antenna system of WRUN(AM), Utica NY. 

File no: 06149, Chipola College, Distance Learning Department, 3094 Indian Circle, , Marianna, FL, 32446. Contact person: Mr. Steve Young, phone: (850) 718-2203, e_mail: youngs@chipola.edu. Funds requested: $73,949. Total project cost: $102,428. The college is requesting planning dollars to support the college in meeting with representatives in five counties that include district school boards and board members, technical and academic personnel, and interested public in developing a distance delivery plan.  The plan will provide a long and short range forecast of existing and needed equipment to support development and implementation of a distance learning program in the district. 

File no: 06150, Brazos Educational Radio, KEOS Community Radio, P.O. Box 78, , College Station, TX, 77841-0078. Contact person: Mr. Michael Parr, phone: (979) 779-5367, e_mail: parr.lance@gmail.com. Funds requested: $70,629. Total project cost: $94,172. Replace and upgrade studio and transmission equipment.  Our Gates FM1-C Transmitter was manufactured in the 60's and parts are hard to find. 

File no: 06151, Spruce Knob Seneca Rocks Telephone, Inc., Wireless Planning, PO Box 100, , Riverton, WV, 26814. Contact person: Ms. Vickie Colaw, phone: (304) 567-2121, e_mail: vcolaw@spruceknob.net. Funds requested: $345,552. Total project cost: $815,404. The new global economy is inexorably linked to the Internet.  Rural counties in the US have been left behind as the Internet has expanded in more urban counties thus creating a “Digital Divide”.   The current application  will provide the residents of Pendleton County access to business to business opportunities, relevant educational outlets, up-to-date healcare information, health care professional specialists, and gaovernment access to safety, law enforcement home security issues protocols not currently available. 

File no: 06152, Minnesota Public Radio, WSCN 100.5 FM, Cedar Street, , St. Paul, MN, 55101. Contact person: Mr. Ron Hall, phone: (651) 290-1163, e_mail: rhall@mpr.org. Funds requested: $500,000. Total project cost: $1,305,560. A project to replace a tower and combine two radio services in Duluth, MN.  The project will result in over 2,200 people receiving first public radio coverage with an additional 10, 789 persons receiving added service. This service of Minnesota Public Radio covers an audience of over 200,000 people. 

File no: 06153, Minnesota Public Radio, K208CR (Ely MN), 480 Cedar Street, , St. Paul, MN, 55101. Contact person: Mr. Ron Hall, phone: (651) 290-1163, e_mail: rhall@mpr.org. Funds requested: $145,658. Total project cost: $194,211. A project to replace the existing translator in Ely, MN. with a full power station. The project will increase the first public radio service by 4,960 people. 

File no: 06154, Metro Indianapolis Public Bdcsting, WFYI, 1401 N Meridian St, , Indianapolis, IN, 46202-2304. Contact person: Ms. Theresa Tetrault, phone: (317) 715-2023, e_mail: ttetrault@wfyi.org. Funds requested: $68,636. Total project cost: $137,272. Replace analog production equipment with digital to furnish two radio on-air control rooms in an addition to WFYI's primary broadcast facility to be completed in early 2007. 

File no: 06155, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Television Services, 7140 SW Macadam Avenue, , Portland, OR, 97219-3099. Contact person: Mr. Jack Galmiche, phone: (503) 293-1987, e_mail: jack_galmiche@opb.org. Funds requested: $50,310. Total project cost: $100,620. This application requests a replacement High Definition field camera, based on the current camera's loss of pixels on the camera sensor and finding it more difficult to replace pieces and fix the camera due to the increasing scarcity of parts. 

File no: 06156, Barry Telecommunications, WXEL-FM, 3401 South Congress Ave., , Boynton Beach, FL, 33426. Contact person: Mr. Bernard Henneberg, phone: (561) 737-8000, e_mail: bhenneberg@wxel.org. Funds requested: $88,820. Total project cost: $177,640. Replace analog master control and production equipment with digital and update the AudioVault automation system. 

File no: 06157, Educational Broadcasting Foundation, Educational Broadcasting Foundation, 3330 N. Causeway Blvd., , Metairie, LA, 70002. Contact person: Mr. Mark Coudrain, phone: (504) 830-3720, e_mail: mark@wlae.com. Funds requested: $371,520. Total project cost: $495,360. WLAE-TV seeks emergency funding to replace the Analog Transmitter and Test and Monitoring Equipment destroyed by the devastation of hurricane Katrina on August 28-30, 2005 and to provided raised support platform to mitigate future flooding problems. 

File no: 06158, Upper Cumberland Broadcast Council, WCTE-TV, 1151 Stadium Drive, Suite 104, , Cookeville, TN, 38501. Contact person: Ms. Becky Magura, phone: (931) 528-2222, e_mail: bmagura@wcte.org. Funds requested: $508,301. Total project cost: $677,735. WCTE, a small public television station in rural central Tennessee, is requesting funds to convert its Master Control facility to digital operation. 

File no: 06159, Prairie Public Broadcasting, KFME, P.O. Box 3240, , Fargo, ND, 58108-3240. Contact person: Mr. John Harris III, phone: (701) 239-7569, e_mail: jharris@prairiepublic.org. Funds requested: $231,296. Total project cost: $308,395. Prairie Public Broadcasting seeks funding assistance to purchase and install a new FM transmitter, antenna, and associated equipment at Minnewaukan, North Dakota. This facility will provide North Dakota Public Radio programming for the community of Devils Lake, ND and surrounding area.  The project will provide first public radio service to 35,269 persons. 

File no: 06160, Spokane Public Radio Inc., KPBX/KIBX and KSFC, 2319 N. Monroe Street, , Spokane, WA, 99205. Contact person: Mr. Richard Kunkel, phone: (509) 328-5729, e_mail: rkunkel@kpbx.org. Funds requested: $24,999. Total project cost: $33,333. Install 2 translators in Coeur d****Alene, ID.  One to provide lost first service from KPBX and the second to add a second program stream from our new station, KSFC. 

File no: 06161, City of Pflugerville, Administration, PO Box 589, , Pflugerville, TX, 78691-0589. Contact person: Mr. David Buesing, phone: (512) 990-4363, e_mail: dbuesing@cityofpflugerville.com. Funds requested: $4,598. Total project cost: $9,197. The City of Pflugerville seeks funding assistance to promote open government through public education via audio streaming, cable viewing and recordable media. 

File no: 06162, WETA TV, , 2775 South Quincy Street, , Arlington, VA, 22206. Contact person: Ms. Polly Heath, phone: (703) 998-2778, e_mail: pheath@weta.com. Funds requested: $1,550,175. Total project cost: $3,100,350. WETA seeks assistance with the purchase of digital production equipment to replace outdated analog production equipment as well as digital studio cameras. 

File no: 06163, New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority, NJN Radio, PO Box 777, , Trenton, NJ, 08625. Contact person: Mr. William Schnorbus, phone: (609) 777-5163, e_mail: bschnorbus@njn.org. Funds requested: $161,302. Total project cost: $215,070. NJPBA seeks funding to activate new FM radio stations in New Jersey at Netcong and Toms River. Both stations will provide NJPBA and nationally distributed programming of NPR and PRI for the first time to the affected areas. 

File no: 06164, Ohio State University, WOSU Stations, 2400 Olentangy River Road, , Columbus, OH, 43210-1027. Contact person: Mr. David Carwile, phone: (614) 292-9678, e_mail: carwile.1@osu.edu. Funds requested: $496,320. Total project cost: $992,641. WOSU-TV seeks partial funding to continue our digital transition through the purchase of equipment to be used in or controlled from a new, all-digital studio control room. The equipment will be located in WOSU's new digital media center at the COSI children's science museum in downtown Columbus. 

File no: 06165, Ana G. Mendez University System, WMTJ-TV, WMTJ-TV, State Road 176 Km. 0.3, San Juan, PR, 00926. Contact person: Mr. Ariel Diaz, phone: (787) 766-2600, e_mail: ca_adiaz@suagm.edu. Funds requested: $654,500. Total project cost: $1,309,000. Digital Television Conversion of WMTJ and WQTO Studio Facilities. Fifth stage of DTV conversion Plan. 

File no: 06166, Prince George's Community College, , 301 Largo Road, , Largo, MD, 29774. Contact person: Mr. Oliver Hansen, phone: (301) 322-0410, e_mail: ohansen@pgcc.edu. Funds requested: $69,246. Total project cost: $138,493. A project to extend Prince George's Community College's ability to provide increased access of digital media content to District of Columbia students and residents, to military students, to our current extension center sites and to ever increasing online populations that reside outside the boundaries of Prince George's county. 

File no: 06167, WNYC Radio, Inc, Engineering Department, One Centre Street, , New York, NY, 10007. Contact person: Mr. Alex Villari, phone: (212) 669-2940, e_mail: avillari@wnyc.org. Funds requested: $265,950. Total project cost: $591,140. WNYC Radio respectfully requests $265,950 from the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program for the urgent replacement of end-of-life broadcast and production equipment installed in WNYC’s analog-era control rooms and on air studios.  The project is necessary due to relocation of the stations facilities. 

File no: 06168, WHYY, Inc., WHYY-TV, 150 North Sixth St, , Philadelphia, PA, 19106. Contact person: Mr. John Doran, phone: (215) 351-1271, e_mail: jdoran@whyy.org. Funds requested: $853,400. Total project cost: $1,706,801. Project seeks 50% funding to support conversion of WHYY TV Production facilities to HD.  WHYY is located in the fourth DMA market and this HD production equipment will permit production of programs that will be distributed widely, regionally and nationally. 

File no: 06169, Cherokee Nation, , P. O. Box 948, 17675  S. Muskogee Ave, Tahlequah, OK, 74465. Contact person: Ms. Sammy Rusco, phone: (918) 453-5779, e_mail: . Funds requested: $34,470. Total project cost: $56,026. A planning project for the development of two low power TV stations and Broadband public access in rural NE Oklahoma. 

File no: 06170, Public Bdcsting Fndn of Northwest Ohio, WGTE-TV, 1270 South Detroit Avenue, P.O. Box 30, Toledo, OH, 43614-0030. Contact person: Mr. Daniel Niedzwiecki, phone: (419) 380-4600, e_mail: dan_niedzwiecki@wgte.org. Funds requested: $105,000. Total project cost: $210,000. The Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio is requesting financial assistance to replace analog portable video production equipment used for daily local production operations. The proposed digital format equipment includes an HD camera, an SD camera, SD/HD ingest/record VTRs, and associated field production support equipment. 

File no: 06171, University of South Florida, WUSF-FM, WRB 219, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL, 33620-6860. Contact person: Ms. JoAnn Urofsky, phone: (813) 974-8700, e_mail: jurofsky@wusf.org. Funds requested: $35,684. Total project cost: $71,369. Replace analog production equipment with digital production equipment and continue digital conversion, to meet the needs of our SAC, new programming, and expanded news service. 

File no: 06172, Roanoke Valley Communications, Inc., WZRU Public Radio, 232 Roanoke Ave, , Roanoke Rapids, NC, 27870. Contact person: Mr. Brian Lewis, phone: (252) 537-9999, e_mail: blewis.wru@charter.net. Funds requested: $31,155. Total project cost: $41,540. An application for funding assistance to purchase an on-channel booster to provide a fill-in signal to the downtown area of the city of license, which lost service due to relocation of transmitter site. 

File no: 06173, University of South Florida, WUSF-FM, WRB 219, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL, 33620-6860. Contact person: Ms. JoAnn Urofsky, phone: (813) 974-8700, e_mail: jurofsky@wusf.org. Funds requested: $3,768. Total project cost: $7,537. Purchase and install Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS)  to ensure continued broadcast service in the event of hurricane or other natural disaster. 

File no: 06174, Central Michigan University, WCMU-TV, 340 Moore Hall, , Mt. Pleasant, MI, 48859. Contact person: Mr. Randall Kapenga, phone: (989) 774-3105, e_mail: kapen1rg@chmich.edu. Funds requested: $818,742. Total project cost: $1,091,659. The applicant is seeking assistance with the urgent repair of a crucial broadcast tower which supports the antennas of WCMU-TV and FM, and conversion of the production facility of Central Michigan University's Broadcast and Cinematic Arts Department from substandard, close circuit, to broadcast quality. 

File no: 06175, Appalshop, Inc., WMMT, 91 Madison Avenue, , Whitesburg, KY, 41858. Contact person: Ms. Cheryl Marshall, phone: (606) 633-0108, e_mail: cmarshall@appalshop.org. Funds requested: $39,000. Total project cost: $52,000. WMMT, the community radio service of Appalshop, Inc, requests $13,000 for replacement of its main transmitter. The station serves eastern KY, southwest VA, and southern WV. 

File no: 06176, Newark Public Radio, Inc., WBGO/Jazz 88.3 FM, 54 Park Place, , Newark, NJ, 07102. Contact person: Mrs. Maria Gatewood, phone: (973) 624-8880, e_mail: mgatewood@wbgo.org. Funds requested: $51,858. Total project cost: $103,717. Newark Public Radio, Inc. seeks funding to assist with the purchase of Studio Control Surfaces and associated equipment for its production and broadcast studios. 

File no: 06177, Lorain County Community College, Strategic and Institutional Development, 1005 North Abbe Road, , Elyria, OH, 44035. Contact person: Ms. Frances McCaffrey, phone: (440) 366-4727, e_mail: fmccaffr@loraincc.edu. Funds requested: $178,945. Total project cost: $357,890. A project to extend nonbroadcast distance learning services from two classrooms at the main campus of Lorain County Community College in Elyria, OH, to two classrooms at a planned satellite center in Wellington, OH, to deliver course content by purchasing and installing interactive video distance learning and connectivity equipment. 

File no: 06178, Tixs for Kids, Tixs for Kids, 3904 4th Street NW, , Albuquerque, NM, 87107. Contact person: Mr. John Aragon, phone: (505) 345-7687, e_mail: luckeeeme@aol.com. Funds requested: $20,710. Total project cost: $41,421. Construct studios for KBNM-LP, Belen, NM. This will give a community of 7,200 on-air and production facilities for the first local origination studios in Valencia County, NM. Community programming and broadcasting classes are planned. 

File no: 06179, Northern Michigan University, WNMU-TV, 1401 Presque Isle Ave., , Marquette, MI, 49855. Contact person: Mr. Eric Smith, phone: (906) 227-1314, e_mail: esmith@nmu.edu. Funds requested: $759,256. Total project cost: $1,265,427. WNMU’s application is submitted for funds to convert WNMU-DT’s analog master control system to digital.  The proposed project is a critical component of the station’s digital conversion master plan. 

File no: 06180, University of South Florida, WUSF-DT, WRB 219, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL, 33620-6860. Contact person: Ms. JoAnn Urofsky, phone: (813) 974-8700, e_mail: jurofsky@wusf.org. Funds requested: $297,801. Total project cost: $595,604. Purchase and install origination equipment for broadcast and storage of high definition programming as the next step of WUSF-TV’s five-year digital conversion plan. 

File no: 06181, WSNC FM, , 601 Martin Luther King Dr., , Winston-Salem, NC, 27110. Contact person: Mr. Elvin Jenkins, phone: (336) 750-2324, e_mail: . Funds requested: $150,986. Total project cost: $301,972. WSNC-FM is requesting assistance to purchase a new HD transmitter with associated equipment and new digital production studio equipment. 

File no: 06182, Lincoln University, Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, P.O. Box 179, , Lincoln University, PA, 19352-0999. Contact person: Dr. William Bynum Jr., phone: (610) 932-8300, e_mail: WBynum@lincoln.edu. Funds requested: $77,230. Total project cost: $154,468. This project will result in the replacement of studio equipment to ensure uninterrupted and high-quality program production as part of Lincoln's two-year improvement Plan.  This project will coincide with migration to digital. 

File no: 06183, Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Networ, Same, 63 Flushing Avenue, Unit 281, Brooklyn, NY, 11205. Contact person: Ms. Carol Colmenares, phone: (616) 731-3601, e_mail: ccolmenares@hitn.org. Funds requested: $154,508. Total project cost: $206,010. HITN’s mission is to provide a network of non-commercial telecommunications facilities in order to advance the educational, social, cultural, and economic aspirations of Hispanics in New York, the U.S. and Puerto Rico.  HITN proposes a planning project for the creation of a Private Outreach Network for community based organizations (CBOs) in New York State, to receive and exchange information and training. 

File no: 06184, Morgan State University, , Coldspring Lane & Hillen Road, , Baltimore, MD, 21251. Contact person: Mr. Preston Blakely, phone: (443) 885-3807, e_mail: pblakelymoac.morgan.edu. Funds requested: $122,083. Total project cost: $244,167. Morgan State University seeks funding assistance to replace production and studio equipment at its public radio station, WEAA-FM. 

File no: 06185, NPR Labs, , 635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, , Washington, DC, 20001-3753. Contact person: Ms. Diana Brace, phone: (202) 513-2072, e_mail: dbrace@npr.org. Funds requested: $138,925. Total project cost: $277,850. NPR, through its new operating unit NPR Labs, seeks funding support to conduct a planning project for a nationwide, public radio under-service and service vulnerability spectrum study. 

File no: 06186, KBCS-FM, Bellevue Community College, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, , Bellevue, WA, 98007-6484. Contact person: Mr. Steve Ramsey, phone: (425) 564-2418, e_mail: sramsey@bcc.ctc.edu. Funds requested: $78,656. Total project cost: $157,312. KBCS 91.3 FM & Bellevue Community College seek funding for a new digital broadcast console and the necessary studio components to coincide with planned relocation of the station facilities into a permanent location on the main campus. Additionally, this request will acquire the necessary production equipment to accomodate the increased number of volunteers working at the non-commercial radio station. 

File no: 06187, Health Writers, Inc., , 4604 Monona Drive, , Madison, WI, 53716. Contact person: Ms. Lea Zeldin, phone: (608) 238-5740, e_mail: lz14@juno.com. Funds requested: $17,107. Total project cost: $22,810. To obtain equipment to allow a new LPFM station to begin broadcasting.