File no: 05001, 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: $23,929. Total project cost: $47,859. WUWF, 88.1, Pensacola, FL requests PTFP funding of $23,929 (50%) of total project cost of $47,859, to replace STL and a stand-by generator at transmitter site, and add cell phone interface and emergency transmitter remote control. 

File no: 05002, The Hopi Foundation, KUYI Radio Division, PO Box 169, , Hotevilla, AZ, 86030. Contact person: Ms. Barbara Poley, phone: (928) 734-2380, e_mail: Bapoley@Direcway.com. Funds requested: $77,588. Total project cost: $103,451. KUYI-FM urgently needs to fix problems that frequently are putting it off the air. The station is submitting an emergency application to address grounding and electrical service issues. The request is for a new grounding system, backup power, and power conditioning equipment. 

File no: 05003, KANZA Society, Inc, dba High Plains Public Radio, 210 North 7th, , Garden City, KS, 67846. Contact person: Mr. Richard Hicks, phone: (620) 275-7444, e_mail: director@hppr.org. Funds requested: $407,229. Total project cost: $542,972. This emergency project is required to construct a transmission tower for KANZ-FM, which is being evicted from the tower space it has leased since its inception in 1980. The eviction is due to the federal DTV conversion mandate for the lessor, KSNG-TV. Discussions and planning over the past five years had indicated that the conversion could be made without moving KANZ off the tower. However, a notice of eviction effective October 1st of this year was received on January 7, 2005. 

File no: 05004, Public Bdcstng Council of Central New York, WCNY-TV, 506 Old Liverpool Road, P.O. Box 2400, Syracuse, NY, 13220. Contact person: Mr. John Duffy, phone: (315) 453-2424, e_mail: john_duffy@wcny.org. Funds requested: $164,500. Total project cost: $329,000. WCNY-TV is seeking funding to replace 25 year old, obsolete,  videotape recorders with digital, disk-based near-line storage, control software, and digital videotape recording equipment.  Replacement is urgently needed due to significant breakdowns. 

File no: 05005, WUGA-FM, The University of Georgia, 1197 S. Lumpkin Street, Room 138, Athens, GA, 30602-1548. Contact person: Mr. Steve Bell, phone: (706) 542-8089, e_mail: sbell@uga.edu. Funds requested: $45,000. Total project cost: $90,439. WUGA -FM, a unit in the External Relations Division of the University of Georgia, seeks funding assistance to upgrade our production facility from Analog to a Digital production Facility. WUGA-FM will receive no funding from Georgia Public Broadcasting (G.P.B.) for digital conversion of our internal air and production studio facilities. G.P.B. will fund the cost of transmitter conversion to digital, however, the University of Georgia, WUGA, is responsible for equipment upgrade within the studio facilities. The interim director of G.P.B., Nancy Hall, will attest to this if further documentation is needed. G.P.B. supports this grant request. 

File no: 05006, Barry Telecommunications, Inc., WXEL-TV, 3401 South Congress Avenue, , Boynton Beach, FL, 33426-8401. Contact person: Mr. Fred Flaxman, phone: (561) 737-8000, e_mail: fflaxman@wxel.org. Funds requested: $652,193. Total project cost: $1,304,386. This is an application for funding assistance to continue WXEL's transition to digital television by completing funding for $1,303,513 worth of additional production and master control equipment. This will enable WXEL to produce local/regional and national high-definition digital programming from its studios in South Florida. 

File no: 05007, City of Nenana, local government, PO Box 70, , Nenana, AK, 99760. Contact person: Mr. Jason Mayrand, phone: (907) 832-5501, e_mail: nenana1@yukontel.com. Funds requested: $10,500. Total project cost: $15,000. The City of Nenana operates a translator station to rebroadcast television from Fairbanks, Alaska.The current equipment is no longer serviceable and requires replacement.This station is the only broadcast available to provide emergency information or news of this area.This station is currently off the air due to equipment failure. 

File no: 05008, 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: $115,764. Total project cost: $231,529. WVTF seeks Federal assistance to convert our main broadcast transmissions on 89.1 FM to HD Radio Digital transmission capable of Supplemental Audio Channel (SAC) two program stream multi-casting. 

File no: 05009, Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc, WVTF, 3520 Kingsbury Lane, , Roanoke, VA, 24014-1348. Contact person: Mr. Glenn Gleixner, phone: (540) 989-8900, e_mail: geg@vt.edu. Funds requested: $17,116. Total project cost: $34,233. WVTF seeks federal assistance to construct three (3) new translators that have been given construction permits by the Federal Communications Commission. The Lexington translator will be a "fill" for our 89.1 signal which experiences poor reception due to hilly and mountainous terrain. The Orange translator will give added service for WVTF to areas not able to reach us or other public radio stations with 1 mV contour signals. Lovingston will give added service to WVTF. 

File no: 05010, Troy University, Department of Radio & Television, Wallace Hall, , Troy, AL, 36082. Contact person: Mr. James Clower, phone: (334) 670-3555, e_mail: jclower@troy.edu. Funds requested: $128,113. Total project cost: $256,227. Troy University seeks funding assistance to replace a non-directional antenna with a directional antenna as approved by the FCC for the purpose of extending the public radio service. In addition, we seek funds to replace a transmitter that was installed 26 years ago and to add an emergency power generator. Lastly, we desire to purchase signal test equipment. 

File no: 05011, Hutchinson Community College, Radio Kansas, 815 N. Walnut, Suite 300, , Hutchinson, KS, 67501. Contact person: Mr. David Horning, phone: (620) 662-6646, e_mail: dhorning@radiokansas.org. Funds requested: $27,944. Total project cost: $55,888. Radio Kansas plans to upgrade our news production studio suite. The current studio is based on 20+ year old technology and is nearly unusable. By upgrading the studio to digital technology it will once again provide reliable capacity for our programming staff for their daily news needs. It will also give us, for the first time, a dedicated location for producing twice annual on-air fundraising drives without the need to completely disrupt our technical operations. In addition, we propose to provide back-up power at two very remote microwave locations. These are our only two site without back-up power, and they control two or our three network stations. 

File no: 05012, University of Kentucky Research Foundation, WUKY, 109 Kinkead Hall, , Lexington, KY, 40506-0057. Contact person: Ms. Deborah Davis, phone: (859) 257-9424, e_mail: ddavis@email.uky.edu. Funds requested: $396,493. Total project cost: $528,658. Emergency replacment of the WUKY antenna, analog transmitter, analog STL, and associated equipment owing to the scheduled demolition (in November 2005) of the tower currently used by the station coupled with the age, lack of support, and unreliability of the requested equipment. 

File no: 05013, Twin Cities Public Televison, Inc., TPT, 172 East 4th Street, , Saint Paul, MN, 55101. Contact person: Mr. Bruce Jacobs, phone: (651) 229-1244, e_mail: bjacobs@tpt.org. Funds requested: $90,000. Total project cost: $180,000. This project will replace obsolete, unreliable and hard-to-repair production equipment with HDTV still store, recording, test and monitoring equipment essential for the digital conversion. 

File no: 05014, 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: $75,623. Total project cost: $151,247. We are replacing our original antenna and transmission coaxial cable. These were installed in 1981 and due to age and the effects of multiple hurricanes through this region we have discovered some extreme wear on these vital parts of our transmission system. 

File no: 05015, 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: denis@weiu.net. Funds requested: $91,275. Total project cost: $121,700. The purpose of this application is to receive grant money to be used for the purchase and construction of a new digital transmission facility. 

File no: 05016, Bradley University, WCBU, 1501 West Bradley Avenue, , Peoria, IL, 61625-0001. Contact person: Mr. Thomas Hunt, phone: (309) 677-2764, e_mail: thunt@bradley.edu. Funds requested: $114,799. Total project cost: $229,598. To increase the service area of WCBU and launch digital service. 

File no: 05017, Bradley University, WCBU, 1501 West Bradley Avenue, , Peoria, IL, 61625-0001. Contact person: Mr. Thomas Hunt, phone: (309) 677-2764, e_mail: thunt@bradley.edu. Funds requested: $25,568. Total project cost: $51,136. Station automation replacement and expansion to meet requirements of Content Depot and support digital Secondary Audio Service. 

File no: 05018, Pocahontas Communications Coop. Corp., WVMR, Rt 1, Box 139, , Dunmore, WV, 24934. Contact person: Mr. Gibbs Kinderman, phone: (304) 799-6004, e_mail: AMR.Projects@starband.net. Funds requested: $48,000. Total project cost: $64,297. This project will replace a 20 year old transmitter which is no longer supported by the manufacturer. 

File no: 05019, West Virginia Ed Broadcasting Authority, West Virginia Public Radio, 600 Capitol Street, , Charleston, WV, 25301. Contact person: Mr. Bill Acker, phone: (304) 556-4905, e_mail: backer@wvpubcast.org. Funds requested: $405,600. Total project cost: $540,800. WVEBA wishes to add three new transmitters to the network.  They are in the following unserved areas; St. Marys, White Sulphur Springs, and Bluefield. 

File no: 05020, West Virginia Ed Broadcasting Authority, West Virginia Public Radio, 600 Capitol Street, , Charleston, WV, 25301. Contact person: Mr. Bill Acker, phone: (304) 556-4905, e_mail: backer@wvpubcast.org. Funds requested: $133,400. Total project cost: $266,800. This request is to add repeaters to the Wheeling, WV and Martinsburg, WV markets. 

File no: 05021, Western KY University Research Fndn, , Academic Complex 242, 1 Big Red Way, Bowling Green, KY, 42101. Contact person: Mr. Jack Hanes, phone: (270) 745-6519, e_mail: jack.hanes@wku.edu. Funds requested: $79,960. Total project cost: $159,920. Applicant seeks 50% funding assistance to replace failing 25 year old FM transmitter, antenna and transmission line. This project will refurbish analog transmission facilities and prepare for digital. 

File no: 05022, Western KY University Research Fndn, , Academic Complex 242, 1 Big Red Way, Bowling Green, KY, 42101. Contact person: Mr. Jack Hanes, phone: (270) 745-6519, e_mail: Jack.hanes@wku.edu. Funds requested: $63,760. Total project cost: $127,521. Since the inception of the first repeater station in 1985, the applicant's network has employed a marginal ?off-air receive and relay? STL system involving distant reception of WKYU-FM by the same basic means in use by ordinary listeners, with subsequent relay by microwave link. Applicant has determined that by migrating to a satellite-based system, current and future operational problems will be solved, and audio quality and transmission reliability will be increased. 

File no: 05023, Fordham University, WFUV, 441 East Fordham Road, , Bronx, NY, 10458. Contact person: Dr. Ralph Jennings, phone: (718) 817-4550, e_mail: ralphjennings@wfuv.org. Funds requested: $13,878. Total project cost: $18,505. This application seeks funds to construct a translator in Beacon, New York. There is no 60 dbu, full time public radio signal here. There are six 60 dbu noncommercial signals in the area: three religious stations, one college station and one channel shared by WMHT, Schenectady and a SUNY college. 

File no: 05024, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, , 615 McCallie Avenue, Dept. 1151, , Chattanooga, TN, 37403. Contact person: Dr. John McCormack, phone: (423) 425-4756, e_mail: John-McCormack@utc.edu. Funds requested: $27,054. Total project cost: $59,108. Replace an audio console. 

File no: 05025, Eastern New Mexico University, KENW-FM/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: $190,119. Total project cost: $254,559. Replace the transmitter, antenna and transmission line for KENW-FM.  Relocate KENW-FM transmitter to the KENW-DT Midway site.  Remove existing 300 foot guyed tower from its current campus location. 

File no: 05026, Lehigh Carbon Community College, WXLV-FM, 4525 Education Park Drive, , Schnecksville, PA, 18078-2598. Contact person: Mr. Creed Hyatt, phone: (610) 799-1076, e_mail: chyatt@lccc.edu. Funds requested: $44,500. Total project cost: $89,000. Lehigh Carbon Community College is requesting matching funds to replace, improve, and augment equipment in its nonprofit public radio station WXLV-FM. LCCC will replace aging equipment in an existing primary broadcast studio, equip an unused studio for broadcast and production, and equip a new state-of-the-art broadcast/production studio in a new addition to the facility. 

File no: 05027, The County of Charlotte, Charlotte County Administrator**s Office, P. O. Box 608, , Charlotte Court House, VA, 23923. Contact person: Mr. Russell Clark, phone: (434) 542-5117, e_mail: rclark@co.charlotte.va.us. Funds requested: $13,500. Total project cost: $23,100. The County of Charlotte, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia, is submitting this application for planning grant funds to study the feasibility of establishing a radio station within the county. Currently, no radio or television station originates within the county lines. A radio station would greatly enhance emergency services coordination; the distribution of information, news and entertainment among the citizenry; and promote economic development. 

File no: 05028, Washington State University, Northwest Public Radio, 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: $20,121. Total project cost: $40,242. The Northwest Public Radio Emergency Power Project will provide stand-by power to three stations in eastern Washington and north-central Idaho.  The project will provide stand-by power generators for stations KNWY-FM, Yakima, WA; KWWS-FM, Walla Walla, WA; and KRFA-FM, Moscow, ID/Pullman, WA.  Additionally, it will provide program feed back-up power for station KNWR-FM and two translators. The total population served by this application is 562,332. 

File no: 05029, 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: $154,315. Total project cost: $205,754. The Chehalis Rural First Service Project will bring first public radio service to 73,080 in the state of Washington. 

File no: 05030, Harvest Radio Corporation, Harvest Radio, 10105 Bluff Drive SE, , Huntsville, AL, 35803. Contact person: Mr. Larry Perry, phone: (256) 883-9202, e_mail: cpapastr@earthlink.net. Funds requested: $252,167. Total project cost: $336,223. Harvest Radio Corporation seeks to purchase transmitter, antenna, tower, backup generators and other equipment to provide new rural service on noncommercial FM channel 209 (89.7 MHz) serving 6909 listeners at 60 dbu and 170,000 listeners at 48 dbu. Internet streaming will expand listening population and provide sufficient support for operations. 

File no: 05031, Wake Forest University, WFDD Radio, P.O. Box 8850, 56 Wake Forest Rd., Winston-Salem, NC, 27109-8850. Contact person: Mr. James Banks, phone: (336) 758-8859, e_mail: banksjb@wfu.edu. Funds requested: $79,943. Total project cost: $159,886. WFDD, Winston-Salem, NC, requests PTFP funding of $79,943 (50%) of the total project costs of $159,886, to replace main on-air console, production room console, and digital audio storage/server. 

File no: 05032, Western New York Public Broadcasting Association, WNED-FM, 140 Lower Terrace, P.O. Box 1263, Buffalo, NY, 14240-1263. Contact person: Mr. Richard Daly, phone: (716) 845-7002, e_mail: ddaly@wned.org. Funds requested: $40,442. Total project cost: $80,884. This application will replace the failing primary Studio Transmitter Link (STL) for WNED-FM. This project will also allow WNED to purchase a stand-by generator at its transmission site to allow WNED-FM to maintain its signal during long power outages and emergencies. 

File no: 05033, South Dakota Board of Directors for Educational Te, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, 555 N. Dakota St., , Vermillion, SD, 57069-5000. Contact person: Ms. Deb Larson, phone: (605) 677-6411, e_mail: deb.larson@state.sd.us. Funds requested: $167,100. Total project cost: $278,500. South Dakota Public Broadcasting (KUSD) continues its federally mandated conversion to digital broadcasting by seeking funding to change our production equipment from analog to digital, including camera and editing equipment, an SDI digital production switcher for multi-camera productions, and a portable microwave to allow SDPB to send a broadcast signal from remote locations. 

File no: 05034, Texas Public Radio, , 8401 Datapoint Drive, Suite 800, San Antonio, TX, 78229. Contact person: Mr. Joe Gwathmey, phone: (210) 614-8977, e_mail: joe@tpr.org. Funds requested: $72,510. Total project cost: $145,020. Texas Public Radio is requesting funds to replace aging and obsolete studio equipment for KSTX, San Antonio, TX.  Texas Public radio serves an audience of 1.5 million people. 

File no: 05035, University of Tennessee, WUOT Radio, 1543 White Avenue, , Knoxville, TN, 37996-1529. Contact person: Ms. Regina Dean, phone: (865) 974-1547, e_mail: regdean@utk.edu. Funds requested: $153,133. Total project cost: $306,266. WUOT, Knoxville, TN requests PTFP funding of $153,133 (50%) of the total project cost of $306,266, to replace unreliable master control and production room consoles and related recording/playback equipment, with digital audio delivery/storage/editing system with automation capability. 

File no: 05036, University of Florida, , 2208 Weimer Hall, , Gainesville, FL, 32611. Contact person: Mr. Henri Pensis, phone: (352) 392-5200, e_mail: hpensis@wuft.org. Funds requested: $26,000. Total project cost: $52,000. Stand-by generator for WJUF, Lecanto, which repeats WUFT, Gainesville. 

File no: 05037, Western North Carolina Public Radio, Inc., , 73 Broadway, , Asheville, NC, 28801-2919. Contact person: Mr. Edward Subkis, phone: (828) 253-6875, e_mail: esubkis@wcqs.org. Funds requested: $13,050. Total project cost: $17,400. Western North Carlina Public Radio Inc., seeks funding assistance to construct a translator that will provide the first public radio service to the Bryson City area of Swain and Graham Counties in Western North Carolina and fill in some PTFP "white" area.  This translator will repeat the programming originated at WCQS-FM in Asheville, NC. 

File no: 05038, South Carolina Educational Television 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: $142,625. Total project cost: $285,250. The South Carolina Educational Television Commission seeks funding assistance to replace the 24-year old transmitter and side mounted antenna of public radio station WJWJ-FM, Beaufort, S.C., along with related equipment. 

File no: 05039, Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, KZYX-FM, P.O. Box 1, 9300 Highway 128, Philo, CA, 95466-0001. Contact person: Ms. Mary Aigner, phone: (707) 895-2324, e_mail: mary@kzyx.org. Funds requested: $10,139. Total project cost: $20,278. Having received a PTFP Grant in the 2004 cycle for transmitter replacement, Mendocino County Public Broadcasting is seeking funding to replace the main transmitter antenna, which, at 15+ years of age and service, urgently needs replacement. 

File no: 05040, White Pine Community Broadcasting, Inc., WXPR Public Radio, 303 West Prospect St., , Rhinelander, WI, 54501-3867. Contact person: Mr. Robert Fiocchi, phone: (715) 362-6000, e_mail: mick@wxpr.org. Funds requested: $215,300. Total project cost: $293,420. To maintain and improve service to WXPR listeners by replacing a 22-year old transmitter and antenna and preparing for HD broadcast. By digitizing the STL, the project will eliminate the current STL hop site which is the most vulnerable part of the broadcast chain. 

File no: 05041, Friends of Public Radio, Inc., WHQR-FM Public Radio, 254 North Front Street, , Wilmington, NC, 28401. Contact person: Ms. Susan Dankel, phone: (910) 343-1640, e_mail: sdankel@whqr.org. Funds requested: $84,150. Total project cost: $112,200. WHQR is requesting funds for the replacement of twenty-year old analog transmitter and associated facilities at the transmitter site, along with replacement of the studio-to-transmitter system vital to the sole service of public radio for this region. 

File no: 05042, San Juan Basin Technical College, , 33057 Hwy 160, , Mancos, CO, 81328. Contact person: Mr. Jeffrey Pope, phone: (970) 564-0808, e_mail: jeff@ksjd.org. Funds requested: $86,589. Total project cost: $115,453. KSJD seeks funding assistance to expand service to 11,000 residents of the area by replacing and upgrading the antenna, and feedline, purchase STL antenna, and upgrade studio equipment to professional standards. 

File no: 05043, 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: $304,146. Total project cost: $405,529. Provide a first service FM signal to Ottumwa, Iowa.  Proposed station to be a repeater station of CPB qualified, NPR station KUNI, Cedar Falls, Iowa. 

File no: 05044, 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: 05045, 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 statin of CPB qualified, NPR station KUNI, Cedar Falls, Iowa. 

File no: 05046, 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: $175,189. Total project cost: $350,378. 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: 05047, Lane Community College, KLCC, 4000 E 30th Avenue, , Eugene, OR, 97405-0640. Contact person: Steve Barton, phone: (541) 463-6006, e_mail: bartons@lanecc.edu. Funds requested: $175,945. Total project cost: $351,890. The applicant seeks funding assistance to replace obsolete and failing origination equipment at KLCC.  This project will provide primary broadcast and production capabilities in new facilities already secured by the applicant. 

File no: 05048, San Diego State University Foundation, KPBS, 5250 Campanile Dr, , San Diego, CA, 92182-1931. Contact person: Mr. Gene Stein, phone: (619) 594-5731, e_mail: awards@foundation.sdsu.edu. Funds requested: $769,763. Total project cost: $1,539,527. San Diego State University, licensee of KPBS-FM, 89.5 MHz, KPBS(TV), Channel 15, and KPBS-DT, Channel 30, San Diego, California seek federal funding assistance in the Digital Conversion of is Master Control operation. Project will purchase and install a station Automation package, Video Servers, Nearline hard drive storage, signal branding, and Master Control monitoring system. A system integration company will be used for generating ?As Built? documentation and installation services. 

File no: 05049, Minnesota Public Radio, K208CR (Ely MN), 45 E 7th St, , 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. Preserving the only public radio service in Ely, MN by replacing one of our two existing translators with a full-power, FCC-protected station, thereby also reaching a population of 4,960 persons with their first public radio service. 

File no: 05050, University of Arizona, KUAT Communications Group, KUAT Communications Group, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721-0006. Contact person: Mr. David Ross, phone: (520) 621-1507, e_mail: dross@kuat.arizona.edu. Funds requested: $494,000. Total project cost: $988,115. A project to improve the production facilities of KUAT/KUAS by purchasing studio cameras, production switchers, lighting equipment computer generator and video server. 

File no: 05051, 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: $368,854. Total project cost: $491,806. Prairie Public Broadcasting, Inc.(PPB) seeks funding assistance to replace tower and antenna equipment for FM radio stations KUND and KFJM. Both stations are licensed to the University of North Dakota and operated by PPB as part of the statewide North Dakota Public Radio network. 

File no: 05052, 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: $194,000. Total project cost: $394,400. The Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) is submitting this grant application to seek funding assistance to purchase a non-linear editing station and a portable HDTV remote package so that OETA can replace obsolete, unreliable equipment and continue its digital conversion in order to produce programs in digital standard definition and high definition for local, state, regional and national distribution. 

File no: 05053, Minnesota Public Radio, K249BK/K201CN (International Falls MN), 45 E 7th St, , St Paul, MN, 55101. Contact person: Mr. 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, thereby also providing a population of 5,952 with their first public radio service. 

File no: 05054, Northeastern Pennsylvania Educational Television A, NA, 100 WVIA Way, , Pittston, PA, 18640-6197. Contact person: Mr. Arthur Kelly, phone: (570) 602-1120, e_mail: Bill_Kelly@wvia.pbs.org. Funds requested: $741,932. Total project cost: $1,483,864. WVIA-TV is requesting federal financial assistance to replace very old production equipment with state of the art digital equipment. The project is multifaceted with the four major goals listed in the Project Objectives. 

File no: 05055, Texas Educational Broadcasting Co-operative Inc., KOOP Radio 91.7 FM, P.O. Box 2116, , Austin, TX, 78768-2116. Contact person: Ms. Amy Wright, phone: (512) 472-1369, e_mail: info@koop.org. Funds requested: $21,050. Total project cost: $42,100. Texas Educational Broadcasting Co-Operative Inc., dba KOOP Radio 91.7 FM (KOOP) is requesting $20,550 from the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program. KOOP is a commercial-free community radio station providing diverse programming to Austin, Texas. This proposed project would replace transmission and master control equipment for our facility. The successful completion of the project will mitigate the two most important technical challenges faced by KOOP: 1) unreliable transmission equipment and 2) an anticipated required relocation of our studio. The replacement of the included transmission equipment is essential to maintain uninterrupted service and, therefore this proposal falls into the priority category 4a. 

File no: 05056, South Carolina Educational Television Commission, South Carolina Educational Television Commission, 1101 George Rogers Blvd., , Columbia, SC, 29201. Contact person: Mr. David Crouch, phone: (803) 737-3318, e_mail: dcrouch@scetv.org. Funds requested: $99,539. Total project cost: $204,675. Replace old unsupported CMX linear editor with Avid High Definition non-linear editor to support local and statewide origination of HD programming. 

File no: 05057, University of New Mexico, , 1130 University Blvd. NE, , Albuquerque, NM, 87131-0001. Contact person: Mr. Ted Garcia, phone: (505) 277-4913, e_mail: tgarcia@knme.org. Funds requested: $183,250. Total project cost: $290,200. KNME-DT seeks funding to activate 4 new digital TV translator systems and to replace/augment 2 existing TV translator systems with new higher power analog/digital ready systems that will be directly capable of conversion to digital. 

File no: 05058, San Diego State University Foundation, KPBS, 5250 Campanile Dr., , San Diego, CA, 92182-1931. Contact person: Mr. Gene Stein, phone: (619) 594-5731, e_mail: awards@foundation.sdsu.edu. Funds requested: $43,552. Total project cost: $87,105. San Diego State University, licensee of KPBS-FM, 89.5 MHz, KPBS(TV), Channel 15, and KPBS-DT, Channel 30, San Diego, California seek federal funding assistance in expanding the current KPBS-FM automation system to allow additional localized program streams for the newly purchased FM radio station, KQVO (FCC Approval pending), as well feeding Borrego Springs cable, Web Stream, and the KPBS Radio Reading service. Production workstations are also requested for Radio Reading service and KPBS-FM Production Control rooms. 

File no: 05059, Greater Dayton Public Television, , 110 South Jefferson Street, , Dayton, OH, 45402-2415. Contact person: Mr. David Fogarty, phone: (937) 220-1611, e_mail: david_fogarty@wptd.pbs.org. Funds requested: $194,150. Total project cost: $398,880. One-year project for the digital conversion of WPTD for a basic digital field acquisition capability (Portable HDTV Remote Package) and a basic non-linear digital editing system (Television Non-linear Editing Station). 

File no: 05060, Grand Valley State University, WGVU Public Broadcasting, 301 W. Fulton Street, , Grand Rapids, MI, 49504-6492. Contact person: Mr. Stephen Chappell, phone: (616) 331-6505, e_mail: chappels@gvsu.edu. Funds requested: $49,238. Total project cost: $98,476. WGVU seeks funding to install stand-by power generators at its four radio stations. 

File no: 05061, WJCT, Inc., WJCT-FM, 100 Festival Park Ave., , Jacksonville, FL, 32202-1397. Contact person: Mr. Robert Culkeen, phone: (904) 358-6315, e_mail: Bob_Culkeen@wjct.pbs.org. Funds requested: $19,200. Total project cost: $38,400. WJCT-FM (89.9) is the designated emergency broadcaster for Northeast Florida and works with local and state emergency management services to broadcast official emergency information during hurricane season, and all other emergencies. WJCT is seeking funds to help purchase a Transmitter Back-Up Power System (100 kW diesel generator set) which will provide standby power during power outages. The generator will provide power to WJCT?s FM broadcast transmission facility when JEA power is down or otherwise interrupted. 

File no: 05062, WQED Multimedia, FM Radio, 4802 Fifth Avenue, , Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-2957. Contact person: Mr. Jeffrey Rutowski, phone: (412) 622-1312, e_mail: jrutkowski@wqed.org. Funds requested: $40,484. Total project cost: $80,968. Under Priority 4A, WQED Multimedia Pittsburgh, with prior PTFP grants, requests 50% federal matching funds of $40,484 to purchase and install new digital audio production equipment to replace the aging and sometimes failing analog equipment currently in service at WQED FM 89.3. 

File no: 05063, Washburn University of Topeka, KTWU, 1700 SW College Avenue, , Topeka, KS, 66621-1100. Contact person: Mr. Eugene Williams, phone: (785) 231-1111, e_mail: eugene.williams@washburn.edu. Funds requested: $602,125. Total project cost: $1,204,250. Washburn University, which holds the license for KTWU, seeks funding assistance in the acquisition of new equipment for field production and editing as well as studio production in the ongoing conversion to digital broadcasting. 

File no: 05064, BellNET, Inc., BellNET, Inc., 720 E. Blackland Road, , Temple, TX, 76502-9622. Contact person: Mrs. MaryAnn Smith, phone: (254) 774-6034, e_mail: smith@brc.tamus.edu. Funds requested: $163,500. Total project cost: $327,000. BellNET, Inc. is a non-commercial telecommunications network that currently serves an estimated 180,000 Bell County (Texas) citizens in a principally urban location. The objective of this expansion is to provide low-cost access for data, video and audio (distance learning) for approximately 112,000 rural citizens located in 5 western counties adjacent to Bell County. Funding is available to supplement federal funds at 156% and complete a multi-county wireless infrastructure that includes providing end-user equipment for distance learning applications. PTFP funding for 5 towers will enable other funding resources to be used to create electronic access across 82 miles of rural central Texas. 

File no: 05065, Channel 5 Public Broadcasting, Inc., KNPB, 1670 North Virginia Street, , Reno, NV, 89503-0711. Contact person: Mr. Kliff Kuehl, phone: (775) 784-4555, e_mail: Kliff@KNPB.org. Funds requested: $717,784. Total project cost: $1,435,568. KNPB requests PTFP funds to build a high definition production system for use in the field and in the studio. This project will build on KNPB's proven track record of producing high quality program content that is distributed locally, regionally and nationally. 

File no: 05066, 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: $590,225. Total project cost: $983,708. The Mountain Lake Public Telecommunications Council (Mountain Lake PBS), seeks a single year grant to replace our obsolete and antiquated production equipment. The digital, state of the art equipment will allow us to provide a public service to our community, that can be matched by no other local regional television station or production house. We are currently working with several other non-profit agencies on projects which will assist them in reaching our community. Production of projects in high definition will definitely enhance the quality and appeal to a larger audience. 

File no: 05067, 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: $217,718. Total project cost: $673,020. Development of a plan and survey instrument to deliver services to the five county (and beyond) community constituents local broadcast services of interest, including news, education, local interest. 

File no: 05068, Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corp., WCVE-FM, 23 Sesame St., , Richmond, VA, 23235-3713. Contact person: Ms. Lisa Tait, phone: (804) 560-8142, e_mail: ltait@ideastations.org. Funds requested: $169,918. Total project cost: $226,558. Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation requests funding assistance to install a new public radio repeater station in Heathsville, Virginia. The station will provide first non-commercial, educational radio service to the service area. 

File no: 05069, San Mateo County Community College District, KCSM TV and FM, 1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd., , San Mateo, CA, 94402. Contact person: Ms. Marilyn Lawrence, phone: (650) 524-6905, e_mail: marilyn_lawrence@kcsm.net. Funds requested: $269,500. Total project cost: $539,000. KCSM is requesting PTFP support to purchase digital field production equipment and editing equipment, which will replace existing, obsolete equipment.  The project is consistent with our overall digital conversion plan. 

File no: 05070, Blue Mountain Community College, Office of the President, P. O. Box 100, 2411 N. W. Carden Avenue, Pendleton, OR, 97801-1000. Contact person: Dr. Larry Bundy, phone: (541) 278-5892, e_mail: lbundy@bluecc.edu. Funds requested: $97,765. Total project cost: $175,250. Blue Mountain Community College, on behalf of the Eastern Oregon Collaborative Colleges Council (which also includes Eastern Oregon University and Treasure Valley Community College), seeks a planning grant to study the feasibility of various technologies to deliver distance education through a new, interconnected system serving the 10 rural counties of eastern Oregon. The region covers 40,966 square miles with a widely dispersed population of 183,200 residents. 

File no: 05071, Michiana Public Broadcasting Corporation, WNIT Public Television, PO Box 3434, , Elkhart, IN, 46515-3434. Contact person: Ms. Amy Cassidy, phone: (574) 675-9648, e_mail: amy_l_cassidy@wnit.pbs.org. Funds requested: $96,250. Total project cost: $192,500. WNIT respectfully requests a 50% matching grant for a portable microwave transmitter and antenna with a microwave receiving system, backhaul microwave and a permanent antenna and transmission line which will extend and expand WNIT's local programming capability in order to serve its viewers in the five underserved counties in southwestern Michigan as well as in other sites. This new equipment will provide, most importantly, new programming produced in Michigan, save current and future operational costs such as travel to and from Benton Harbor, Michigan, provide for expanded Michigan coverage as well as other coverage and add significant new operating revenue. 

File no: 05072, University of Buffalo, WBFO, UB Commons, Suite 211, 520 Lee Entrance, Amherst, NY, 14228. Contact person: Dr. Carole Smith Petro, phone: (716) 829-6000, e_mail: petro@buffalo.edu. Funds requested: $366,525. Total project cost: $488,700. Funds to be used to install a new higher tower (297 feet to 443 feet), a directional FM antenna that is digital broadcast ready, a coaxial transmission line, and appropriate upgrades to AudioVault that will enable SAC and PAD. This project will enable WBFO to service a population not served at all by public radio, or underserved by NPR news and information; and to prepare the station for complete HD conversion. 

File no: 05073, 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: $174,138. Total project cost: $232,185. This project will provide first public radio service to 74,273 people in and around St. George, UT, one of the fastest growing communities in the country.  The project includes purchase and installation of antenna, transmitter and satellite downlink, plus related equipment. 

File no: 05074, WQED Multimedia, WQED, 4802 Fifth Avenue, , Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-2957. Contact person: Mr. Jeffrey Rutkowski, phone: (412) 622-1312, e_mail: jrutkowski@wqed.org. Funds requested: $177,209. Total project cost: $354,419. Under Priority 2, WQED Multimedia Pittsburgh requests a PTFP matching grant of $177,209 on a total $354,419 project to acquire necessary equipment to complete our current uninterruptible power supply configuration. 

File no: 05075, Virgin Eslands Public Television System, , P.O. Box 7879, 158-158A Haypiece Hill, Sub Base, St. Thomas, VI, 00801. Contact person: Ms. Yvette DeLaubanque@wtj, phone: (340) 774-6255, e_mail: ydeLaubanque@wtjx.org. Funds requested: $546,508. Total project cost: $946,508. WTJX seeks funding assistance to replace production equipment to outfit new satellite studios on St. Croix with digital equipment. 

File no: 05076, KCTS Television, KYVE, 401 Mercer Street, , Seattle, WA, 98109-4699. Contact person: Mr. William Mohler, phone: (206) 443-6706, e_mail: wmohler@kcts.org. Funds requested: $160,144. Total project cost: $320,288. The KYVE Analog Transmitter Replacement Project will maintain the analog transmission capabilities of station KYVE-TV by replacing the existing obsolete and unsupported analog tranmitter.  This station provides the only public television service to 246,759 residents of the greater Yakima, Washington community. 

File no: 05077, 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: $617,150. Total project cost: $1,234,300. The purchase and installation of a high power transmitter will enable WUNJ-DT to better reach much of the intended service area over 26,000 sq. km. The proposed generator will add reliability to the broadcast signal in times of extended power outages as well as providing power for communications equipment of several agencies that provide vital emergency services in this hurricane prone area. 

File no: 05078, 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: $613,272. Total project cost: $1,533,180. The University of North Carolina Center for Public Television (UNC-TV) requests funding assistance to replace video production equipment. The project falls within the Broadcast Other Category for replacement of field cameras and non-linear editing systems needed to produce programs to meet the educational needs of UNC-TV's viewers. 

File no: 05079, 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: $28,900. Total project cost: $57,800. WITF seeks partial financial support from PTFP, in the amount of $28,900, for the replacement of obsolete and failing radio equipment in conjunction with the transition to a new technical facility. 

File no: 05080, 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: $349,750. Total project cost: $874,375. WITF seeks partial financial support from PTFP, in the amount of $349,750, for the replacement of obsolete and failing television editing equipment as well as studio control room video and audio switching equipment in conjunction with the transition to a new technical facility. 

File no: 05081, Tri-State Public Teleplex, Inc., 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: $294,767. Total project cost: $589,534. This application seeks to replace aged and obsolete master control equipment that is constantly breaking down or functioning very poorly. Approval will assist the station in the purchase an integrated master control system that will reduce operating costs by improving the efficiency of station operations. 

File no: 05082, Central Wyoming College, KCWC-TV Wyoming Public Television, 2660 Peck Ave., , Riverton, WY, 82501. Contact person: Mr. Daniel Schiedel, phone: (307) 856-6944, e_mail: dan@wyoptv.org. Funds requested: $1,534,425. Total project cost: $5,734,425. This proposal will fund cameras, production control, and editing equipment with which Wyoming Public Television Network can continue to generate local and regional DTV programming. This DTV conversion project also covers. a 22-hop digital microwave network to feed the Wyoming Public Television KCWC-DT broadcast signal to 16 translators as well as 39 cable head-ends while at the same time connecting the Riverton broadcast station at Central Wyoming College with the other six Wyoming Community Colleges. 

File no: 05083, Maui Community College, , 310 W. Ka'ahumanu Street, , Kahului, HI, 96732-1617. Contact person: Ms. Janet Six, phone: (808) 984-3670, e_mail: six@hawaii.edu. Funds requested: $284,360. Total project cost: $389,437. Maui Community College seeks funding to assist development of a collaborative community partnership and implementation plan for a statewide network of Community Technology and Telehealth Centers in Hawaiian Homestead communitites on all islands. 

File no: 05084, University of Michigan, WFUM-TV, UM-Flint WSW Building RM 4203, 303 East Kearsley Street, Flint, MI, 48502. Contact person: Mr. Donovan Reynolds, phone: (734) 647-3462, e_mail: donovanr@umich.edu. Funds requested: $640,900. Total project cost: $1,281,800. WFUM TV requests PTFP funding for the replacement of obsolete equipment and the digital conversion of its 25-year-old On-Air Master Control Facilities. This project will also allow WFUM?s master control facilities to reunite with the rest of the station, which has already moved to new facilities and completed digital conversion . By digitally converting its master control facilities and eliminating its aged and remote MCR facilities, WFUM will realize greater operating efficiencies, which will allow the station to redirect more of its resources toward improving production and other services that directly benefit its viewers. 

File no: 05085, Washington State University, KWSU/KTNW Public Television, PO Box 642530, 382 Murrow Center, Pullman, WA, 99164-2530. Contact person: Ms. Kathyrn Dahmen, phone: (509) 335-6536, e_mail: dahmen@wsu.edu. Funds requested: $194,150. Total project cost: $388,300. The Northwest Public Television Regional HD Production Project will provide HD field production equipment and a non-linear editing package in support of a collaborative regional production team.  This project will be supported with funds and staffing from KWSU/KTNW Public Television, KSPS Public Television, and KYVE Television. 

File no: 05086, Minnesota Public Radio, K215BL (Alexandria MN), 45 E 7th St, , St 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 public 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: 05087, St. Lawrence University, North Country Public Radio, , , Canton, NY, 13617. Contact person: Ms. Ellen Rocco, phone: (315) 229-5356, e_mail: ellen@ncpr.org. Funds requested: $149,023. Total project cost: $201,383. Purchase and install three translators to reach three unserved communities, and upgrade an existing repeater, all of which will fill in coverage gaps in Adirondack North Country; replace 41 year old tower (corroded) and 23 year old primary transmitter (difficult to service), which will position the station for HD. 

File no: 05088, Washington State University, KWSU/KTNW Public Television, PO Box 642530, 382 Murrow Center, Pullman, WA, 99174-2530. Contact person: Ms. Kathryn Dahmen, phone: (509) 335-6536, e_mail: dahmen@wsu.edu. Funds requested: $11,298. Total project cost: $22,596. The KTNW Emergency Power Project will provide stand-by power for KTNW-TV, the only public television service in southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon. Additionally, it will provide back-up power to community-owned translator K05JG. This project serves a population of 294,582. 

File no: 05089, SAN MIGUEL EDUCATIONAL FUND, KOTO-FM, KOTO-FM, 207 N. PINE ST., PO BOX 1069, TELLURIDE, CO, 81435-1069. Contact person: Mr. STEVE KENNEDY, phone: (970) 728-4752, e_mail: steve@koto.org. Funds requested: $76,354. Total project cost: $101,806. To move primary transmitter location (a minor FCC change), boost analog power from 500w to 8000w, combine with digital transmitter, and add digital production equipment in existing studios and production rooms. We also propose adding a second digital studio to produce the supplementary audio channel on our digital transmission. Digital broadcast will bring more than 2000 people into first service who cannot now receive any analog signals due to multi-path interference in the rugged San Juan mountains of SW Colorado. 

File no: 05090, NEW  MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY, Educational Outreach Services (EOS), New Mexico Highlands University, Box 9000, Las Vegas, NM, 87701-9000. Contact person: Mrs. Evonne Roybal-Tafoya, phone: (505) 454-3271, e_mail: roybal_ej@nmhu.edu. Funds requested: $75,588. Total project cost: $100,884. New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) seeks funding to assist Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) and five Native American communities to construct video conferencing classrooms. SIPI  will deliver AA and NMHU will deliver BA Early Childhood Education degree programs. 

File no: 05091, The Pennsylvania State University, WPSU-FM/Penn State Public Broadcasting, Office of Sponsored Programs, 110 Technology Center Building, University Park, PA, 16802-7000. Contact person: Ms. Kate Domico, phone: (814) 865-3333, e_mail: akd4@psu.edu. Funds requested: $15,789. Total project cost: $21,053. Penn State Public Broadcasting?s WPSU-FM delivers a combination of locally and nationally produced public programming, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Given the rural make-up of our coverage area, our locally produced programs work to connect and speak to the communities we serve, transcending geographic isolation in favor of geographic localism. With this proposal, WPSU-FM seeks funds to activate a new translator that will extend 24-7 service into an underserved area of rural, central Pennsylvania. This request meets Priority 1B requirements. 

File no: 05092, Board of Trustees for Fort Lewis College, Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim Dr., , Durango, CO, 81301. Contact person: Ms. Nancy Stoffer, phone: (970) 247-7261, e_mail: stoffer_n@fortlewis.edu. Funds requested: $26,242. Total project cost: $52,184. Fort Lewis College radio KDUR seeks to replace obsolete translator, improve translator service quality with STL, replace station test equipment, upgrade PRSS supplied ENCO automation system. 

File no: 05093, 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: $1,069,427. Total project cost: $2,138,855. Replace analog production equipment with digital, to be installed in the newly constructed Broadcast Center facility. 

File no: 05094, 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: $374,232. Total project cost: $498,977. The University of Oklahoma requests funding to assist in the construction of a satellite (repeater) public radio station to provide first service to 7 counties in northwestern Oklahoma, covering 16,500 square miles and 38,000 people. 

File no: 05095, University of Maine at Fort Kent, University Of Maine at Fort Kent, 23 University Dr., , Fort Kent, ME, 04743. Contact person: Mr. John Murphy, phone: (207) 834-7516, e_mail: jdmurphy@maine.edu. Funds requested: $34,529. Total project cost: $55,726. WUFK-FM (proposed reactivation) is the UMFK campus radio station will be operated by a professional station manager, Board of Directors and a host of student and Fort Kent community volunteers. Students can volunteer their time to be a director - news, traffic, music, underwriting, promotion, production - or a disk jockey. The station reflects the diversity of the campus and Fort Kent community through the alternative and progressive programs, news and music it will broadcast. 

File no: 05096, US GHECO 2004, , 685 Windy Hill Road, , Smyrna, GA, 30080. Contact person: Mr. Anthony Remy, phone: (770) 438-0659, e_mail: usgheco2004@yahoo.com. Funds requested: $220,477. Total project cost: $220,477. The center will provide a traditional school to motivate Haitian immigrant people in Georgia about public facilities..  Also, we will educate and instruct them ELS method through our radio station. 

File no: 05097, Indiana University, Radio and Television Services, P.O. Box 1847, , Bloomington, IN, 47402-1847. Contact person: Mr. Barrie Zimmerman, phone: (812) 855-2898, e_mail: blzimmer@indiana.edu. Funds requested: $162,000. Total project cost: $325,000. WTIU is seeking funding assistance to acquire production equipment as part of the overall plan of digital conversion. The equipment requested includes: a portable/field HD camcorder & related items, an HD non-linear editing system, a digital multi-image display system for production control and fluorescent studio lighting instruments. This will address WTIU's ongoing production commitment, especially addressing projects intended for national distribution. 

File no: 05098, New Hamsphire Public Radio, Inc., New Hampshire Public Radio, 207 North Main Street, , Concord, NH, 03301-5003. Contact person: Mr. Scott McPherson, phone: (603) 223-2425, e_mail: smcpherson@nhpr.org. Funds requested: $15,850. Total project cost: $31,700. New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) seeks support to replace the aging generator at its WEVO transmitter in Concord, NH. The WEVO transmitter is the primary signal serving the cities of Concord and Manchester and repeaters in Nashua, Portsmouth, Dover, and Littleton, NH. The generator has become an unreliable back-up power source for the transmitter which is located in an area of frequent power outages with delays of restoration of power. 

File no: 05099, New Hampshire Public Radio, Inc., New Hampshire Public Radio, 207 North Main Street, , Concord, NH, 03301-5003. Contact person: Mr. Scott McPherson, phone: (603) 223-2425, e_mail: smcpherson@nhpr.org. Funds requested: $135,487. Total project cost: $270,975. NHPR seeks support to replace its 15-year-old analog consoles and outdated digital automation and playback system with a digital, router-based audio console system and modern digital audio playback system. 

File no: 05100, Iowa State University of Science&Technology, Iowa Public Radio, 2022 Communications Building, , Ames, IA, 50011-3241. Contact person: Mr. William McGinley, phone: (515) 294-9478, e_mail: mcginley@iastate.edu. Funds requested: $466,275. Total project cost: $621,700. Establish first service public radio in south east Iowa for over 70,000 unserved persons including additional service for over 33,000 persons by constructing a highly efficient dual-service FM facility in the Ottumwa area. 

File no: 05101, Antioch University, , 795 Livermore Street, , Yellow Spring, OH, 45387. Contact person: Ms. Jacki Mayer, phone: (937) 769-1388, e_mail: jmayer@wyso.edu. Funds requested: $105,666. Total project cost: $211,333. Replace transmitter and STL with digital.  Acquire digital routing system. 

File no: 05102, Arts Council for Chautauqua County, WRFA-LP Radio for the Arts 107.9 FM, 116 East Third Street, , Jamestown, NY, 14701. Contact person: Mr. David Schein, phone: (716) 664-2465, e_mail: david@artscouncil.com. Funds requested: $12,025. Total project cost: $24,049. The Arts Council for Chautauqua County requests funds to purchase equipment to enable the generation of programming outside of the confines of the studio, augmenting our capacity to serve the community. We intend to target the significant Hispanic population with health care information and programs. 

File no: 05103, Kent State University, Research and Graduate Studies, 134 Auditorium Building, , Kent, OH, 44242-0001. Contact person: Ms. Carol Toncar, phone: (330) 672-2070, e_mail: carolt@rags.kent.edu. Funds requested: $846,375. Total project cost: $1,128,500. The goal of this project is to updrade master control, production control and studio equipment to make the facility a fully integrated digital plant. The current request is for the digitization of master control and some production control equipment, allowing us to upgrade the facility to digital rather than continue to operate in a hybrid analog/digital mode for the foreseeable future. 

File no: 05104, Michigan State University, WKAR-FM, 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: $63,897. Total project cost: $127,795. To fund the replacement of obsolete audio storage system and test equipment. 

File no: 05105, KQED, Inc., KQED Public Television, 2601 Mariposa Street, , San Francisco, CA, 94110. Contact person: Mr. Stephen Welch, phone: (415) 553-2290, e_mail: swelch@kqed.org. Funds requested: $1,170,324. Total project cost: $2,340,649. KQED Public Television in San Francisco is requesting funding assistance to replace our studio cameras and video production switcher so we can produce High Definition programming in our studios. This equipment will be used on two production stages, their control rooms, in the field, and will be made available to other local California Public Television stations. 

File no: 05106, Guam Educational Telecommunications Corporation, , 194 Sesame St at Washington Driv, , Mangilao, GU, 96913. Contact person: Ms. Sonia Suobiron, phone: (671) 734-5483, e_mail: ssuobiron@kgtf.org. Funds requested: $196,961. Total project cost: $196,961. Guam Educational Telecommunications Corporation requests funding assistance to replace KGTF's worn analog studio and control room equipment with new digital systems and supporting items, which is a continuation of the station's overall digital conversion plan. 

File no: 05107, Greater Chattanooga Public Television Corp, WTCI TV45/DT29, 4411 Amnicola Highway, , Chattanooga, TN, 37406. Contact person: Mr. Victor Hogstrom, phone: (423) 629-0045, e_mail: victor_hogstrom@wtci.pbs.org. Funds requested: $347,325. Total project cost: $694,650. Replace failed studio cameras and obsolete production and master control swithers at studio of WTCI. 

File no: 05108, University of South Florida, WUSF, 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: $63,971. Total project cost: $127,942. In this proposal WUSF requests a matching award of $63,974 to purchase and install more robust Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) and other eligible equipment to improve our response to emergency and natural disaster situations. We are also seeking funds to replace aging analog equipment with digital components to continue our transition to an all-digital broadcast facility. 

File no: 05109, Kuskokwim Public Broadcasting, KSKO-AM, PO Box 70, , McGrath, AK, 99627. Contact person: Walter Gregg, phone: (907) 524-3001, e_mail: waltgregg@yahoo.com. Funds requested: $82,500. Total project cost: $110,000. Station is in immediate need to replace non-functioning equipment and upgrade our transmitter/tower site. The equipment upgrades will ensure the security and safety of our site. A new generator, fire suppression equipment and a security fence are requested as well as a stand-by generator for our studio building. 

File no: 05110, Village of Wellington, Municipality, 14000 Greenbriar Boulevard, , Wellington, FL, 33414. Contact person: Mr. Gary Clough P.E., phone: (561) 791-4000, e_mail: gclough@ci.wellington.fl.us. Funds requested: $18,750. Total project cost: $25,195. The purpose of this application is to secure funding to construct an Emergency Advisory Radio System in the Village of Wellington's Emergency Operations Center to relay critical information to residents during events when other forms of communication may fail. 

File no: 05111, City of Kissimmee, Public Information Office, 101 N. Church Street, Access Osceola/City of Kissimmee, Orlando, FL, 34741-5054. Contact person: Ms. Mary Johnson, phone: (407) 518-2236, e_mail: majohnson@kissimmee.org. Funds requested: $29,250. Total project cost: $39,000. A project to activate a Low-Power FM (LPFM) station operating on 93.7MHz will simulcast emergency information from the City's government access television channel. The LPFM will allow the City to provide critical information to residents during hurricanes and other emergency situations. 

File no: 05112, Ball State University, WBST-Indiana Public Radio, 2000 University Avenue, , Muncie, IN, 47306-0550. Contact person: Mr. Anthony Hunt, phone: (765) 285-2876, e_mail: ajhunt@bsu.edu. Funds requested: $141,742. Total project cost: $283,491. Ball State University, the licensee for Indiana Public Radio-WBST, seeks funding assistance to replace analog radio equipment with digital equipment in 3 studios when WBST is moved to a new facility in December 2006. 

File no: 05113, Northern Arizona University, KNAU-FM, Northern Arizona University, Bui, , Flagstaff, AZ, 86011-4130. Contact person: Mr. John Stark, phone: (928) 523-7647, e_mail: John.Stark@nau.edu. Funds requested: $10,946. Total project cost: $21,892. Northern Arizona University seeks funding to install backup power generation for radio transmitters in Flagstaff and Show Low, Arizona. These transmitters are part of a network of stations providing local public radio and Emergency Alert System services in northern Arizona. 

File no: 05114, Centenary College, WNTI, 400 Jefferson Street, , Hackettstown, NJ, 07840. Contact person: Mr. Paul Maassen, phone: (908) 979-4355, e_mail: pmaassen@wnti.org. Funds requested: $67,500. Total project cost: $90,000. Centenary College seeks assistance to replace the substandard Transmitter, Antenna and transmision line for its Public Radio Station WNTI. 

File no: 05115, West Central Minnesota Educational Television Comp, Pioneer Public Television, 120 W. Schlieman Avenue, , Appleton, MN, 56208. Contact person: Mr. Jon Panzer, phone: (320) 289-2622, e_mail: jpanzer@pioneer.org. Funds requested: $455,925. Total project cost: $607,900. The funds requested in this grant application will allow Pioneer Public Television to upgrade our DTV transmission facilities for KWCM-DT channel 31 from 1.8 KW to a 10.5 KW operation. By completing this upgrade, KWCM-DT will be able to completely satisfy the requirements mandated by the FCC in its Second DTV periodic Review Report and Order (MB Docket No. 03-15, FCC04-192) before the deadline of July 1, 2006. 

File no: 05116, Oglala Lakota College, Tribal College, PO Box 490, 3 Mile Creek Roqad, Kyle, SD, 57752. Contact person: Mr. Thomas Shortbull, phone: (605) 455-6020, e_mail: tshortb@olc.edu. Funds requested: $439,598. Total project cost: $586,131. Oglala Lakota College, a four year tribal college located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in western South Dakota has purchased a construction permit for LPTV station K32GA from Porcupine Year Round School in Porcupine, South Dakota. The college intends to complete the construction process and put the LPTV on the air with culturally relevant educational programming that will serve the residents and schools on the Reservation. 

File no: 05117, Pensacola Junior College, WSRE, 1000 College Boulevard, , Pensacola, FL, 32504. Contact person: Mrs. Karen Pope, phone: (850) 484-1231, e_mail: Karen_Pope@wsre.pbs.org. Funds requested: $62,196. Total project cost: $124,392. Grant application proposes funding to allow station to purchase and install standby generator equipment at station's analog and digital transmitter sites to provide capability to remain on-air during emergencies when local power is unavailable to the sites. 

File no: 05118, University of Florida, WUFT-TV, Weimer Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611. Contact person: Mr. Richard Lehner, phone: (352) 392-5551, e_mail: rlehner@wuft.org. Funds requested: $214,561. Total project cost: $429,122. As a part of the station?s digital conversion efforts, the WUFT Production Switcher Replacement Project will replace the station?s 17 year old worn-out and obsolete production switchers with a new digital HD-ready production switcher. 

File no: 05119, Illinois Valley Public Telecom Corporation, WTVP, 101 State Street, , Peoria, IL, 61602-1547. Contact person: Mr. Chester Tomczyk, phone: (309) 677-4747, e_mail: chet.tomczyk@wtvp.org. Funds requested: $121,716. Total project cost: $243,433. WTVP seeks funds for a HD non-linear edit system to continue to provide HD programing for local use and distribution on the PBS HD service. 

File no: 05120, Illinois Valley Public Telecom Corporation, WTVP, 101  State Street, , Peoria, IL, 61602-1547. Contact person: Mr. Chester Tomczyk, phone: (309) 677-4747, e_mail: chet.tomczyk@wtvp.org. Funds requested: $95,247. Total project cost: $190,494. WTVP seeks funding for a digital high definition field production camera and accessories to allow the station to continue production of HD programing for state wide and national distribution. 

File no: 05121, Greater Cincinnati Television Edu Fndn, , 1223 Central Parkway, , Cincinnati, OH, 45214-2890. Contact person: Ms. Susan Howarth -, phone: (513) 381-4033, e_mail: susan_howarth@wcet.pbs.org. Funds requested: $361,025. Total project cost: $722,053. CET is seeking funds to assist in the purchase of high definition multi-purpose cameras and related equipment. 

File no: 05122, University of South Florida, WUSF-TV, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, , Tampa, FL, 33620. Contact person: Ms. JoAnn Urofsky, phone: (813) 974-8700, e_mail: jurofsky@wusf.org. Funds requested: $190,823. Total project cost: $381,647. We are seeking support to convert our existing digital signal from low power to high power. The station is responding to the FCC's adoption of Report and Order indicating that digital public television stations will have until July 1, 2006 to replicate their analog Grade B coverage or to maximize their facilities. 

File no: 05123, New Orleans Ed Telecom Consortium, Office of the Executive Director, 2 Canal Street, Suite 2038, , New Orleans, LA, 70130. Contact person: Dr. Susan Simkowski, phone: (504) 524-0350, e_mail: susansimkowski@gmail.com. Funds requested: $89,375. Total project cost: $119,600. The New Orleans Educational Telecommunications Consortium seeks funding assistance to develop a plan for integration of several technologies to deliver educational services to unserved and underserved populations in Southeast Louisiana. 

File no: 05124, Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Company, WYEP-FM, 2313 E. Carson St, , Pittsburgh, PA, 15203-2161. Contact person: Mr. Lee Ferraro, phone: (412) 381-9131, e_mail: lee@wyep.org. Funds requested: $118,397. Total project cost: $236,795. This proposal addresses WYEP?s urgent need to convert from a mixed bag of analogue and outdated digital production and master control equipment to fully digital studio facility. Some equipment is worn out due to age and heavy use, some is consumer grade quality, much of the digital technology is obsolete due to far-reaching advances since it was created nearly 10 years ago. This proposal is integral to our plans to expand service through the construction of the WYEP Community Broadcast Center. It prepares WYEP to make the move to high definition radio when the transition becomes imminent. 

File no: 05125, Fisk University, WFSK Radio, 1000 Seventeenth Avenue, N, , Nashville, TN, 37208. Contact person: Mr. Ken West, phone: (615) 329-8767, e_mail: kwest@fisk.edu. Funds requested: $212,532. Total project cost: $283,376. Fisk University (the only Historically Black College or University in the state of Tennesee that operates a public radio) seeks funding to upgrade equipment to provide on-air studio and production studio for the purpose of offering minority students an opportunity to acquire on-air broadcast experience, and create programming that will increase the minority audience. 

File no: 05126, Milwaukee Area Technical College District Board, WMVS/WMVT, 1036 North 8th Street, , Milwaukee, WI, 53233-1409. Contact person: Mr. Ellis Bromberg, phone: (414) 297-7661, e_mail: brombere@matc.edu. Funds requested: $650,000. Total project cost: $1,300,000. The Milwaukee Area Instructional Network (MAIN), includes the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and the Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC).MAIN is seeking PTFP assistance to construct a new broadband interactive mobile wireless education network in the newly designated Educational Broadband Service (EBS) spectrum to initially serve the most educationally disadvantaged communities within the City of Milwaukee and surrounding areas. EBS channels currently licensed to the MAIN institutions would be utilized to deliver educational materials.MATC will be the fiscal agent for this grant application. 

File no: 05127, San Bernardino Community College District, KVCR, 701 South Mt. Vernon, , San Bernardino, CA, 92410. Contact person: Mr. Larry Ciecalone, phone: (909) 384-4326, e_mail: larry_ciecalone@kvcr.pbs.org. Funds requested: $140,006. Total project cost: $280,012. Grant funds will be used to purchase and install new production equipment to continue the digital conversions plan making multi-channel digital broadcasting available. A new antenna and transmitter were installed in phase one. Phase two included the installation of the new digital master control. The production equipment being requested is part of the third phase in the five year master plan for total digital conversion. 

File no: 05128, 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: $37,503. Total project cost: $75,006. The replacement of the automation systems used by radio stations WFSU-FM, WFSQ, and WFSW. 

File no: 05129, Foundation California State Univ. Monterey Bay, Office of Grants & Contracts, 100 Campus Center, Building 97, , Seaside, CA, 93955. Contact person: Ms. Cynthia Lopez, phone: (831) 582-3089, e_mail: Cindy_lopez@csumb.edu. Funds requested: $4,125. Total project cost: $8,250. Foundation California State University Monterey Bay seeks funding to assure our uninterrupted signal through the purchase and installation of a back up generator at our studios in Pacific Grove. 

File no: 05130, SUNY Oswego, SUNY Oswego - WRVO, Robert Mason, 35 State Street, Albany, NY, 12207. Contact person: Mr. John Krauss, phone: (315) 312-3690, e_mail: krauss@wrvo.fm. Funds requested: $143,365. Total project cost: $286,730. Replace Antenna, Feedline and Increase Effective Radiated Power per FCC Contruction  Permit File #BPED-20011219ABC Granted Jul 17 2003. Add IBOC transmission capability. 

File no: 05131, Blue Ridge Community College, Blue Ridge Community College, 180 W. College Drive, , Flat Rock, NC, 28731. Contact person: Mr. Matt Matteson, phone: (828) 694-1899, e_mail: mattm@blueridge.edu. Funds requested: $145,425. Total project cost: $290,850. The project will expand the distance learning capabilities of Blue Ridge Community College by adding a new distance learning classroom at its Flat Rock Campus.  This classroom will be capable of broadcasting instruction to Blue Ridge's satellite campus in Transylvania County, 22 miles away. 

File no: 05132, Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, Agency Administration, 3319 West Beltline Highway, , Madison, WI, 53713-4296. Contact person: Ms. Wendy Wink, phone: (608) 264-9676, e_mail: wwink@ecb.state.wi.us. Funds requested: $55,770. Total project cost: $74,360. The Wisconsin Educational Communications Board requests matching funds to defray expenses associated with management of a comprehensive statewide study of the potential for optimum service to the state's educational agencies through digital transmission of instructional programming over ITFS/EBS frequencies. 

File no: 05133, 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: $180,143. Total project cost: $360,285. WHA-TV seeks partial funding to acquire one protable HDTV remote package and one HDTV videotape editing system. 

File no: 05134, Vermont Public Radio, Vermont Public Radio, 365 Troy Avenue, , Colchester, VT, 05446. Contact person: Ms. Laurie Kigonya, phone: (802) 655-9451, e_mail: lkigonya@vpr.net. Funds requested: $119,709. Total project cost: $239,709. Vermont Public Radio seeks funding assistance to build radio translators in areas of Vermont that are currently not being served or are underserved due to the terrain. Vermont Public Radio is the only service that proposes to connect the entire state with distinctive radio programming. 

File no: 05135, Foundation California State University Monterey Ba, Office of Grants & Contracts, 100 Campus Center, Building 97, , Seaside, CA, 93955. Contact person: Ms. Cynthia Lopez, phone: (831) 582-3089, e_mail: cindy_lopez@csumb.edu. Funds requested: $15,250. Total project cost: $30,500. Foundation California State University Monterey Bay seeks funding assistance to equip the production facilities and transmission chain to handle a supplemental audio channel. 

File no: 05136, 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: $25,980. Total project cost: $51,960. The replacement of the WFSU-FM analog microwave STL system and audio processing system with new digital systems. 

File no: 05137, Educational Information Corporation, WCPE Radio, 1928 Chalk Road, PO Box 828, Wake Forest, NC, 27588-0828. Contact person: Ms. Deborah Proctor, phone: (919) 556-5178, e_mail: signal@theclassicalstation.org. Funds requested: $299,678. Total project cost: $445,121. Add digital broadcasting to WCPE-FM, serving a total population of 1,785,852 in North Carolina and Virginia, with sole Public Radio service to 143,768 people in North Carolina and Virginia, and second service to 265,091 people in North Carolina. 

File no: 05138, 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: $381,802. Total project cost: $763,605. The Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council requests funding assitance 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 the station's strategic digital transformation initiative, which began in 1998. 

File no: 05139, New Wave Corporation, KOPN, 915 E. Broadway, , Columbia, MO, 65201-4857. Contact person: Mr. Richard Winkel, phone: (573) 874-0175, e_mail: rich@math.missouri.edu. Funds requested: $39,265. Total project cost: $80,530. KOPN seeks matching funds under priority 4A to replace obsolete and worn out transmission equipment, which would be retired to a backup role. 

File no: 05140, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, , 1720 Big Lake Road, , Cloquet, MN, 55720. Contact person: Mr. Jason Hollinday, phone: (218) 878-2625, e_mail: jasonhollinday@fdlrez.com. Funds requested: $12,300. Total project cost: $16,400. A planning application to investigate and determine the unmet needs not provided by an existing radio station.  A feasibility study will also determined whether a new station is technically feasible on the Fond du Lac Reservation. 

File no: 05141, ETV Productions of North East Wisconsin, ETP-NEW, 2420 Nicolet Drive IS 1040, , Green Bay, WI, 54311. Contact person: Mr. Dean Thomas, phone: (920) 465-2412, e_mail: thomasd@uwgb.edu. Funds requested: $51,825. Total project cost: $103,650. Educational Television Productions of North East Wisconsin (ETP-NEW) is applying for support from a matching Federal grant for the acquisition of digital field equipment and an HD editing package. 

File no: 05142, Northeastern ETV of Ohio Inc, WNEO/WEAO, 1750 Campus Center Drive, , Kent, OH, 44240-5191. Contact person: Ms. Trina Cutter, phone: (330) 677-4549, e_mail: cutter@wneo.pbs.org. Funds requested: $146,125. Total project cost: $292,250. The three-camera portable production package and related monitoring equipment will be used for both in-house and field studio productions. 

File no: 05143, Clark County School District, , 4210 Channel 10 Drive, , Las Vegas, NV, 89119. Contact person: Mr. Thomas Axtell, phone: (702) 799-1010, e_mail: taxtell@klvx.org. Funds requested: $137,462. Total project cost: $274,925. We are requesting funding to purchase a back-up station generator. 

File no: 05144, Florida State University, Sponsored Research Services, 97 South Woodward Avenue, 3rd Floor, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-4166. Contact person: Ms. Denison Graham, phone: (850) 487-3710, e_mail: dgraham@admin.fsu.edu. Funds requested: $84,460. Total project cost: $168,920. This application requests funding for two HD camera systems. WFSU will not only be able to upgrade its electronic field production capability, but also will be able to videotape basic studio multicamera programs in HD. 

File no: 05145, WQED Multimedia, WQED TV, 4802 Fifth Avenue, , Pittsburgh, PA, 15213-2957. Contact person: Mr. Jeffrey Rutkowski, phone: (412) 622-1312, e_mail: jrutkowski@wqed.org. Funds requested: $750,000. Total project cost: $1,500,000. WQED Multimedia Pittsburgh requests under Broadcast Equipment Augmentation Priority 2, a PTFP matching equipment grant of $750,000 (50%) on a total $1,500,000 project to convert the largest of our television studios to a high definition-capable digital configuration, provide high definition editing capability, and provide one remote high definition digital field production package to serve both local and national HD production needs. 

File no: 05146, Howard University, WHUT, 2222 Fourth Street, NW, , Washington, DC, 20059-0001. Contact person: Ms. Jennifer Lawson, phone: (202) 806-3010, e_mail: j_lawson@howard.edu. Funds requested: $500,000. Total project cost: $1,000,000. Howard University seeks funding to replace aged and outmoded studio equipment at its public television station WHUT, which operates on Ch. 32 for analog and Ch. 33 for digital. This project would also begin the digital conversion of its production equipment. The proposal would purchase diverse multi-definition digital equipment: studio cameras, a portable camera, A VTR, a dockable HD deck and a production switcher. WHUT-TV provides programming of special interest to underserved minority audiences - especially African American audiences - in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area and Baltimore. The WHUT signal reaches approximately 3,300,000 viewers. 

File no: 05147, Greater Faith Temple Apostolic Church, , , , San Antonio, TX,      . Contact person: Mr. Jeffrey Favorite, phone: (210) 872-5355, e_mail: myfavorite@satx.rr.com. Funds requested: $72,157. Total project cost: $144,315. Faith Based Video Programming "Faith Based Streaming Video" 

File no: 05148, Colleges of the Seneca, Inc, 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: $66,750. Total project cost: $133,500. To complete the digital Conversion of WEOS with the replacement of existing analog STL with digital STL, to accomodate PAD and tomorrow radio which the FCC should approve this year, and next generation audio. The project also will replace the main control room console, which which is currently analog. 

File no: 05149, Iowa State University of Science&Technology, Iowa Public Radio, 2022 Communications Building, , Ames, IA, 50011-3241. Contact person: Mr. William McGinley, phone: (515) 294-9478, e_mail: mcginley@iastate.edu. Funds requested: $181,673. Total project cost: $363,347. Establish a second FM public radio service for 238,102 residents of Iowa's capital city of Des Moines by constructing a high powered FM transmitter near Perry on the northwest perimeter of the Des Moines metropolitan area. The facility will feed an existent off-air translator and newly established 1 kW FM repeater to fill in eastern portions of the metro area establishing this vital second service for a total of 461,347 residents. 

File no: 05150, Sandoval County, New Mexico, County Manager, 711 Camino Del Pueblo, , Bernalillo, NM, 87004. Contact person: Mr. Jonathan Mann, phone: (801) 322-0638, e_mail: aqv@prodigy.net. Funds requested: $82,500. Total project cost: $182,500. Sandoval County seeks to determine the feasibility of a Native American owned and operated broadband infrastructure  to provide distance learning to all of Sandoval County which includes all or part of nine (9) Native American Pueblos, one (1) Native American Reservation, several chapters of the Navajo Nation, as well as 37% Hispanic population. 

File no: 05151, Kentucky Educational Television Authority, , 600 Cooper Drive, , Lexington, KY, 40502. Contact person: Mr. Malcolm Wall, phone: (859) 258-7100, e_mail: mwall@ket.org. Funds requested: $641,019. Total project cost: $1,293,438. Continue DTV conversion. 

File no: 05152, WV Educational Broadcasting, West Virginia Public Television, 600 Capitol Street, , Charleston, WV, 25301. Contact person: Mr. Bill Acker, phone: (304) 556-4905, e_mail: backer@wvpubcast.org. Funds requested: $461,600. Total project cost: $923,200. The purpose of this request is to provide High Definition production equipment which will generate locally orginated High Definition programming for West Virginia. 

File no: 05153, University of Central Florida, WUCF, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Communication Bldg 75; Suite 130, Orlando, FL, 32816-2199. Contact person: Ms. Kayonne Riley, phone: (407) 823-5162, e_mail: kriley@mail.ucf.edu. Funds requested: $15,000. Total project cost: $30,000. Radio station serves Orlando. During last fall's hurricanes, the radio station's broadcasts were disabled by power outages caused by the storms. The station is seeking an alternative power source to the transmitter site. 

File no: 05154, Norfolk State University, Board of Visitors/WNSB Radio Station, 700 Park Avenue, , Norfolk, VA, 23504. Contact person: Mr. Edward Turner Sr., phone: (757) 823-8095, e_mail: edturner@nsu.edu. Funds requested: $201,000. Total project cost: $268,000. The purpose of this application is to upgrade this broadcast facility to produce the digital transmission signal within compliance of our broadcast license. 

File no: 05155, 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: $37,740. Total project cost: $75,480. KBIA is seeking funding to help complete a multi-year, digital facilities upgrade including Supplemental Audio Channel and Program Associated Data provisions. 

File no: 05156, 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: $12,487. Total project cost: $24,974. The construction of a FM broadcast translator to serve the Fort Walton Beach, Florida area. 

File no: 05157, 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: $234,851. Total project cost: $313,135. NJPBA seeks funding tio activate three (3) new Public FM radio stations in New Jersey. These would be at Bernardsville, Netcong and Toms River. Stations will provide news and information based programing including NPR, PRI and program produced by NJPBA regarding New Jersey and its various regions. 

File no: 05158, New Jersey Public Broadcasting, NJN, PO Box 777, , Trenton, NJ, 08625. Contact person: Mr. William Schnorbus, phone: (609) 777-5163, e_mail: bschnorbus@njn.org. Funds requested: $744,949. Total project cost: $1,862,374. Final construction of DTV antenna systems at WNJB-DT and WNJS-DT for full power DTV operation. Also addition of DTV Automation and Archive systems at Master control. 

File no: 05159, Alabama State University, Department of Communications, P. O. Box 271, , Montgomery, AL, 36101-0271. Contact person: Dr. David Okeowo, phone: (334) 229-4493, e_mail: dokeowo@alasu.edu. Funds requested: $22,500. Total project cost: $30,000. To purchase and install a generator for Alabama State University's radio station, WVAS-FM 90.7. 

File no: 05160, Clear Creek Radio, Inc, Low Frequency Radio Broadcasting Station, 2020 Miner St., P.O. Box 1419, Idaho Springs, CO, 80452-1419. Contact person: Mr. Greg Markle, phone: (303) 567-4628, e_mail: kygt66@msn.com. Funds requested: $486,000. Total project cost: $540,000. Clear Creek Radio, Inc. KYGT - "KGOAT" is purposing to extend its educational and emergency services to served and non served public with increased technological interoperability by upgrading power of the existing station, construction of translators, cable networks, and repeater transmitters that will result in providing public telecommunications services to previously unserved areas. 

File no: 05161, San Diego State University Foundation, KPBS, 5250 Campanile Dr., , San Diego, CA, 92182-5400. Contact person: Mr. Gene Stein, phone: (619) 594-5731, e_mail: awards@foundation.sdsu.edu. Funds requested: $683,343. Total project cost: $1,366,685. San Diego State University, licensee of KPBS-FM, 89.5 MHz, KPBS(TV), Channel 15, and KPBS-DT, Channel 30, San Diego, California seek federal funding assistance in the Digital Conversion of its High Definition Studio Production facility and HD Field units with HD editing. 

File no: 05162, Colleges of the Seneca, Inc., WEOS(FM), 300 Pulteney Street, , Geneva, NY, 14456-3397. Contact person: Mr. Michael Black, phone: (315) 781-3456, e_mail: black@hws.edu. Funds requested: $19,000. Total project cost: $38,000. This application is to provide back up power for WEOS(FM) at its transmitter and studio locations, to better meet emergency service requirements required by participation in EAS and the SEMO. WEOS(FM) is a participating station in EAS and SEMO, and provides important weather bulletins and other emergency services. 

File no: 05163, 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: $455,000. Total project cost: $910,000. Digital Television Conversion of WMTJ and WQTO Master Control. Fourth stage of DTV conversion Plan. 

File no: 05164, Illinois Valley Public Telecom Corporation, WTVP, 101 North State Street, , Peoria, IL, 61602-1547. Contact person: Mr. Chester Tomczyk, phone: (309) 677-4747, e_mail: chet.tomczyk@wtvp.org. Funds requested: $50,687. Total project cost: $101,374. Augmentation of master control facilites to deliver a second digital program service and move from tape to file playback of local HD content. 

File no: 05165, Illinois Valley Public Telecom Corporation, WTVP, 101 North State Street, , Peoria, IL, 61602-1547. Contact person: Mr. Chester Tomczyk, phone: (309) 677-4747, e_mail: chet.tomczyk@wtvp.org. Funds requested: $64,804. Total project cost: $129,508. WTVP seeks funding to replace its aging non linear editor, purchased in 1995, with digital capable unit. While this is digital conversion application WTVP believe it should recieve additional consideration due to the urgent need to replace the existing analog editor. 

File no: 05166, Front Range Educational Media Corporation, KBDI, Channel 12, Colorado Public Television, 2900 Welton Street, , Denver, CO, 80205. Contact person: Ms. Kim Johnson, phone: (303) 296-1212, e_mail: Kim_Johnson@KBDI.pbs.org. Funds requested: $384,854. Total project cost: $513,140. The Construction Project will complete the internal upgrade of the station program origination, video storage, and delivery systems. The equipment requested supports localization of KBDIs multi-channel digital programming, and will improve the quality of local and national programs currently being produced for both digital and analog distribution. 

File no: 05167, Paul Kumeni Agbo, Hallelujah Television, 4116 S. Carrier Pkw., Suite 280-763, Grand Prairie, TX, 75052. Contact person: Mr. Paul Agbo, phone: (972) 262-8806, e_mail: paul_agbo@hallelujahtelevision.com. Funds requested: $280,000. Total project cost: $380,000. For expansion, activation and launching of the station. 

File no: 05168, Nashville Public Television, , 161 Rains Avenue, , Nashville, TN, 37203. Contact person: Mr. Steven Bass, phone: (615) 259-9325, e_mail: sbass@wnpt.net. Funds requested: $220,705. Total project cost: $441,410. Acquire HD routing, monitoring, and test equipment. 

File no: 05169, ideastream, WVIZ/PBS, 4300 Brookpark Rd., , Cleveland, OH, 44134. Contact person: Mr. Jerrold Wareham, phone: (216) 739-3850, e_mail: jwareham@wviz.org. Funds requested: $428,400. Total project cost: $1,071,000. WVIZ/PBS seaks funds to build a new digital production control facility and also a digital nonlinear edit system. 

File no: 05170, Foundation California State Univ. Monterey Bay, Office of Grants & Contracts, 100 Campus Center, Building 97, , Seaside, CA, 93995. Contact person: Ms. Cynthia Lopez, phone: (831) 582-389 , e_mail: cindy_lopez@csumb.edu. Funds requested: $15,860. Total project cost: $31,720. Foundation of California State University Monterey Bay seeks funding assistance to increase our coverage through the purchase and installation of a booster and translator to bring NPR, PRI, APM programming to areas that do not presently receive them. 

File no: 05171, 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: $25,000. Total project cost: $33,334. 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: 05172, Town of Browning, Montana, Montana Municipality, 124 2nd Ave. N.W, PO Box 469, Browning, MT, 59417-0469. Contact person: Mr. William Morris Jr., phone: (406) 338-2344, e_mail: twnbrwng@3rivers.net. Funds requested: $24,069. Total project cost: $32,093. Purchase the required eqiupment needed to provide live (in-studio) broadcasting and adapt from continuous non-stop music playing to a more conventional radio broadcasting and meet the equipment requirements for Emergency Alert Systems (EAS). The addition of a generator will ensure that the station's EA system will continue to function in the event of a power outage. 

File no: 05173, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Radio Services, 7140 SW Macadam Avenue, , Portland, OR, 97219-3099. Contact person: Mr. John Galmiche, phone: (503) 293-1987, e_mail: jack_galmiche@opb.org. Funds requested: $25,350. Total project cost: $50,700. This application requests a replacement transmitter, STL, remote control and dummy load for KOAC-FM.  The aging transmitter which has no backup serves a population of over 2,500,000.  KOAC is one of Oregon Public Broadcasting's 6 full-time radio stations. 

File no: 05174, University of North Carolina, WUNC RADIO, 120 FRIDAY CENTER DR, , CHAPEL HILL, NC, 27517-9495. Contact person: JOAN ROSE, phone: (919) 962-9150, e_mail: jsrose@wunc.org. Funds requested: $245,625. Total project cost: $491,250. WUNC-FM Public Radio requests as Priority 4(b), funds of $245,625 (50% of project cost) to purchase urgently needed broadcast production equipment for the station?s new broadcast and production facility located in Durham, NC. Equipment includes a digital audio routing switcher and digital audio production control surfaces; Telos 2 x 12 phone screening system; broadcast studio production equipment, such as amplifiers, speakers, and digital cart machines; customized studio furniture; computer storage network to support audio production and archiving; and equipment racks and wiring. Also funds for an emergency generator for the Durham facility and microwave interconnect and codex to connect Chapel Hill and Durham studios; and funds to replace an amplifier powering the station?s satellite signal uplink to its associate stations in eastern North Carolina. The total allowable project cost is estimated at $491,250. 

File no: 05175, Marshall University Research Corp., Information Technology, 401 11th Street, Suite 1400, , Huntington, WV, 25701. Contact person: Ron Schelling, phone: (304) 696-6245, e_mail: schellin@marshall.edu. Funds requested: $127,066. Total project cost: $254,133. Marshall University seeks funding to contruct a new television broadcast studio for creation of original programming in collaboration with West Virginia Public Broadcasting. 

File no: 05176, 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: $203,394. Total project cost: $271,192. To facilitate the conversion of the station from analog to digital transmission. The major purpose of this will be to enhance our current broadcast signal and provide better access to our listening community. 

File no: 05177, Portland Community College, , P.O. Box 19000, , Portland, OR, 97280-0990. Contact person: Ms. Kristin Watkins, phone: (503) 977-4696, e_mail: kwatkins@pcc.edu. Funds requested: $106,682. Total project cost: $143,470. Portland Community College and the Community College Healthcare Action Plan seek funding to conduct the "Allied Healthcare for Oregon : Seeking Solutions through Technology (AHOSST)" project.  Implementation of AHOSST will allow a statewide consortium of community colleges to design and plan the distance learning technology necessary to address the healthcare workforce crisis in Oregon. 

File no: 05178, Monterey County Office of Education, Instructional Resources and Technology, Post Office Box 80851, , Salinas, CA, 93912-0851. Contact person: Mr. Michael Mellon, phone: (831) 755-0383, e_mail: mmellon@monterey.k12.ca.us. Funds requested: $173,039. Total project cost: $346,080. This project extends the Monterey County Distance Learning Network, which is the county's connection to the Californias K-12 High Speed Network, to two rural school districts and one suburban school district in northern Monterey County. The project will provide students and adult learners with access to a wide and growing range of distance learning resources for academic advancement and economic development. 

File no: 05179, The University of Montana, Broadcast Media Center, 32 Campus Drive, , Missoula, MT, 59812-8064. Contact person: Mr. William Marcus, phone: (406) 243-4154, e_mail: william.marcus@umontana.edu. Funds requested: $973,500. Total project cost: $1,298,000. The University of Montana seeks funding assistance to continue the digital conversion of KUFM-DT in Missoula, Montana, through the acquisition of state-of-the-art HD digital production equipment in three areas: field production, non-linear editing and a cost-effective upgrade of Production Control. The specified equipment will replace obsolete analog and early-model NLE equipment with fully-digital and HD capable components. 

File no: 05180, Western North Carolina Public Radio, Inc., WCQS-FM, 73 Broadway, , Asheville, NC, 28801-2919. Contact person: Mr. Edward Subkis, phone: (828) 253-6875, e_mail: esubkis@wcqs.org. Funds requested: $382,950. Total project cost: $510,600. Western North Carolina Public Radio, Inc,, seeks funding assistance to construct a new public radio stations that will provide the first public radio service to Mars Hill, North Carolina and its surrounding area.  This new radio station will fill in some PTFP "white" area.  The program origination point for his station will be a new control room located at co-licensed WCQS-FM in Asheville, North Carolina.  This new station will originate a second public radio program stream for Western North Carolina.  The project will also relay this new program stream to two existing WCQS translators of Mars Hill as the first step in the creation of a second public radio network for the region. 

File no: 05181, 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: $27,862. Total project cost: $37,150. Provide backup power to main studio and one transmitter site. 

File no: 05182, Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District, Dickinson-Iron ISD, 1074 Pyle Drive, , Kingsford, MI, 49802-4494. Contact person: Mrs. Dolores Benjamin, phone: (906) 776-8137, e_mail: dbenjamin@diisd.org. Funds requested: $30,495. Total project cost: $40,856. A planning project to explore the options for establishing an interactive distance learning network among 6 public school districts and the Intermediate School District in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. 

File no: 05183, Greenfield Community College, Educational Technology Center, One College Drive, , Greenfield, MA, 01301-9755. Contact person: Ms. Karen Goldman, phone: (413) 775-1426, e_mail: goldman@gcc.mass.edu. Funds requested: $8,745. Total project cost: $17,491. This project expands the capacity of a rural community college to dramatically enhance and expand distance learning and community education services through the purchase of equipment to automate the distribution of digital cable using TCP/IP network managed programming. It addresses the current programming and distribution limitations of a small community college educational technology center with limited staff. The new equipment will allow simultaneous distribution of a variety of distance learning programming through existing cable services and adds the capability to distribute this programming to multiple ?soft point? reception centers. 

File no: 05184, 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: $648,549. Total project cost: $1,297,098. Complete digital conversion of Master Control and replacement of old analog production equipment with digital equipment. 

File no: 05185, Valley Public Television, Inc., KVPT, 1544 Van Ness Avenue, , Fresno, CA, 93721-1213. Contact person: Ms. Phyllis Brotherton, phone: (559) 266-1800, e_mail: pbrotherton@kvpt.org. Funds requested: $50,000. Total project cost: $100,000. Improve the delivery of public broadcasting services to Bakersfield, CA by the purchase of microwave equipment to broadcast KVPT's Fresno digital signal into the geographic area. 

File no: 05186, Valley Public Television, Inc., KVPT, 1544 Van Ness Avenue, , Fresno, CA, 93721-1213. Contact person: Ms. Phyllis Brotherton, phone: (559) 266-1800, e_mail: pbrotherton@kvpt.org. Funds requested: $12,500. Total project cost: $25,000. Purchase Standby Generator for back-up power for Master Control and Origination Equipment. 

File no: 05187, Faith Bible College dba Faith Communications, , 6423 Hamilton Bridge Road, , Milton, FL, 32570. Contact person: Mr. Kurt Kennedy, phone: (850) 623-8207, e_mail: kurtk@faithbaptistmilton.org. Funds requested: $6,667. Total project cost: $10,000. Digital Exciter to convert present analog transmitter to provide digital multichannel capability. 

File no: 05188, City of Beech Grove, Beech Grove Cable Access, 802 Main Street, , Beech Grove, IN, 46107. Contact person: Mr. Timothy Showalter, phone: (317) 788-4984, e_mail: tim.showalter@beechgrove.com. Funds requested: $212,845. Total project cost: $283,793. This is an application that requests funding for upgrade of studio and field equipment from analog format to digital format to meet specification put forward by local cable company (Comcast). The improvements to the facility will directly impact all of Beech Grove's 12,800 residents. 

File no: 05189, Cincinnati Classical Public Radio, Inc., WGUC, 1223 Central Parkway, , Cincinnati, OH, 45214. Contact person: Mrs. Cathy Beltz, phone: (513) 419-7103, e_mail: cbeltz@wguc.org. Funds requested: $73,725. Total project cost: $98,300. This project will provide much needed emergency electrical power in the event of a failure of commercial power. The generators will provide power for both the studios and transmitters of the two Cincinnati Public Radio Stations. Without power both stations will not be able to broadcast a signal which could be during an local, state or national emergency. 

File no: 05190, AGAPE BROADCASTING FOUNDATION, KNON-FM, 4415 San Jacinto, , Dallas, TX, 75204. Contact person: Mr. Dave Walkington, phone: (214) 828-9500, e_mail: knonsm@acorn.org. Funds requested: $15,056. Total project cost: $30,113. AGAPE BROADCASTING FOUNDATION, INC .is seeking funding assistance for a digital hard disc storage system upgrade to augment the on-air control room cart technology, for community radio station KNON-FM, to more effectively serve the Dallas/Ft. Worth metro region. 

File no: 05191, Pacifica Foundation, KPFA Radio 94.1 FM in Berkeley, 1929 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, , Berkeley, CA, 94704. Contact person: Ms. Lemlem Rijio, phone: (510) 848-6767, e_mail: development@kpfa.org. Funds requested: $31,758. Total project cost: $42,344. KPFA Radio seeks funding assistance 1. To supplement our Ku band satellite system to provide national programs to smaller non-commercial stations that do not quality for NPR?s satellite interconnection; and 2. To enhance local program production here at KPFA, we would like to extend the ENCO DADpro32 system to our on-air, main production and news control rooms. 

File no: 05192, Southern Illinois University, Broadcasting Service, 1003 Communications Building, SIU Mailcode 6602, Carbondale, IL, 62901-6602. Contact person: Ms. Delores Kerstein, phone: (618) 453-4343, e_mail: delores.kerstein@wsiu.org. Funds requested: $40,782. Total project cost: $81,565. The WSIU Radio Stations (WSIU-FM 91.9, WUSI-FM 90.3, WVSI-FM 88.9) request assistance with the urgent replacement of an obsolete, malfunctioning master control on-air audio console. This project would strengthen our public radio service by reducing service disruptions, improving quality of on-air sound, reducing the repair/maintenance/disruption drain on staff resources, and providing a robust, HD-ready master control facility compatible with an existing ENCO digital automation and storage system for improved efficiency and service across all areas of operation. 

File no: 05193, Radio Free Georgia Broadcasting, Inc, WRFG, 1083 Austin Ave, NE, , Atlanta, GA, 30307. Contact person: Mr. Wanique Shabazz, phone: (404) 523-3471, e_mail: info@wrfg.org. Funds requested: $129,150. Total project cost: $172,200. Urgent replacement of WRFG's old transmitter, antenna, and transmission line with a new transmitter system at a new site. 

File no: 05194, KANZA Society, Inc, dba High Plains Public Radio, 210 North 7th Street, , Garden City, KS, 67846. Contact person: Mr. Richard Hicks, phone: (620) 275-7444, e_mail: director@hppr.org. Funds requested: $256,844. Total project cost: $342,459. The Kanza Society Inc. (dba High Plains Public Radio) seeks funding assistance to activate new first service with local origination in the central Texas Panhandle, including the Amarillo-Canyon metro area. 

File no: 05195, Public Bdcastng Fndation 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: $205,000. Total project cost: $410,000. The Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio is requesting financial assistance to replace worn out and obsolete analog TV master control equipment used for daily broadcast operations. The proposed digital equipment includes a digital archive system, multiformat SD/HD videotape recorders, and a multiformat SD/HD video server. 

File no: 05196, University of Alaska Fairbanks, KUAC TV/FM, PO Box 755620, , Fairbanks, AK, 99775-5620. Contact person: Mr. Gregory Petrowich, phone: (907) 474-5089, e_mail: greg@kuac.org. Funds requested: $61,500. Total project cost: $123,000. Replace Main Broadcast Console, Production Console, and audio router with new digital consoles and digital router to take full advantage of HD-Radio Transmission system being installed through funding via CPB. 

File no: 05197, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Radio Services, 7140 SW Macadam Ave., , Portland, OR, 97219-3099. Contact person: Mr. John Galmiche, phone: (503) 293-1987, e_mail: jack_galmiche@opb.org. Funds requested: $74,500. Total project cost: $149,000. The KOAC Harry Medalist control room board was installed in 1987, and is a 12 channel, 36 input analog board with 5 analog outputs designed with 1980's technology.  This board serves KOAC in the central portion of the Willamette valley and also serves as a part of the Oregon Public Broadcasting radio network.  KOAC requests a replacement of this audio board and the outdated automation system. 

File no: 05198, Your Public Radio Corporation, WYPR-FM, 2216 N. Charles St., , Baltimore, MD, 21218. Contact person: Mr. Anthony Brandon, phone: (410) 235-1065, e_mail: tbrandon@wypr.org. Funds requested: $15,750. Total project cost: $31,500. WYPR requests a new digital antenna to faciliate the station's conversion to digital broadcasting. WYPR is currently funded by CPB for additional IBOC-related equipment. 

File no: 05199, North Georgia Technical College, Technical College, P. O. Box 65, , Clarkesville, GA, 30523-0065. Contact person: Mr. Mark Ivester, phone: (706) 754-7703, e_mail: mivester@northgatech.edu. Funds requested: $24,000. Total project cost: $32,000. North Georgia Technical College (NGTC) serves students from seven counties.  To provide career planning and technical instruction to these populations, NGTC offers progams of study through both traditional and online courses, and through videoconferencing to a remote campus site.  This proposed planning project is to gather data about additional telecommuncation possibilities for distance learning. 

File no: 05200, North Shore Community College, North Shore Community College, 1 Ferncroft Road, PO Box 3340, Danvers, MA, 01923-0840. Contact person: Ms. Susan Anderson, phone: (978) 762-4000, e_mail: sanderso@northshore.edu. Funds requested: $42,275. Total project cost: $60,197. This initiative will evaluate the college?s readiness to provide high quality course content by measuring current distance learning performance against best practices in the field.  By developing a readiness rubric against which current NSCC programs can be evaluated, NSCC will devise a comprehensive technology plan. 

File no: 05201, Texas A&M University- Kingsville, Distance Learning & Cont. Ed., 700 University Blvd., MSC 147, Kingsville, TX, 78363. Contact person: Dr. Tadeo Reyna Jr, phone: (361) 593-2861, e_mail: t-reyna@tamuk.edu. Funds requested: $63,250. Total project cost: $84,334. TAMUK is seeking funds to upgrade and expand its broadcast equipment from analog to digital to improve the quality o broadcasting between TAMUR's studio and KEDT-TV.  TAMUK is also seeking funds to purchase a downlink satellite dish to expand the university's distance learning instructional programming. 

File no: 05202, National Indian Justice Center, Education Programs, 5250 Aero Drive, , Santa Rosa, CA, 95403. Contact person: Ms. Raquelle Myers, phone: (707) 579-5507, e_mail: raquellemyers@nijc.org. Funds requested: $202,898. Total project cost: $275,618. The NIJC?s planning project will study the need, feasibility and strategies for establishing a distance-learning infrastructure between the NIJC Regional Justice Center in Santa Rosa, California, a community college in Southern California and three remotely located California community technology centers. The purpose of this distance-learning infrastructure will be to deliver culturally appropriate training to a primarily Native American target audience. A culturally appropriate distance-learning infrastructure will provide timely and substantial benefits to the target population by transmitting information vital to improved government and service operations in tribal communities and by sustaining the intergenerational, oral learning traditions that support cultural survival. 

File no: 05203, Idaho Public Television, State of Idaho Public Television Network, 1455 N. Orchard Street, , Boise, ID, 83706-2239. Contact person: Mr. Phillip Kottraba, phone: (208) 373-7220, e_mail: kelly.roberts@idahoptv.org. Funds requested: $528,970. Total project cost: $1,057,940. This application for PTFP funds is in the Priority 2 category to replace major components and related equipment of Idaho Public Televisions central statewide facility at the network operation center In Boise, Idaho. The principal equipment to be replaced includes three studio cameras, support equipment and components of the production control room. Within the total project there is some described equipment, which is ineligible for PTFP funds and is detailed in B. 3. 

File no: 05204, Idaho Public Television, State of Idaho Public Television Network, 1455 N. Orchard Street, , Boise, ID, 83706-2239. Contact person: Mr. Phillip Kottraba, phone: (208) 373-7220, e_mail: kelly.roberts@idahoptv.org. Funds requested: $30,468. Total project cost: $40,625. IdahoPTV desires to serve the rural communities of McCall, Lake Fork, Donnelly and New Meadows with their first over the air digital signal.  A relay and then a translator will be required to accomplish this. 

File no: 05205, University of South Carolina, USC Upstate Campus, 901 Sumter Street, 5th Floor, , Columbia, SC, 29208. Contact person: Ms. Danielle McElwain, phone: (803) 777-2885, e_mail: danielle@sc.edu. Funds requested: $500,000. Total project cost: $696,963. University of South Carolina Upstate seeks funding for distance learning technology equipment to extend offerings to surrounding communities for educational purposes. 

File no: 05206, Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit, Administrative Building, 225 Center Grange Road, , Aliquippa, PA, 15001-1497. Contact person: Mr. Eric Rosendale, phone: (724) 774-7800, e_mail: egr@bviu.org. Funds requested: $74,400. Total project cost: $117,762. The Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit (BVIU) has recognized that in order to best serve the educational needs of this diverse community that a shared technology platform linking each school, and in turn each students home, is a critical priority. The BVIU has been collaborating with the Beaver Initiative for Growth (BIG), a non-profit economic development agency. Big recently completed a detailed business case analysis showing a community and private service partner demand to deploy a broadband network in Beaver County. The broadband network would include Voice, Data and Video services offered at a highly competitively rate to education, business and residential users.The BVIU respectfully submits this application for a planning process with BIG. Collboration allows both entities to concentrate on their core strengths of education and economic development respectively, while creating a cost effective model for rapid deployment of a telecommunications infrastructure. Our plan is to work together to facilitate the educational and economic advancement of the county. 

File no: 05207, The School Board of Miami-Dade County, WLRN Public Radio & Television, 172 Northeast 15th Street, , Miami, FL, 33132-1348. Contact person: Mr. W  Theodore Eldredge, phone: (305) 995-2206, e_mail: teldredge@wlrn.org. Funds requested: $252,059. Total project cost: $504,117. To construct a full power public radio station providing first service to the lower two-thirds of the Florida Keys, covering the area from Key West to Islamorada, FL. This new first service will reach 43,554 unserved permanent residents, and there are over two million seasonal visitors to the Key West/Marathon area of Florida that will also benefit from this proposed expansion. 

File no: 05208, University of Utah Office of Sponsored Projects, University of Utah, 1471 Federal Way, , Salt Lake City, UT, 84112. Contact person: Dr. Elliott Kulakowski PhD, phone: (801) 581-3003, e_mail: elliott.kulakowski@osp.utah.edu. Funds requested: $51,084. Total project cost: $102,168. This project will make significant improvements to eight of KUER's thirty-six translator sites. It will give us much better STL remote monitoring and control capability of our main transmitter site. And this project will help us toward our goal of IBOC/HD digital broadcast to include a second program service. 

File no: 05209, University of Utah, Office of Sponsored Projects, KUED, 1471 Federal Way, , Salt Lake City, UT, 84102. Contact person: Ms. Rebecca Davis, phone: (801) 581-4348, e_mail: rdavis@media.utah.edu. Funds requested: $423,305. Total project cost: $846,610. KUED is seeking this grant to replace aging and obsolete camera equipment and to upgrade some of the station?s digital editing and field production equipment. This will enable KUED to produce and broadcast local high definition digital (HD) content for our market for the first time. Because KUED provides the state of Utah with its primary public television signal, and because this project involves the urgent replacement of the station?s obsolete and potentially unreliable basic equipment, this project qualifies under Sub-priority B in the Broadcast Other category. 

File no: 05210, Marfa Public Radio Corporation, KRTS-FM, 2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 675, Austin, TX, 78746. Contact person: Ms. Katy Hackerman, phone: (512) 329-5843, e_mail: katy@matineemedia.com. Funds requested: $476,242. Total project cost: $634,990. Marfa Public Radio (KRTS-FM) seeks federal funding assistance in constructing the basic transmission line (tower, antenna, etc.) for a new stattion to provide first service to Far West Texas, as well as the only radio service for a substantial portion of the population. 

File no: 05211, Salish Kootenai College, Media/Public TV, P. O. Box 70, 52000 Highway 92, Pablo, MT, 59855-0070. Contact person: Dr. Joseph McDonald, phone: (406) 275-4959, e_mail: joe_mcdonald@skc.edu. Funds requested: $368,103. Total project cost: $490,805. This application is for funding to assist in the transition to digital broadcasting capability for pubic television station KSKC-CA. KSKC, with 3 associated translators serves the Flathead Indian Reservation of northwest Montana with local and PBS programs. Digital dissemination, origination, and automation facilities are included in this grant application. 

File no: 05212, West Central Illinois Ed Telecom Corp, Network Knowledge, 1475 East Plummer Boulevard, , Chatham, IL, 62629. Contact person: Dr. Jerold Gruebel, phone: (217) 483-7887, e_mail: jerry_gruebel@wmec.pbs.org. Funds requested: $373,300. Total project cost: $746,601. Network Knowledge (WMEC/WQEC/WSEC) seeks PTFP funding to replace its obsolete field production equipment and enhance its digital master control facility, including the capability to datacast. Also, funding is requested to establish a digital microwave link to enable program origination from the Center for the Arts in Springfield, Illinois to improve and enhance local coverage of the arts and the state legislature. 

File no: 05213, Ohio State University, WOSU Stations, 2400 Olentangy River Rd, , Columbus, OH, 43210-1027. Contact person: Mr. David Carwile, phone: (614) 292-9678, e_mail: carwile.1@osu.edu. Funds requested: $44,596. Total project cost: $89,192. WOSU seeks partial funding to purchase digital audio equipment for a new studio to originate supplimental audio channel programming for our five FM stations, and to expand and enhance the storage capacity of our existing digital asset management/automation system in support of this multicasting initiatives. WOSU-FM has been continuously broadcasting a SAC digital signal under FCC experimental authority since November of 2004, and will also originate SAC content for WOSV, WOSP, WOSE and WOSB as we convert those stations in the next two years. 

File no: 05214, Ohio State University, The WOSU Stations, 2400 Olentangy River Rd, , Columbus, OH, 43210-1027. Contact person: Mr. David Carwile, phone: (614) 292-9678, e_mail: carwile.1@osu.edu. Funds requested: $24,751. Total project cost: $49,502. WOSU seeks partial funding to purchase and install stand-by power generators for WOSV-FM and WOSE-FM. The generators will be located at the WOSV transmitter site outside of Mansfield, Ohio (to be shared with W47AB-TV) and at the WOSE transmitter, near Warsaw, Ohio. 

File no: 05215, Technical College of the Lowcountry, , 921 Ribaut Road, , Beaufort, SC, 29901. Contact person: Dr. Douglas Van Nostran, phone: (843) 525-8317, e_mail: dvannostran@tcl.edu. Funds requested: $140,100. Total project cost: $280,200. The Technical College of the Lowcountry (TCL) seeks funding assistance to extend an interactive distance learning system through the construction of three distance education classrooms on the Okatie campus and three sites in Estill, Hardeeville, and Ridgeland, South Carolina. 

File no: 05216, Ohio University, Telecommunications Center, 9 South College Street, , Athens, OH, 45701-2979. Contact person: Ms. Carolyn Lewis, phone: (740) 593-4783, e_mail: lewisc3@ohio.edu. Funds requested: $241,739. Total project cost: $483,479. The purpose of this application is to secure PTFP funding for digital television Master Control broadcast equipment at public television stations WOUB-TV/DT and WOUC-TV/DT. PTFP funding will provide for digital broadcast operations of local origination, and will provide over 1.4 million potential viewers with free, over-the-air public service and educational digital television programming. 

File no: 05217, Pacific Lutheran University, KPLU-FM, 12180 Park Avenue S., , Tacoma, WA, 98447. Contact person: Mr. Jeff Bauman, phone: (253) 536-5009, e_mail: jbauman@kplu.org. Funds requested: $131,277. Total project cost: $262,555. KPLU requests support for a new control room, production room and STL equipment related to a 2006 forced relocation of the studios required of KPLU by its licensee, Pacific Lutheran University, which is repurposing the current facility. 

File no: 05218, Town of Holliston, Emergency Management, 59 Central Street, , Holliston, MA, 01746-2103. Contact person: Mr. Michael Cassidy, phone: (508) 429-4631, e_mail: hollistonfire@mindspring.com. Funds requested: $10,837. Total project cost: $14,450. A project to improve the transmission facilities of the stations by providing a back up generator for emergency use during power outages. 

File no: 05219, WNYC Radio, Inc., Engineering Department, One Centre Street, , New York, NY, 10007. Contact person: Ms. Kathy St. John, phone: (212) 669-7353, e_mail: kstjohn@wnyc.org. Funds requested: $160,250. Total project cost: $336,408. WNYC Radio is seeking funding assistance to replace its UPS and continue its DAVID On-Air Delivery System expansion and transition to digital. To preserve and share its irreplaceable historical audio assets, it is also seeking funds to install a new Media Asset Management system and ingest workstations. 

File no: 05220, Kent State University, WKSU, 1613 East Summit Street, , Kent, OH, 44242-0001. Contact person: Mr. Allen Bartholet, phone: (330) 672-3114, e_mail: bartholet@wksu.org. Funds requested: $29,975. Total project cost: $59,950. Stand-by generator for repeater station WKRW, Wooster. 

File no: 05221, Kent State University, WKSU, 1613 East Summit Street, , Kent, OH, 44242-0001. Contact person: Mr. Allen Bartholet, phone: (330) 672-3114, e_mail: bartholet@wksu.org. Funds requested: $28,806. Total project cost: $57,612. Stand-by generator for repeater station WNRK, Norwalk. 

File no: 05222, Kent State University, WKSU, 1613 East Summit Street, , Kent, OH, 44242-0001. Contact person: Mr. Allen Bartholet, phone: (330) 672-3114, e_mail: bartholet@wksu.org. Funds requested: $32,340. Total project cost: $64,680. Stand-by generator for repeater station WKSV, Thompson. 

File no: 05223, Kent State University, WKSU, 1613 East Summit Street, , Kent, OH, 44242-0001. Contact person: Mr. Allen Bartholet, phone: (330) 672-3114, e_mail: bartholet@wksu.org. Funds requested: $109,150. Total project cost: $218,300. Replace antenna. 

File no: 05224, Community TV Foundation of South Florida, WPBT, 14901 N.E. 20th Avenue, , Miami, FL, 33181-1121. Contact person: Mr. Richard Schneider, phone: (305) 949-8321, e_mail: rickschneider@wpbt.org. Funds requested: $383,573. Total project cost: $767,147. Continue transition to DTV with an upgrade in Master Control by replacing obsolete, DTV incompatible equipment with digital equipment: automation upgrade, router, switcher and other associated digital equipment. 

File no: 05225, The Pueblo of Santa Ana, Technology Opportunity, 2 Dove Road, , Bernalillo, NM, 87004. Contact person: Mrs. Leisa Isenberg, phone: (505) 771-6715, e_mail: ljisenberg@juno.com. Funds requested: $73,600. Total project cost: $98,600. WOSU seeks partial funding to purchase digital audio equipment for a new studio to originate supplimental audio channel programming for our five FM stations, and to expand and enhance the storage capacity of our existing digital asset management/automation system in support of this multicasting initiatives. WOSU-FM has been continuously broadcasting a SAC digital signal under FCC experimental authority since November of 2004, and will also originate SAC content for WOSV, WOSP, WOSE and WOSB as we convert those stations in the next two years. 

File no: 05226, Appalshop, Inc., WMMT, 91 Madison Ave., , Whitesburg, KY, 41858-9137. Contact person: Ms. Cheryl Marshall, phone: (606) 633-0108, e_mail: cmarshall@appalshop.org. Funds requested: $100,496. Total project cost: $133,995. Appalshop requests $100,496 for the replacement of WMMT's transmitter and five translators, and for equipment to upgrade the power of two more translators. 

File no: 05227, Valley Public Television, Inc., Two Rivers Growth, Inc., 25 Aurora Drive, , Glasgow, MT, 59230. Contact person: Mr. Alec Adolphson, phone: (406) 228-4517, e_mail: vptv@vptv.org. Funds requested: $11,091. Total project cost: $14,790. Valley Public Television seeks funding assistance to replace the station's transmitter and to purchase a transmitter remote control system with auto-pilot software. 

File no: 05228, Blacksmith Multi-Media, Inc., , 6608 Concord Mews, , Montgomery, AL, 36116. Contact person: Mr. Robert Black, phone: (334) 284-1024, e_mail: ssbrb1235@aol.com. Funds requested: $481,478. Total project cost: $641,970. Activate an FM station in Coosada, AL. 

File no: 05229, Hampton Roads Educational Telecom., WHRO TV/FM, 5200 Hampton Boulevard, , Norfolk, VA, 23508-1507. Contact person: Mrs. Bonnie Rennick, phone: (757) 889-9316, e_mail: bonnie.rennick@whro.org. Funds requested: $448,330. Total project cost: $918,518. WHRO purchased and installed digital television equipment in 2002, all purchased with local funds. Having operated the on-air digital television channel 16 for approximately three years, we now desire to add digital systems to increase HD & SD Server capacity to complement the capacity to ingest and distribute HD program material. Included is HD signal management components to fully utilize the power of the HD broadcast infrastructure and also the purchase of additional UPS capacity to protect electrical power supply quality and capacity to run the digital equipment systems. 

File no: 05230, Hampton Roads Ed Telecom Assoc, WHRO TV/FM, 5200 Hampton Blvd, , Norfolk, VA, 23508-1507. Contact person: Mrs. Bonnie Rennick, phone: (757) 889-9400, e_mail: bonnie.rennick@whro.org. Funds requested: $236,025. Total project cost: $472,050. Upgrade Existing ITFS infrastructure to accomodate advance delivery techniques for distance learning to Public and Private Schools, University and Government facilities. 

File no: 05231, Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications, WHRV-FM & WHRO-FM, 5200 Hampton Boulevard, , Norfolk, VA, 23508-1507. Contact person: Mrs. Bonnie Rennick, phone: (757) 889-9316, e_mail: bonnie.rennick@whro.org. Funds requested: $79,750. Total project cost: $159,501. WHRO has completed preparation for IBOC transmission for both WHRO-FM and WHRV-FM broadcast stations. Tower/antenna changes have been completed, digital STL has been installed, and IBOC transmitters are ordered for delivery and installation in May of 2005. On-Air operating boards and a central router/server is being requested in this funding application to complete the FM digital transition. Operation of both FM stations will be of higher quality, more efficient, release staff to focus of program production, and support transmission of more channels of information (e.g.,Voice for the print handicapped, educational services, homeland security information). 

File no: 05232, Hampton Roads Ed Telecom Assoc, WHRO TV/FM, 5200 Hampton Boulevard, , Norfolk, VA, 23508-1507. Contact person: Mrs. Bonnie Rennick, phone: (757) 889-9316, e_mail: bonnie.rennick@whro.org. Funds requested: $57,787. Total project cost: $115,575. WHRO's Television and FM Radio service area includes cities of Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News and Williamsburg, Virginia. Large distances compounded by waterways and tunnels make it difficult to bring the cultural and educational venues available in each of the cites that make up the larger community, to the citizens of the larger community. WHRO is a convener of these resources through broadcast and internet delivery of resources. Small mobile production units would facilitate WHRO's ability to capture regional events for delivery via broadcast and internet to the broadcast region served. WHRO's multiple delivery channel capacity via Digital Television, FM radio, Internet streaming and ITFS is a rich resource that could readly use the programming to serve those not able to travel to the venue site. 

File no: 05233, Lorain County Community College, , 1005 Abbe Road North, , Elyria, OH, 44035. Contact person: Ms. Frances McCaffrey, phone: (440) 366-4727, e_mail: fmccaffr@lorainccc.edu. Funds requested: $295,362. Total project cost: $850,825. A project to extend distance learning services to serve new student populations across greater geographic territory by purchasing a storage area network (SAN) system, IPTV equipment, content manager software, and internetworking connectivity equipment. 

File no: 05234, Boat People SOS, Inc., Community Development Department, 6606 Leesburg Pike, Suite 100, , Falls Church, VA, 22041-2234. Contact person: Dr. Thang Nguyen, phone: (703) 538-2190, e_mail: thang.nguyen@bpsos.org. Funds requested: $80,000. Total project cost: $106,740. Boat People SOS is applying for a planning grant to offer distance learning services through an existing network of 12 community technology centers (CTCs) , in low income heighborhoods with high concentrations of refugees and immigrants.  Areas to be served include Springfield, MA; Camden, NJ; Philadelphia, PA; Hampton Roads, VA; Raleigh, NC; Atlanta, GA; St. Louis, MO; Louisville, KY; Houston, TX; Orange County, CA; Sacramento, CA; and sites in the greater Washington, D.C. area. 

File no: 05235, Public Radio Inc., , 3050 Valley Creek Drive, , Baton Rouge, LA, 70808. Contact person: Mr. Jim Engster, phone: (225) 926-3050, e_mail: jim@wrkf.org. Funds requested: $112,522. Total project cost: $112,522. The acquisition of necessary digital equipment will permit WRKF to enhance its service to listeners in South Central LA.  The conversion to digital broadcasting will ensure that WRKF has contemporary facilities that are required to serve the public. 

File no: 05236, Louisiana Educational Television Authority, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, 7733 Perkins Road, , Baton Rouge, LA, 70810-1009. Contact person: Ms. Beth Courtney, phone: (225) 767-4200, e_mail: bcourtney@lpb.org. Funds requested: $303,650. Total project cost: $607,300. Digital converstion of Master/Production Control. 

File no: 05237, Portsmouth Community Radio, WSCA, 909 Islington Street, PO Box 6532, Portsmouth, NH, 03802. Contact person: Mr. Timothy Stone, phone: (603) 430-9722, e_mail: tstone@portsmouthcommunityradio.org. Funds requested: $28,932. Total project cost: $57,865. Replace urgently needed on-air broadcast studio equipment and establish program production studio to develop vital local programming for the listening community. 

File no: 05238, Reading & Radio Resource, , 2007 Randall, , Dallas, TX, 75201. Contact person: Ms. Carolyn Hersey, phone: (214) 871-7668, e_mail: betty@readingresource.org. Funds requested: $71,925. Total project cost: $119,876. Reading and Radio resources seeks funding assistance to replace radio control room  and studio equipment for our radio reading service on Station NTRB- KERA-FM, Dallas, TX. 

File no: 05239, WGBH Educational Foundation, Television, 125 Western Avenue, , Boston, MA, 02134-1098. Contact person: Ms. P. Gail Martin, phone: (617) 300-4378, e_mail: gail_martin@wgbh.org. Funds requested: $900,000. Total project cost: $1,800,000. WGBH seeks funding to assist with the purchase of a digital router, broadcast server system, automation and other digital equipment to replace obsolete analog equipment in our current Master Control facility. This upgrade will coincide with WGBH's move to its new headquarters and technical facility in late 2006. 

File no: 05240, WGBH Educational Foundation, WGBH Radio, 125 Western Avenue, , Boston, MA, 02134-1098. Contact person: Ms. Anne Damon, phone: (617) 300-2418, e_mail: anne_damon@wgbh.org. Funds requested: $269,210. Total project cost: $538,420. In 2006 the WGBH Educational Foundation will be relocating to new technical facilities.  WGBH Radio is seeking funding for an audio router and an audio server, two items central to the broadcast and production operations of the station.