Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554		 Approved by OMB
3060-0386 (July 2002)
FOR FCC USE ONLY
 
Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA

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FILE NO.
BLSTA - 20051027ACC
Section I - General Information
1. Legal Name of the Applicant
POST-NEWSWEEK STATIONS, FLORIDA, INC.
Mailing Address
WPLG
3900 BISCAYNE BLVD.
City
MIAMI 		State or Country (if foreign address)
FL 		Zip Code
33137 -
Telephone Number (include area code)
3055761010 		E-Mail Address (if available)
DBOYLAN@WPLG.COM
FCC Registration No
0002161107		 Call Sign
WPLG 		Facility ID Number
53113
2. Contact Representative (if other than licensee/permittee)
JENNIFER A. JOHNSON, ESQ.
 Firm or Company Name
COVINGTON & BURLING
Mailing Address
1201 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., N.W.
City
WASHINGTON 		State or Country (if foreign address)
DC 		ZIP Code
20004 - 2401
Telephone Number (include area code)
2026625552
E-Mail Address (if available)
JJOHNSON@COV.COM
3. Purpose:
Notification of Suspension of Operations
Notification of Suspension of Operations and Request for Silent STA
Request for Silent STA
Request to Extend STA         
Resumption of Operations
4 Community of License:
City: MIAMI     State: FL
5. Reason for going silent:
Technical     Financing     Staffing
Program Source     Other
6.
Please provide a justification for the request
[Exhibit 1]
7.
Date Station has gone / will go silent:     10/24/2005    (mm/dd/yyyy)
8.
Anti-Drug Abuse Act Certification. Applicant certifies that neither applicant nor any party to the application is subject to denial of federal benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862.
Yes No

I hereby certify that the statements in this application are true, complete, and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, and are made in good faith. I acknowledge that all certifications and attached Exhibits are considered material representations.

Typed or Printed Name of Person Signing
JOHN J. RONAYNE 		Typed or Printed Title of Person Signing
VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY
Signature
 Date (mm/dd/yyyy)
10/27/2005

WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS ON THIS FORM ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND/OR IMPRISONMENT (U.S. CODE, TITLE 18, SECTION 1001), AND/OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION LICENSE OR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT (U.S. CODE, TITLE 47, SECTION 312(a)(1)), AND/OR FORFEITURE (U.S. CODE, TITLE 47, SECTION 503).


Exhibits
Exhibit 1
Description: EXHIBIT 1 - JUSTIFICATION FOR GOING SILENT

THIS APPLICATION IS FILED (1) TO NOTIFY THE FCC THAT WPLG-DT, MIAMI, FL, IS TEMPORARILY OFF THE AIR; AND (2) TO SEEK SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY (STA) TO REMAIN SILENT FOR 90 DAYS OR UNTIL NORMAL POWER IS RESTORED IN THE MIAMI AREA, WHICHEVER IS SOONER. ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2005, WPLG LOST POWER TO BOTH ITS ANALOG AND DIGITAL SIGNALS WHEN HURRICANE WILMA SWEPT THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA. IN ORDER TO CONSERVE FUEL, THE LICENSEE SHUT DOWN WPLG-DT WHEN IT SWITCHED TO ITS GENERATOR TO MAINTAIN OVER-THE-AIR SERVICE ON WPLG. ON THURSDAY MORNING AT 12:23 AM, THE MAIN GENERATOR FAILED AND THE LICENSEE WAS FORCED TO SWITCH TO A BACK-UP GENERATOR TO MAINTAIN SERVICE ON THE ANALOG STATION. THE BACK-UP GENERATOR IS NOT CAPABLE OF PROVIDING POWER TO BOTH THE ANALOG AND DIGITAL TRANSMITTERS. GIVEN THE PROBLEMS RELATED TO ITS GENERATORS AND THE ON-GOING NEED TO CONSERVE FUEL, LICENSEE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RESUME OPERATION OF WPLG-DT UNTIL NORMAL POWER IS RESTORED IN THE WHOLE SOUTH FLORIDA REGION. AT THE PRESENT TIME, LOCAL AUTHORITIES INDICATE THAT THE PROCESS OF RESTORING POWER MAY TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS. ACCORDINGLY, THE LICENSEE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS STA FOR WPLG-DT TO REMAIN SILENT UNTIL A RELIABLE SOURCE OF POWER IS AVAILABLE.

Attachment 1