ATSC 3.0 Coming NOLA Next Week

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TEGNA Inc. (“TEGNA”), on behalf of its subsidiary Belo TV, Inc. (“Licensee”), licensee of television
station WUPL, Slidell, LA (“WUPL”), requests Commission authority for WUPL to convert to Next Gen
Television (ATSC 3.0) operation and establish an ATSC 1.0 format simulcast of WUPL’s primary channel
via WNOL, New Orleans, LA (“WNOL”). Licensee has entered into written channel sharing agreements
with WNOL’s licensee, Tribune Television New Orleans, Inc., providing for WNOL to host WUPL’s primary
channel in ATSC 1.0 format and for WUPL to host an ATSC 3.0 simulcast of WNOL’s primary channel in
ATSC 3.0 format. WUPL also intends to host ATSC 3.0 simulcasts of the primary channels of WWL-TV (a
TEGNA station), WGNO, WDSU, and WVUE-DT, all licensed to New Orleans, LA. All stations involved in
these proposed sharing arrangements are located within the New Orleans DMA. As shown in the
Engineering Statement attached to this application, WNOL’s signal fully serves WUPL’s community of
license and 100 percent of the population currently within WUPL’s ATSC 1.0 contour.1

Licensee intends to commence WCCT’s ATSC 3.0 operations on December 14, 2022.
Licensee concurrently is filing a request for Special Temporary Authority to enable (1) WGNO to
host WUPL’s existing multicast channels affiliated with the Quest and Heroes & Icons networks in ATSC
1.0 format, (2) WVUE-DT to host WUPL’s existing multicast channel affiliated with the This TV network in
ATSC 1.0 format, and (3) WDSU to host WUPL’s existing multicast channel affiliated with the True Real
network in ATSC 1.0 format.

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