Coachella Communications, LLC
5670 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1300, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Phone 323.965.5400 | Fax 323.965.5411

April 2, 2014
Via Email Delivery
Adrienne Denysyk
Attorney Advisor, Video Division, Media Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
Re:

Amendment to Petition for Waiver of 47 C.F.R. § 73.682(d)
KPOM-LD, Facility ID 191793

Dear Ms. Denysyk:
Pursuant to your email request dated April 2, 2014, Coachella Communications, LLC
(“Coachella”), licensee/permittee of KPOM-LD (Facility ID 191793), hereby submits this
amendment to include the followings:
•

An explanation as to how Coachella arrived at its request for major channel 14.
Coachella requests to use 14 as its PSIP major channel because 14 is not used by any
other stations in the market. Additionally, channel 14 is used as a land mobile
channel in the southern California market and thus cannot be used as an RF channel
in the region.

•

A contour map to demonstrate that there are neither any other station with
overlapping service contours nor any other stations in the same market operating on
major channel 14.
See Attachment A, which illustrates that KPOM-LD is entirely within the 130 km of
the land mobile channel 14 assigned for Los Angeles precluding the use of RF
channel 14 in the area. KXBF-LD in Bakersfield, CA is the only station using PSIP
channel 14 within the 435 km of KPOM-LD’s transmitter site and it is located 229
km from the KPOM-LD transmitter site. The contours of KXBF-LD do not overlap
with the contours of KPOM-LD, and KXBK-LD is in a separate DMA from KPOMLD.

As stated in the original waiver request, KPOM-LD is the digital companion channel
facility of KPOM-CA on channel 6 and is authorized to operate on digital channel 45 (RF
1

channel). However, KPOM-LD cannot use 6 or 45 as its PSIP major channel for reasons stated
below:
1) KPOM-LD cannot use channel 6 as its major channel number because the 51 dBu
contours of KPOM-LD overlap with the 51 dBu contours of KSFV-CD (Facility ID
191101) whose major channel is 6 and RF channel is 22. See Attachment B.
KPOM-LD cannot use channel 22 as its major channel number because the 51 dBu
contours of KPOM-LD overlap with the 41 dBu contours of KWHY-TV (Facility ID
26231) whose major channel number is 22. See Attachment C.
2) KPOM-LD cannot use channel 45 as its major channel number because the 51 dBu
contours of KPOM-LD overlap with the 51 dBu contours of KRET-CA (Facility ID
10536) whose major channel and RF channel are both 45. See Attachment D.
In light of the above, Coachella requests that the Commission grants this waiver request
to allow the use of PSIP major channel 14 by KPOM-LD.
Respectfully Submitted,

Lawrence Rogow, Manager
Enclosures: 4
Cc:

Hossein Hashemzadeh (hossein.hashemzadeh@fcc.gov), Deputy Chief, Video Division,
Media Bureau

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Attachment A
ComStudy

CA ONTARIO 45 REASON FOR CHANNEL 14.rs2

Wednesday, April 02, 2014

CA ONTARIO KPOM-LD RF 45. 14 IS THE BEST CHANNEL FOR USE IN THE AREA
Tonopah
TOULUMNE
-121
-117
ESMERALDA
MONO
SAN JOAQUIN
Alkali
MARIPOSA
ALAMEDA Modesto
Mammoth Lakes
STANISLAUS
SANTA CLARA MERCED
Bishop
Oakhurst

-116

NTRA COSTA

400

NTA CRUZ

MADERA

37 Santa Cruz

300

Salinas
Seaside

Aberdeen

Madera Clovis

SAN BENITO FRESNOFresno

MONTEREY

Coalinga

TULARE
KINGS

36

Delano

San Luis Obispo

LOS ANGELES

Lompoc
Santa Barbara

34

Tuweep
North Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Sloan Henderson

Tusayan

COCON

Erie

Ray Place

Flynn
Kerens

Frazier Wells
Robbers Roost
Peach Springs

SAN BERNARDINO

Williams

K14HG

KPOM-LD RF 45. 51
dBu Contour

Chino Valley
Bagdad

Pasadena
San Bernardino Yucca Valley Twentynine Palms
Oxnard
Inglewood
Riverside
KPOM-LD RF 45
Torrance
Anaheim
Hemet
Eagle Mountain
Long Beach

ORANGE

RIVERSIDE EAST

Prescott

Parker
Aguila

Poston

Gladden

LA PAZ

MARICOPA

Blythe

Glendale

Sc
Phoen

SAN DIEGO

100

IMPERIAL

33

Horn
Palomas

El Cajon
El Centro
Mexicali

San Diego

Yuma
Somerton

Tijuana

Shawmut
Gila Bend

YUMA
Ajo

200
32

Land Mobile channel 14 130 km
reference protection at Los
Angeles

300

Sweetwater
Kom Vo Se

Ensenada

Search area of 435km for
stations using channel 14
PSIP.

31

400

km

C

YAVAPAI

Lake Havasu City

VENTURA
Ventura

0

Fredonia Kanab

MOHAVE

Kingman

Tehachapi

SANTA BARBARA

Littlefield

K07IJ

KXBF-LD

Santa Maria

35

Henr

KANE

WASHINGTON

China Lake
Ridgecrest

KERN WEST
Bakersfield

Parowan

Hoya

CLARK

Ashford Mill Shoshone
Ashford Junction

Martinus Corner

SAN LUIS OBISPO

Mine Mountain Junc

-112

Cedar City

Washington
St. George

KXBF-LD. Bakersfield, CA.
RF 14/Major Channel 14.1.
51 dBu Contour

Cambria

100

Gold Bar
Beatty
Leadfield

-113

IRON

LINCOLN
Caliente
Hiko
Ash Springs

Kearsarge Teakettle Junction
Lone Pine

Visalia

200

Tempiute

Mellan

Ursine -114

-115

Silverbow

400

300

200

100

0

100

200

300

Only 1 station within 435 km is using channel 14 as its PSIP.

National Borders

County Borders

State Borders

Lat/Lon Grid
Map Scale: 1:5791611 1 cm = 57.92 km

V|H Size: 899.80 x 963.11 km

City Borders

Highways

400

Attachment B
ComStudy

CA ONTARIO 45 PSIP CONFLICT WITH KSFV.rs2

Wednesday, April 02, 2014

CA ONTARIO KPOM-LD RF 45 PRECLUSION OF PSIP ON CHANNEL 6
-118-30

-118-00

Johnstons Corner

-117-30

-117-00

Minneola

Hodge
Antelope Acres

80

Sandberg Three Points

Oban

Fairmont

Del Sur
Lake Hughes Quartz Hill
Andrade Corner

Wild Crossing

Houze Place

Redman

Helendale

Hi Vista

Roosevelt
Lancaster
Sunrise

Bryman

Wilsona Gardens

La Delta

LOS ANGELES

60

Martins

KSFV-CD. RF 22/Major
Channel 6.1. 51 dBu
Contour

El Mirage
Palmdale

Antelope Center

Oro Grande
Adelanto

Bell Mountain

Leon

Harold Four Points
KPOM-LD RF 45. 51
Victorville
Pearblossom
Mountain View Frost Apple Valley dBu Contour
Vincent
Agua
Dulce
Castaic
Thorn
Cotners Corner
Acton Paris
Juniper Hills
Val Verde
Forest Park
Valyermo
Lucerne Valley
Valencia
Ravenna
Pinon Hills
Del Valle
Hesperia
Honby
Old
Point
Comfort
Pardee
Camulos
Mountain Top Junct
Thorn
Big Pines
Pico Newhall
Three Points
Lugo
Wrightwood
Cushenbury
Cedar Springs
Olive View
Indian Springs
Alray
Singing Springs
Sylmar
Falling
Springs
Cajon
Doble
anta Susana
Wildwood
Fern Ann Falls San Fernando
Lake Arrowhead
unity Center
Fawnskin
Lytle Creek
Chatsworth Mission Hills
Tujunga
Skyland
Woodlands
Crestline
Green
Valley
Lake
rth Lake Ma
Mount Baldy
Northridge
Sun Valley La Crescenta KSFV-CD
Devore Running Springs Arrowbear Lake
Winnetka
Reseda
R
Vega
Altadena
Nealeys Corner
Seven Oaks
Tarzana
Burbank
Pinezanita
s Post Off Hidden Hills Encino
Heart Bar Campgrou
San Antonio Height
Muscoy Highland
Studio City Glendale Pasadena Monrovia
Camp
Angelus
Glendora
Calabasas Highland
Upland
Alhambra
Rialto San Bernardino
West Hollywood
Monte Nido
Mountain Home Vill
Claremont Cucamonga Fontana
Topanga
El Monte Baldwin Park
Monterey
Park
Colton Marigold Mentone
Beverly Hills
wl Fernwood
West Covina
Wathier Landing
Ontario
Oak Glen
Riviera
Yucaipa
Valinda
Pomona
Los
Angeles
Loma Linda
Malibu Hills
Moro
Grand Terrace
Culver City
KPOM-LD
RF 45
Vernon East Los Angeles La Puente Diamond Bar
Ennis
Santa Monica
Mira Loma
Ordway
El Casco Cherry Valley
34-00 %los Angeles
Rubidoux
Venice Huntington Park
Bell Pico Rivera Whittier
Rowland Heights Los Serranos
Pedley
Hinda
Inglewood
Playa Del Rey
Beaumont
Owl
Lennox
Bonnie Be
Sleepy Hollow Norco Arlanza Riverside
Downey
Sunnymead
La Habra
Banning
Mons
Edgemont
Hawthorne
Garnet N
Manhattan Beach
West March
Norwalk
Home Gardens
Placentia Yorba Linda
Compton
Eden Hot Springs
Snow Creek
Woodcrest
Corona
Redondo Beach
Fullerton
Lakewood
Val Verde Lakeview
Beeks Place
Hansen Anaheim
El Cerrito
Clifton
Gilman Hot Springs
Torrance Elftman
P
Villa Park
Cypress
Pine Wood
Palos Verdes Estat
Weisel
Nuevo
Orange
Rossmoor
Lomita
Rolling Hills Esta
San Jacinto Pine Cove Willow Cre
Arcilla
Perris
Garden
Grove
Lemon
Heights
Navy Landing Long Beach
Fern Valley
Rancho Palos Verde
Romoland Homeland Hemet Valle Vista
San Pedro Seal Beach Fountain Valley Santa Ana Kathryn Silverado
Alberhill
Ramona Bowl
Sun City Winchester
Modjeska
Mountain Center
Irvine ORANGE
North Elsinore
Sedco Hills
Trabuco Canyon
Huntington Beach
Lakeland Village
Newport Heights
Laguna Hills El Toro
Thomas
Lido Isle
Mission Viejo San Juan Hot Sprin Wildomar
Sage
Crystal Cove Galivan
Coahuila
Anza
Murrieta Murrieta Hot Sprin
Laguna Beach
34-30

40

20

0

20

40

South Laguna San Juan Capistran

33-30

60

Temecula

Dana Point

Radec

San Clemente
Whites Landing
Mills Landing
Avalon
Silver Canyon Land

Rainbow

San Onofre
Agra
Las Flores Chappo

80

Oak Grove
De Luz Fallbrook
Pala
Holcomb Village
Winterwarm
Pauma Valley Palomar Mountain
Jofegan
Los Tules Eagle
Bonsall
Rincon
Lilac
Sa

Stuart
San Luis Rey
Fallrock Junction
Valley Center
Oceanside Vista
Twin Oaks
Buena
Carlsbad
San Marcos
F

km 100

80

60

40

20

0

20

40

60

SAN DIEGO
Mesa Grande

80

The two stations overlap protected contours and cannot both use PSIPs on channel 6.

National Borders

County Borders

State Borders

Lat/Lon Grid
Map Scale: 1:1234319 1 cm = 12.34 km

V|H Size: 191.77 x 205.26 km

City Borders

Highways

100

Attachment C
ComStudy

CA ONTARIO 45 PSIP CONFLICT WITH KWHY.rs2

Wednesday, April 02, 2014

CA ONTARIO KPOM-LD RF 45 PRECLUSION OF PSIP ON CHANNEL 22
120

-119-00
Mettler

-118-30

Mojave

Wheeler Ridge

35-00

-118-00

Cameron

Five Points

-117-30

Aerial Acres

Fleta

Silt

Bissell

Boron

Kramer Junction
Jimgrey

Actis

100

Grapevine

Willow Springs

Old Fort Tejon

Edwards

Ansel

Kramer Hills

Lenwood Nebo

Bismarck

Caswell

Sandberg

Fairmont
Lake Hughes

San Emidio

Oban

Redman
Houze Place

Roosevelt
Lancaster

Del Sur

Yermo
Newberry Spr

Wild Crossing
Helendale
Bryman
La Delta

Wilsona Gardens

LOS ANGELES

Green Valley

Hi Vista

Harvard Manix

Gale

Hodge Johnstons Corner
Antelope Acres

Stauffer

KPOM-LD RF 45. 51
dBu Contour

Rosamond

Frazier Park

80

-117-00

North Edwards

Bell Mountain
Lincoln Crest Palmdale Antelope Center
Adelanto
Boiling Point
Harold
eler Springs
Victorville
Mountain View
Littlerock
White Heather
Apple Valley
Vincent
34-30
VENTURA
Castaic
Thorn
Paris
Oak Arbolada
Val Verde
Forest Park Ravenna
Valyermo
Lucerne Valley
Valencia
Pinon Hills
Camp Barlett
Hesperia
es
Piru
Mile High
Saugus
Oak View
Big Pines
Kevet Keith Fillmore
gs
Thorn
Pico Newhall
Three Points
Lugo
Wrightwood
Santa Paula
Cushenbury
Cedar Springs
Weldons
Indian Springs Singing Springs
Alray
Olive
View
Limon
Fairview
Falling Springs
Fawnskin
Doble
Chrisman West Saticoy
Strathearn Simi Valley Twin Lakes San Fernando
Cosy Dell Lake Arrowhead
ierpont Bay
Briggs Terrace
Mount Baldy Lytle Creek Scotland
Woodlands
Crestline
Green
Valley
Lake
Mountclef Village
El Rio
Camarillo
Reseda Northridge Sun Valley Altadena
KWHY-DT
Nealeys Corner
Fredalba Running Springs
Rim
Oxnard
Van Nuys
Muscoy
d Beach
Burbank
Thousand Oaks
Pinezanita Heart Bar Campgrou
Highland
Studio City South Pasadena Pasadena Monrovia Glendora
Port Hueneme
Grapeland
Rialto
Calabasas Highland
Upland
San Bernardino
Alhambra El Monte Baldwin Park
Mountain Home Vill
Li
Ontario Cucamonga Rana
Topanga West Hollywood
Colton Nevada Yucaipa
Bloomington
West Covina
Malibu
Bowl
Valinda
Pomona
Los Angeles
Culver City
Solromar
Moron
Grand Terrace
Diamond Bar
KPOM-LD
RF
45
Mira
Loma
Santa
Monica
Pico Rivera
Mahou Riviera
Chino
34-00
%los Angeles
Rubidoux
Nadeau
El Casco
Bonnie Bell
Bell Valla Whittier Rowland Heights
Pedley
Beaumont
Owl
LennoxInglewood
Riverside
La
Sierra Heights
Sunnymead
Downey
La Habra
Lynwood
Banning
White Wa
Prenda
Mons
Hawthorne
Yorba Linda Home Gardens
West March
Compton Norwalk
Redondo Beach
Corona
S
Fullerton
Glen
Valley
Lakewood
El Cerrito
Lakeview
Torrance
Anaheim
Pal
Beeks Place
Cypress
Palos Verdes Estat
Pine Wood
Nuevo
Garden Grove
San Jacinto
Arcilla
Perris
Harbor Hills Lomita
Saddle Junct
Long Beach
Hemet
San Pedro Hill
Silverado
Santa Ana
Homeland
Idyllwild
Alberhill
Fountain Valley
Sun City
Mountain Center
Irvine ORANGE
Sedco Hills
Li
Huntington Beach El Toro
Lakeland Village
Newport Heights Laguna Hills
Thomas M
Sage
Mission
Viejo
Wildomar
Balboa
Coahuila
Murrieta Hot Sprin
Anza
Murrieta
Emerald Bay Laguna Beach
El Mirage

60

40

20

0

20

40

60

Martins

South Laguna

33-30

San Juan Capistran
Dana Point

Temecula

Radec

San Clemente

Rainbow
Oak Grove
San Onofre De Luz Fallbrook
Pala Palomar Mountain
Holcomb Village
Winterwarm
Agra
S
Pauma Valley Eagles Nest
Las Flores Chappo Bonsall Lilac
San Y
Stuart
Vista
Valley Center SAN DIEGO R
Oceanside
Mesa Grande
San Marcos
Carlsbad
Lake San Marcos
Escondido
Santa Ysabe
Del Dios
Leucadia
Pine Hills
Ramona
Encinitas
Solana Beach Shady Dell Irvings Crest
Poway
Del Mar
Pine Grove
Barona
Mira Mesa F t

Mills Landing Whites Landing
Avalon

Silver Canyon Land

80
KWHY-DT. RF 42/Major
Channel 22.1. 41 dBu
Contour

100
33-00

120
km

120

100

80

60

40

20

0

20

40

60

80

100

The two stations overlap protected contours and cannot both use PSIPs on channel 2.

National Borders

County Borders

State Borders

Lat/Lon Grid
Map Scale: 1:1571909 1 cm = 15.72 km

V|H Size: 244.22 x 261.40 km

City Borders

Highways

120

Attachment D
ComStudy

CA ONTARIO 45 PSIP CONFLICT WITH KRET.rs2

Wednesday, April 02, 2014

CA ONTARIO KPOM-LD RF 45 PRECLUSION OF PSIP ON CHANNEL 45
Houze Place

-117-30

-117-00

-116-30

-116-00
Pisgah

Helendale

Hi Vista

Lavic Argos

80
Wilsona Gardens

60

Klondike

Oro Grande
Adelanto
Leon

Thorn

40

Apple Valley
Cotners Corner

KRET-CD. RF 45/Major
Channel 45.1. 51 dBu
Contour

Lucerne Valley

Hesperia

Big Pines
Wrightwood
Cedar Springs

Bagdad

KPOM-LD RF 45. 51
dBu Contour

Valyermo

Pinon Hills
Old Point Comfort
Yucca Inn

Siberia

Bell Mountain

Victorville
Mountain View Frost

34-30

Ash Hill

SAN BERNARDINO

La Delta
El Mirage

Ludlow

Ragtown

Bryman

Thorn

Lugo

Cushenbury

Alray Summit
Falling Springs

Cajon

Doble

North Shore

Fawnskin Big Bear City
Landers
Crestline Lake Arrowhead Boulder Bay Moonridge
Flamingo Heights
Sunfair Heights
Mount Baldy
Running Springs Arrowbear Lake
Desert Heights
Nealeys Corner
Rimrock
Verdemont
Seven Oaks
Hidden River
Pinezanita
Heart Bar Campgrou
Pioneertown
San Antonio Height
Muscoy Highland
Camp Angelus
Glendora
Twentynine Palms
Joshua Tree
Rialto
San Bernardino
Upland
Yucca Valley
La Verne Claremont Cucamonga Fontana
Mountain Home Vill
Little Morongo Hei
Covina
Colton Marigold Mentone
Oak Glen
Wathier Landing
Yucaipa
Pomona Ontario
Loma Linda
Morongo Valley
Grand Terrace
Walnut
Champagne
Dunlap Acres KPOM-LD RF 45
Diamond Bar
Ennis Ormand
Pinto Wye
Ordway
El
Casco
34-00
Boys Republic
Cherry Valley
Mira Loma Rubidoux
Los Serranos
Box Springs
Hinda
Desert Hot Springs
Beaumont
Owl
Bonnie Bell
La Sierra Heights Riverside
Sunnymead
a Chem Sleepy Hollow
Banning
White Water Post O
Mons
Edgemont
Yorba Linda
Garnet
Home Gardens Arnold Heights West March
Eden Hot Springs
Snow Creek
Prado Dam
Corona
Salvia
la Placentia
Glen Valley
KRET-CA Pushawalla Palms
Pepper
Corner
Lakeview Hot Sprin Lakeview Gilman Hot Springs
Olive Peralta Hills
Palm Springs
Beeks Place
Thousand Palms
Pine Wood
Marlboro Villa Park
Weisel
Cathedral City
Nuevo
Biskra Palms
Orange
San Jacinto
Willow Creek Cross
Arcilla
Perris
Cowan Heights
Rancho Mirage
Fern Valley
Myoma RIVERSIDE EAST
Silverado
Romoland Homeland Hemet Valle Vista
Santa Ana
Alberhill
Kathryn
na Como
Palm Desert
Ramona Bowl
Sun City Winchester
Modjeska
Mountain Center
Terra Cotta
Irvine ORANGE
Cahuilla Hills
Coachella
Cactus City
Little Paradise
san Bernardino
Sedco Hills
Trabuco Canyon
La Quinta
Sandy Korner
Lakeland Village
Laguna Hills El Toro
Thomas Mountain Pinyon Crest
Mission Viejo San Juan Hot Sprin Wildomar
Corona Del Mar
Nightingale
Sage
Emerald Bay
Galivan
Valerie Mecca
Coahuila
Murrieta
Hot
Sprin
Anza
Murrieta
Laguna Beach
Desert Camp
Lytle Creek
Valley View Park

20

0

20

40

33-30 South Laguna San Juan Capistran

60

Gyucca Valley
De Luz Fallbrook
Winterwarm

Agra
Las Flores Chappo

Jofegan
Bonsall

60

40

Coolidge Springs

Oak Grove
Pala

Holcomb Village
Palomar Mountain
Eagles Nest San Ignacio
Rincon La Jolla Amago
Los Tules
Borrego Springs
San Ysidro

Pauma Valley
Lilac

Stuart
San Luis Rey
Fallrock Junction
Valley Center
Oceanside Vista
Twin Oaks
Buena

80

Du

Rainbow

San Onofre

km

Oasis

Radec

San Clemente

80

20

SAN DIEGO

Ranchita

Truckhaven

Borrego

Mesa Grande

0

20

40

60

The two stations overlap protected contours and cannot both use PSIPs on channel 45.

National Borders

County Borders

State Borders

Lat/Lon Grid
Map Scale: 1:1155261 1 cm = 11.55 km

Ra
Salton

Temecula

Dana Point

V|H Size: 179.48 x 192.11 km

City Borders

Highways

80