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August 1, 2016

Melodie A. Virtue, Esq.
Garvey Schubert Barer
1000 Potomac Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20007-3 501

Re: KQHR(FM), The Dalles, Oregon
All Classical Public Media, Inc.
Facility ID No. 175508
File No. 20160707ACN
Request for Experimental Authority

Dear Counsel:
The staff has under consideration the July 7, 2016, request for experimental authority
submitted on behalf of All Classical Public Media, Inc. (ACPMI), licensee of noncommercial
educational FM Station KQHR(FM), The Dalles, Oregon,' to permit KQHR(FM) to conduct
testing of hybrid digital FM in-band on-channel (IBOC) operation with asymmetric power levels
in the digital sidebands. The experimental authority is requested pursuant to Section 5.203 of the
Commission's Rules.2
The request states that ACPMI is seeking experimental authority to operate KQHR(FM)
with lower sideband (LSB) digital effective radiated power (ERP) of-lO dBc3 and upper
sideband (USB) digital ERP of-12 dBc. In support of its request, ACPMI submitted an
engineering study showing that the proposed operation complies fully with the contour
nonoverlap requirements of the Media Bureau's Order adopted January 27, 2010, in MM Docket
No. 99-325 for operation with -10 dBc LSB digital ERP and -12 dBc USB digital ERP.

1 File Number BLED-20120315ADV.
2 47 CFR 5.203 (Section 5.203).
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Decibels relative to analog canier.
Audio Broadcasting Systems And Their Impact on the Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service, MM Docket
No. 99-325, Order, 25 FCC Rcd 1182 (MB 2010) (Order).

	

Our review indicates that the proposed KQHR(FM) digital operation complies with the
contour nonoverlap and other technical requirements of the Order, and the request for
experimental authority meets the requirements for experimental operations set forth in Section
5.203. Accordingly, the request is HEREBY GRANTED. KQHR(FM) may operate with
increased digital ERP as follows:
Analog ERP:
Digital LSB ERP:
Digital USB ERP:

4.0 kilowatts (kW), H&V5
0.200 kW
0.125 kW.

This experimental authority expires on August 1, 2017. This authority is specifically
conditioned on the lack of objectionable interference. A report detailing the methodology
employed and the results obtained must be submitted within 90 days following the conclusion of
the experimental operation. Any request for extension of this experimental authority should be
filed at least 30 days prior to the expiration date of the authority. Additionally, an extension
request must include an interim version of the aforementioned report that details the progress of
the experimental operation as of the filing date of the request.
Sincerely,

Susan N. Crawford
Audio Division
Media Bureau
cc: All Classical Public Media, Inc.
Gray Frierson Haertig (via email)

All ERP values rounded in accordance with 47 CFR § 73 .212(a).