Applicant Information

West Central Illinois ETV T/C Corp
    CONVOCOM

application number: 01238
funds requested: $2,889,047
total project cost: $6,420,104
contact: Dr. Jerold Gruebel
address: c/o University of Illinois at Sp
Springfield, Illinois 62708
phone: (217) 206-6647
e-mail: jerry_gruebel@wmec.pbs.org

A three-phase application for the digital conversion of the public television stations of West Central Illinois Educational Telecommunications Corporation (CONVOCOM), Springfield, IL. The estimated total project cost is $6,420,104, with a 45% Federal request of $2,889,047. For FY 2001, the application requests $1,335,462 to purchase a DTV transmitter with dual exciter, transmission line, tower, ATSC receiver, antennas, ATSC decoders, and test equipment for WSEC, Springfield; plus studio-transmitter links, contribution encoders, SDTV encoder, multiplexer terminals, video codex modules, and a satellite receiver and antenna for CONVOCOM master control and the system. For FY 2002, the application requests $1,326,657 to purchase a multi-channel PSIP generator for master control plus studio-transmitter link for WSEC, microwave link equipment; and a DTV transmitter with dual exciter, contribution encoder, combiner, ATSC receiver. and studio-transmitter link for WQEC, Quincy; and SDTV encoder, multiplexer terminal, and video codec. For FY 2003, the application requests $226,928 to purchase an HD master control processor plus additional microwave equipment. The CONVOCOM stations serve a population of about 459,000.

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