Applicant Information

Greater Dayton Public Television
    Station WPTD-TV

application number: 01166
funds requested: $1,109,871
total project cost: $2,774,679
contact: Mr. David M Fogarty
address: 110 South Jefferson Street
Dayton, Ohio 45402
phone: (937) 220-1611
e-mail: david_fogarty@wptd.pbs.org

A two-phase application project for the digital conversion of public television station WPTD-TV, Dayton, OH. The estimated total project cost is $2,774,679, with a 40% Federal request of $1,109,871. For FY 2001, the proposal requests $873,802 to purchase a tower modification, a DTV transmitter, antenna system, and transmission line, and a digital STL. For FY 2002, the project requests $236,069 to purchase DTV satellite demods, a multichannel server, a multichannel encoder, a PSIP generator, and diverse test and monitoring equipment. Station WPTD-TV's signal reaches an estimated viewer audience of over 2.9 million.

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