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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTERS Vol. IV,' No. 11 DuPont Circle Building, Washington, D.C. 20036 August 2, 1963 NEW "INSTRUCTIONAL TV FIXED SERVICE" (2000 me) ESTABLISHED On July 25, the FCC, hy Report & Order, established a new "Instructional TV Fixed Service" to promote ETV by using channels in the 2500-2690 me band to transmit instructional and cultural material to schools and other selected receiver locations. It will enable a central transmitter to serve scattered local schools and other reception points which, in turn, will convert the transmissions for viewing on conventional receivers in those places. The 31 channels provided will permit sending different subjects simultaneously. As the FCC explains, "The primary purpose of the new service is to provide for the licensing of transmitting facilities to send visual and accompanying aural instructional material to selected receiving locations in accredited public and private schools, colleges, and universities for the formal education of students." Systems licensed for this purpose may also be used for other incidental purposes, such as transmission of cultural material, special training material, and special material to professional groups or individuals. They may also be used for administrative purposes, and to relay material to and from commercial and noncommercial TV stations, but not to interconnect TV fixed systems in different areas, or to establish relay systems to cover an entire state or large portion thereof. As a result of NAEB urging, eligibility in the ITV Fixed Service is identical with that of the noncommercial educational TV broadcast service. Ten watts is considered to be the nominal amount of power needed, but higher powers may be authorized in special cases. The new rules are being made effective Sept. 9 to enable school systems to plan making use of this auxiliary service and for manufac¬ turers to begin development of the equipment needed. FM FREEZE T.TkW.n On July 25, the FCC adopted a table assigning the 80 commercial FM channels to states and communities, and lifted (except for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) the freeze on applications for new commercial FM stations or channel changes which was imposed last Dec. Channel assignments in the table (including those to existing stations) total approximately 2,830, in 1858 communities in the 48 conterminous states. All new assignments conform to a table of minimum co-channel and adjacent channel mileage separations which was adopted by the Commission July 25 , 19&2. New rules which accompany the table of assignments and are effective Sept. 11 are generally the same as those pertaining to the TV assignment table. Further rule making is promised with regard to future assignments on the 20 educational FM channels (and also as to future assignments in Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands). Pending these further proceedings educational assignments will continue to be made under existing provisions. Applications for new or changed facilities on the top three educational channels (2l8, 219 1 & 220) must still comply with the minimum mileage separations and other requirements with respect