Attachment Assignment Letter

This document pretains to SES-ASG-20150618-00424 for Assignment on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESASG2015061800424_1093042

Jon Vince jvince@armstrongteasdale.com June 18, 2015 Attn: Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission International Bureau 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20554 _____ Re: Assignment of Licenses for Call Signs E050143 & E010074 – FCC Form 312 & Schedule A (iHeartMedia + Entertainment, Inc.) Dear Ms. Dortch: iHeartMedia + Entertainment, Inc. (“IHM”) hereby submits FCC Form 312 and the corresponding Schedule A requesting an Assignment of its Licenses for Call Signs E050143 and E010074. Please accept this letter of request as a supplement to IHM’s FCC Form 312 and Schedule A for the assignment of its licenses for Call Signs E050143 and E010074. The herein application for assignment requests that the following licenses be assigned to Orbital Media Networks, Inc., a Delaware Corporation: E050143 (SES-MOD-20150311-00141) VSAT Network, 76 Inverness Dr. East, Suite B, Englewood, Arapahoe, CO, 80112 Expiration Date: 08/30/2020 E010074 (SES-LIC-20120127-00098) 76 Inverness Dr. East, Suite B, Englewood, Arapahoe, CO, 80112 Expiration Date: 03/06/2027 The attached Statement of Corporate Organization and Control (“Exhibit E”) demonstrates that the sole shareholder and the sole corporate manager of Orbital Media Networks, Inc. are a Texas Corporation and a citizen of the United States of America, respectively. Assignment of these licenses will serve the public interest, convenience and necessity for the reasons indicated below: Public Interest, Convenience and Necessity Served As a result of iHeartMedia + Entertainment, Inc.’s business decision to eliminate its satellite services in Englewood, Colorado, the grant of the instant request for assignment will serve the public

Jon Vince June 18, 2015 Page 2 interest by allowing IHM’s currently existing telecommunications services (including services that support the emergency alert notification system and distribution of news and other programming to thousands of radio stations nationwide) to continue to operate with uninterrupted service under new ownership. A Grant of Assignment of the E050143 and E010074 licenses to Orbital Media Networks, Inc. will benefit the public interest by allowing it to provide service continuity to IHM’s customers, and the public, that rely on IHM’s Colorado-based C-band and Ku-band facilities. The satellite earth station facilities of E050143 and E010074 are used as part of a network of satellite facilities that distributes programming to more than two thousand radio stations around the country. The network programming includes weather reports and news regarding significant local, regional and national developments. In addition, the E050143 facilities support a disaster recovery VSAT network that enables continuous operations of radio stations where terrestrial connectivity has been interrupted by local, regional, or national emergencies or disasters. Grant of the requested Assignment will not adversely affect any other party. iHeartMedia + Entertainment, Inc. anticipates that the assignment of the above-referenced licenses to Orbital Media Networks, Inc. will not inconvenience the public and that the transition will not interrupt the operations of the emergency alert system, a public necessity. Sincerely, Jon Vince Armstrong Teasdale LLP 6400 S. Fiddlers Green Circle, Suite 1820 Denver, CO, 80111 P: 303-575-4002 E: jvince@armstrongteasdale.com ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP


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