Attachment Exhibit F

This document pretains to SES-ASG-20190328-00396 for Assignment on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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FCC Form 312 Pro Forma Assignment Exhibit F Public Interest Statement The instant application requests Commission consent to the pro forma assignment of license for transmit earth station E1900361 from WLEX Communications, LLC (“WLEX”) to Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC (“SBH”). An application for transfer of control of WLEX from Cordillera Communications, LLC (“Cordillera”) to Scripps Media, Inc. (“Scripps”) is being filed concurrently. This application, and the previously filed transfer of control application, is part of a larger transaction between Cordillera and Scripps for which multiple Form 312 applications were filed on November 9, 2018 and November 13, 2018. A list of the pending Form 312 applications and earth station licenses (the “Stations”) associated with the transaction is included in Attachment A. Cordillera is the parent of WLEX, as well as the other licensees listed on Attachment A (collectively, the “Licensees”). The Stations are used in connection with the associated television stations for the reception and transmission of programming. Pursuant to a Purchase Agreement between Cordillera and Scripps dated October 27, 2018 the parties propose a two- step transaction:  transfer of control of the Licensees from Cordillera to Scripps, followed immediately after consummation of that transfer by  pro forma assignment of the Stations’ licenses via a second set of Form 312 applications to SBH, a wholly-owned Scripps subsidiary. (See diagram in Attachment B.) The instant application is part of the second set of applications that seeks approval of the pro forma assignments. FCC Form 315 and Form 316 applications for the transfer of control and pro forma assignment of the associated broadcast television stations were also filed November 9, 2018 and November 13, 2018 and are currently pending with the Media Bureau. Grant of the instant application will serve the public interest by allowing the continued use of E190036 for the gathering and provision of news and information, and coverage of local community events. 1 WLEX Communications, LLC filed an application for a new temporary-fixed earth station on October 26, 2018. The application (file no. SES-LIC-20181026-03649) was granted March 22, 2019.

FCC Form 312 Exhibit F ATTACHMENT A Licensee Call Sign Station Pending Form312 Associated TV Location Applications File Nos. Station KPAX Communications, E140084 Missoula, SES-T/C-20181109-03165 KPAX-TV LLC MT SES-ASG-20181113-03303 KTVQ Communications, E960412 Billings, SES-T/C-20181109-03163 KTVQ(TV) LLC MT SES-ASG-20181113-03305 KXLF Communications, E910526 Butte, MT SES-T/C-20181109-03614 KXLF-TV LLC SES-ASG-20181113-03306 Sangre de Cristo E030018 Pueblo, CO SES-T/C-20181109-03165 KOAA-TV Communications, LLC SES-ASG-20181113-03307

FCC Form 312 Pro Forma Assignment Exhibit F, Attachment B Current Ownership Structure Cordillera Communications, LLC Licensee Entities Step 1 – Transfers of Control Scripps Media, Inc. Scripps Media, Inc. acquires 100% interest in licensee entities from Cordillera Licensee Communications, LLC. Entities Step 2 – Pro Forma Assignments Scripps Media, Inc. Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC Licenses are assigned from (New Licensee) current Licensee Entities to Scripps Broadcasting Holdings, LLC, a wholly- owned subsidiary of Scripps Media, Inc.


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