Ms. Arrington:

Bill Fitz asked me to respond to your request for a potential start date for the Special Temporary Authority for the Domestic Satellite News Gathering Earth Station for Elcom of Virginia, Inc., licensee of WTVR-TV in Richmond, Virginia. In order to meet the needs of the station and its viewership, and with the hopes of providing full coverage of the upcoming local and national political season, as well being able to provide any coverage of storm and hurricane emergencies, the station would like to begin operating under STA on or about September 1, 2004, with the hope that the STA will run a full course of 60 days or until its underlying formal application (SES-LIC-20040819-01200) is granted at the Commission. Please let me know if you need any more information regarding Elcom of Virginia's request for STA.

Christopher Petite
Covington & Burling
202-662-5076