Attachment Waiver Request

This document pretains to SES-T/C-20130928-00858 for Transfer of Control on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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Raycom TV Broadcasting, LLC FCC Form 312 Exhibit F EXHIBIT F FCC Form 312 Schedule A, Question A21 Public Interest Statement and Description of Transaction; Waiver Request Raycom Media, Inc. (“Raycom”) owns, through various indirectly-owned license subsidiaries, 40 full-power television stations (including satellite stations), and related earth station facilities. This FCC Form 312 application notifies the FCC of the pro forma transfer of control of these indirect license subsidiaries, from one Raycom subsidiary that indirectly owns these license subsidiaries (Raycom TV Broadcasting, Inc., or “Transferor”, a Delaware corporation) to another similarly-positioned Raycom subsidiary (TV Stations Holdings, LLC, or “Transferee”, a Delaware limited liability company). As shown in the attached “Before” diagram, the stations that are the subject of the application are licensed to license subsidiaries that are indirectly owned by Raycom TV Broadcasting, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which in turn was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Transferor.1 As shown in the attached “After” diagram, depicting the post- consummation control structure, the stations continue to be indirectly owned by Raycom TV Broadcasting, LLC, which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Transferee. Raycom owned 100% of Transferor (77.41% directly, with the remaining interest held indirectly, through a 1 Transferor was merged with and into Transferee effective December 31, 2012, with Transferee being the surviving entity. In the course of preparing biennial ownership reports that will be due later this year, Raycom discovered that FCC Form 312 applications were not previously filed for this internal restructuring. Raycom regrets this inadvertent oversight and requests that this notification be accepted nunc pro tunc. Raycom respectfully seeks a waiver of § 25.119 of the FCC’s rules, to the extent necessary, and notifies the FCC of the transfer of control which became effective on December 31, 2012, so that the Commission’s records will reflect the pro forma internal reorganization discussed herein. DC: 5011375-2

Raycom TV Broadcasting, LLC FCC Form 312 Exhibit F Page 2 wholly-owned sister subsidiary). Likewise, Raycom owns 100% of Transferee (77.41% directly, with the remaining interest held indirectly, through a wholly-owned sister subsidiary).2 This notification and its 3 companion notifications concern 4 indirect license subsidiaries of Raycom TV Broadcasting, LLC. Substantively identical transfer notifications on FCC Form 312 are being filed concurrently for two license subsidiaries indirectly owned by Cosmos Broadcasting, LLC (“Cosmos”) that hold earth station registrations. Cosmos is also an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Raycom. The Stations that are subject to this notification will be used in the same manner and for the same purposes following the pro forma transfer of control as they were before the transfer of control. Accordingly, the public interest would be served by prompt processing of this notification. Including this notification, the 4 FCC Form 312 notifications for subsidiaries of Raycom TV Broadcasting, LLC cover the below licensees and stations. Licensee Earth Station Call Sign TV Station Call Sign & City of License 1. KLTV/KTRE License Subsidiary, E7413 Receive-Only (TVRO) 2. KLTV/KTRE LLC Earth Station License Subsidiary, LLC 2. WAVE License Subsidiary, LLC E910351 Receive-Only (TVRO) WAVE Earth Station Louisville, KY 3.WIS License Subsidiary, LLC E6078 Receive-Only (TVRO) WIS Earth Station Columbia, SC 4. WLOX License Subsidiary, LLC E050212 Receive-Only (TVRO) WLOX Earth Station Biloxi, MS 2 Liberty TV Group, LLC (“Liberty”) owns the other 22.59% of Transferee. Liberty is a single- member LLC whose sole member is Raycom.

Raycom TV Broadcasting, LLC FCC Form 312 Exhibit F Page 3 The applicants respectfully request that all of these notifications be processed and approved concurrently.

BEFORE Raycom Media, Inc. 77.41 (remaining interest held indirectly 77.41 (remaining interest held indirectly through Liberty through a sister, wholly-owned subsidiary) TV Group, LLC (100% owned by Raycom Media, Inc.)) Raycom TV Broadcasting, Inc. TV Stations Holdings, LLC (Transferor) Raycom TV Broadcasting, LLC Operating subsidiaries (including 9 FCC licensees that hold earth station registrations) DC: 5011375-2

AFTER Raycom Media, Inc. 77.41 (remaining interest held indirectly through Liberty TV Group, LLC (100% owned by Raycom Media, Inc.)) TV Stations Holdings, LLC (Transferee) Raycom TV Broadcasting, LLC Operating subsidiaries (including 9 FCC licensees that hold earth station registrations)


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