Quail Valley Church Freedom Center 2303 FM 1092 (Murphy Road) Missouri City, Texas 77459 Phone: (281) 499-0594 Fax: (281) 261-5159 www.Quail.org December 15, 2003 FCC Attn: Secretary's Office Closed Captioning 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 RE: REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM COMMISSION'S CLOSED CAPTIONING RULES Quail Valley Church respectfully submits this petition requesting exemption from the closed captioning requirements, under Section 79.1 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. & 79.1. Quail Valley Church believes their program Light for Today for this exemption for the following reasons. Part 79.1 Section (F) Compliance would impose an undue burden to Quail Valley Church for the following reasons: (1) Quail Valley Church is not funded nor granted by outside sources. They are solely responsible for all financial obligations. Including closed caption would significantly increase production costs for this broadcast. Additionally, we feel that this broadcast has no significant repeat value in the Christian broadcast community. Again we respectfully request that Quail Valley Church be exempted from the closed captioning requirement for the above stated reasons. We may be reached at: Quail Valley Church 2303 FM 1092 Missouri City, TX 77459 281-499-0594 281-261-5159 tom@quail.org Sincerely, /s/ Tom Kirkpatrick, Quail Valley Church Notary for Fort Bend County - State of Texas /s/ Debbi M. Stewart 12-15-03 NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF TEXAS DEBBI M. STEWART MY COMMISSION EXPIRES January 4, 2006