FCC Opposes LPTV Request for Stay of Incentive Auction
The request to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for an emergency stay of the incentive auction by three low-power TV broadcasters is “extraordinary and extraordinarily belated,” the FCC said in an opposition filing Tuesday. The FCC…
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denied the petition for a stay from Free Access & Broadcast Telemedia, Mako and Word of God Fellowship more than a month ago, the filing said. “Delaying the incentive auction, especially at this late date, would inflict substantial hardship on other parties and seriously impair the public interest,” the FCC said. “Congress granted protection only to full-power and Class A stations -- not to LPTV stations, which enjoy only secondary status and have always been subject to displacement by primary services.”