FCC Should Wait on Vacant Channel Decision, NABOB Says
The FCC should wait until after the incentive auction and repacking to decide whether it will reserve one or two vacant TV channels for unlicensed use, said the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, according to a filing on a…
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meeting with Commissioner Mignon Clyburn Wednesday. Licensed services should take precedence over unlicensed; waiting will help preserve low-power stations, NABOB said. Since the auction is likely to reduce the number of minority-owned full-power stations, preserving low-power TV afterward is of heightened importance, NABOB said in the filing posted Friday in docket 12-268. Various broadcasters and other industry officials attended the meeting.