FCC Should Inform LPTV. Translators About Repacking, Group Says
The FCC should inform low-power TV and translator stations about what phase of the repacking their local stations are in, said the LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition and numerous LPTV station groups in meetings with FCC staff and Chairman Ajit Pai…
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Monday, according to an ex parte filing in docket 12-268. “Knowing when the auction eligible entities in your local market 'have' to move by, can greatly assist you in planning for when you have to move yourself if displaced.” The LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition previously disclosed these meetings in a newsletter (see 1703290053). “It would be totally unfair to secondary license holders and non-eligible auction entities to not be given some sort of heads up about when there local markets will be repacked,” the filing said.