LPTV Coalition Concerned About 'Phase Zero'
Low-power broadcasters in TV designated market areas that can be cleared for wireless use without the need to wait for any primary broadcasters to move may need to be dark for more than the FCC-allowed year, said LPTV Spectrum Rights…
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Coalition Director Mike Gravino in a meeting May 11 with the FCC Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau Video Division staff, recounted a filing in docket 12-268. Gravino called such DMAs "Phase Zero" since wireless carriers likely will occupy that spectrum first. LPTV licensees in phase zero may need special waivers, Gravino said. He said some relocation-eligible Class A stations may opt to decline reimbursement funds in order to have flexible use rights for their spectrum, and he asked the FCC to take action on mutually exclusive displacement applications remaining from the 2009 displacement window.