Request for Additional Repacking Funds Is Time To Seek Assistance for FM, Oxenford Says
If broadcasters or the FCC ask Congress to expand the $1.75 billion repacking reimbursement fund, that’s when broadcasters should seek “assistance” for FM stations affected by the repacking, Wilkinson Barker broadcast lawyer David Oxenford blogged Wednesday. Congressional intervention is possible…
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because the total cost of the repacking was found to be more than the reimbursement fund last week (see 1707140070). “There is no provision in the law providing for reimbursement of expenses incurred by FM stations for the costs they incur due to the effects of the TV repacking process,” Oxenford said. With an NAB reconsideration request on the repacking pending and lobbying around the vacant channel order heating up, broadcasters “need to stay” alert to repacking developments, Oxenford said.