Media Bureau Rejects Beanpot Objection to WGBH Staying Pat
The FCC Media Bureau rejected Beanpot License’s objections to WGBH Education Foundation’s decision to abandon a planned channel change and surrender an FM translator construction permit, said an MB letter to the companies involved Friday. The MB approved a channel…
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change for WGBH’s translator W242AA, Beacon Hill, Massachusetts, but the foundation opted to cancel the change and turn in the construction permit after another broadcaster filed against it over possible interference. The bureau had also approved a modification for Beanpot’s translator W243DC Needham, Massachusetts, that was contingent on WGBH’s move, and Beanpot filed in opposition to WGBH’s reversal. Channel-change approvals for full-service stations require a modification of the station’s license, while translator licenses aren’t modified until the new facility is constructed, the Media Bureau said. This means full-power stations are obligated to change channels once a request is approved, but translators aren't. “If a translator permittee determines prior to permit expiration that it will not construct as authorized, the Commission will routinely cancel its construction permit upon request,” the letter said.