Two stations wanting DTV waivers from the FCC filed their request...
Two stations wanting DTV waivers from the FCC filed their requests a week or more after a deadline. Asking to stay at reduced power 6 more months, PBS station KTCA-TV St. Paul-Minneapolis July 19 cited pending FCC review of…
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a request to change a construction permit. A July 7 “use it or lose it” deadline spurred 189-plus other stations to seek extensions (CD July 18 p1). The 2nd late filer, Media General’s WCBD-TV Charleston, S.C., said July 14 it was acting “out of an abundance of caution,” noting it had begun full DTV operation July 6. Also on July 14, the station sought a DTV license, as the FCC requires. When switching to DTV, stations often measure the gear’s signals for about a week before they apply for that license, which requires such data, an industry lawyer said. Attorneys for KTCA-TV and WCBD-TV declined comment. In other filings to the DTV docket, WPXT Portland, Me., and WGFL High Springs, Fla., told the FCC their earlier waiver requests are moot because they finished building DTV facilities whose laggard construction had spurred the waiver requests.