The FCC hopes to let stations file digital signal maximization re...
The FCC hopes to let stations file digital signal maximization requests for broadcasting after the analog cutoff sooner than expected, agency officials told a Federal Communications Bar Association lunch at NAB Tuesday. The current window for maximization filings is…
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slated to open in August, but may be “a good deal sooner than what we originally thought,” said Media Bureau Associate Chief Eloise Gore. A public notice will contain details, she noted, suggesting stations get information ready now to make the requests. Stations should file FCC Form 388 for the second quarter, disclosing DTV education efforts, on the CDBS system instead of ECFS, used for last quarter, she said. That will make it easier for the commission and broadcasters, said Gore. A public notice detailing procedures for those documents, due July 10, will be forthcoming, she said. Stations that missed the April 10 deadline to file Q1 reports got letters of admonishment, but not fines, from the Enforcement Bureau, she said.