FCC Lists Auction Eligible Stations
Full-power and Class A TV stations have until July 9 to certify that the FCC’s listing of their facilities and technical information is correct, said a Media Bureau public notice Tuesday. The PN lists every station “eligible for protection in…
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the repacking process and for relinquishment in the reverse auction,” but stations still have to verify the information is correct by submitting a pre-auction technical certification form by the deadline, it said. If the information on file is wrong, licensees have to attach an exhibit to the form providing the correct info, the PN said. “The Bureau will take such corrections into account for purposes of determining protection in the repacking process and the spectrum usage rights eligible for relinquishment in the reverse auction.” All TV stations on the eligible station list need to file the new form, “even if the licensee does not plan to participate in the auction or even though the licensee believes that its stations are far enough from any major city that it is unlikely that the auction will affect them,” said Wilkinson Barker broadcast attorney David Oxenford in a blog post. “Stations should be gathering this information as soon as possible so that they can begin to complete the FCC form to make certain that it is on file by the July 9 deadline.”