FAB Seeks FCC Action on its 2015 FOIA Appeal, Release of Auction Information
Free Access & Broadcast Telemedia sought FCC release of incentive auction information, citing transparency moves by Chairman Ajit Pai and a blog post by Commissioner Mike O'Rielly encouraging votes by members on substantive actions that staff might do on their…
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own. FAB, which challenged some rules of the auction in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (see 1611290048), also sought action on its Oct. 21, 2015, appeal of denial of its Freedom of Information Act request on repacking's impact on low-power TV stations. The LPTV company wants a vote on a channel reassignment public notice, release of TV channel reassignments and the Incentive Auction Task Force to list LPTV stations that will be affected by proposed reassignments. An IATF spokesman declined to comment Monday. "Channel assignment information has already been released in a haphazard form to individual stations," FAB said in a filing Friday in docket 12-268. "Just as the Commission waived the quiet period requirements for reverse auction participants to discuss openly their repacking plans or their payments, the Commission can decide to provide early public access to the listing of the new channel assignments."