Nexstar, NAB Urge Changes to Local Public Notice Rule
Newspapers are no longer the primary route for information in the digital age, and modifying the local public notice rule requirement that broadcasters publish certain information there for the purpose of providing notice to allow the public to participate in…
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the licensing process "is not simply unproductive, but also an unnecessary waste of time and money," Nexstar said in a docket 17-264 filing posted Friday. It also said the FCC should limit the ancillary services filing requirement to broadcasters providing those services. NAB in a separate filing said it supports agency proposals to eliminate the ancillary service reporting requirement for digital TV stations that haven't received feeable revenue from ancillary and supplementary services during the relevant reporting period. It also said it backs eliminating the requirement broadcast licensees provide public notice of various license applications or axing "outdated" newspaper notice requirements in favor of online notices.