LPTV Displacement Window Extended to June 1
The low-power TV displacement application window was extended to June 1, said an FCC Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau public notice in docket 16-306 Wednesday. The window, intended to allow LPTV stations displaced by the incentive auction and…
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repacking to find new channels, was to close May 15. “This brief extension of the Special Displacement Window will allow applicants further time to analyze data and other information and to prepare or make changes to their applications accordingly,” it said. The PN doesn’t give an explicit reason for the extension, but a footnote cites an April 12 extension request from the LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition, which complained of conflicting directives and confusing data sets. “Our request to extend the LPTV special filing window is advantageous to a more equitable and fair displacement process, and one which can avoid a flawed process and the legal ramifications of that,” the coalition said.