FCC Should Reimburse FMs That Can't Replicate 80% Coverage, NAB Says
The FCC should consider FM stations eligible for repacking reimbursement if they can’t cover 80 percent of their coverage area or population served with auxiliary equipment, NAB said Wednesday in a conference call with Media Bureau Chief Michelle Carey and…
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staff, posted Thursday in docket 18-214. Some FM stations might not be able to secure that level of auxiliary coverage by the time a relocating TV station affects their operations, NAB said. “Those stations should not be ineligible for reimbursement merely because it is impossible for them to replicate 80 percent of their coverage in a timely fashion.”