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Media Bureau Seeking Comment on Buffalo Channel Swap

The FCC Media Bureau seeks comment on a joint petition for rulemaking to swap channels in Buffalo, said an NPRM in Tuesday’s Daily Digest. Nexstar and WUTV Licensee want to swap the slots of Nexstar’s WNLO, now on channel 32,…

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and WUTV, on channel 36. WUTV Licensee owns WUTV. The broadcasters want waiver of the bureau’s freeze on filing and processing of petitions for digital channel substitutions, the NPRM said. “Petitioners claim that the channel substitution serves the public interest because it would allow for a more efficient allocation of UHF television channels and resolve significant over-the air reception problem.”