LPTV Broadcasters Want FCC Action to Keep Audio Signal
The FCC should act now to allow low-power TV stations that broadcast on channel 6 analog signals that can be received by FM radios to broadcast a dual digital LPTV signal and a supplemental analog signal after the digital transition…
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(see 1906100030), said the Preserve Community Programming Coalition, posted in docket 03-185 Friday. More than 2 million listeners use radios to receive such signals each week, PCPC said. The LPTV digital transition deadline is in two years, and without FCC action, transitioned LPTV stations would no longer be able to broadcast the channel 6 signal, the group said. To address concerns about LPTV interference with FM stations, clarify that LPTV is a secondary service to FM stations, the letter asked: Also clarify that the supplemental analog signals will be “subject to the rules applicable to FM radio multicast streams.”