FCC 5-0 Extends Repack Deadline for WFOX
The FCC unanimously voted to extend the repack deadline for a Jacksonville TV station to Sept. 8, said an order released Thursday. The repacking is scheduled to be complete July 3, and the agency said the extension doesn’t apply to…
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any other station. “Circumstances beyond the station’s control require additional time for the station to resolve interference concerns with land mobile operations on its new channel," said a release. “Absent the extension, WFOX-TV would have to go off the air.” The question of whether broadcasters that couldn’t meet the repacking deadline would be allowed to continue operating was raised repeatedly by broadcasters in the lead-up to the incentive auction. “We anticipate that the vast majority of remaining television stations will meet their July 3 deadline,” said Incentive Auction Task Force Chair Jean Kiddoo. “Of the 987 TV stations that were assigned to new channels, only 92 stations have yet to transition, and the Commission does not anticipate the need for more than a few other short extensions,” the release said.