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Channel 6 LPTV Stations Say FCC Has Authority for Analog Audio Post-DTV

The Communications Act gives the FCC authority to let low-power TV stations continue providing analog audio signals after they transition to digital, channel 6 LPTV stations wrote in a letter posted docket 03-185 Friday. The Preserve Community Programming Coalition responded…

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to NPR (see 2006100036) arguing the agency can’t grandfather “Franken FMs.” It's “astonishing” that NPR “in its quest to exert full control over the bottom of the FM dial” would “seek to eliminate important local programming directed to immigrants, persons of color, and other underserved communities,” PCPC said: “Put an end to the uncertainty” whether channel 6 stations can keep airing analog audio.