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FCC Mulls Retrieving Airwaves from TV Broadcasters

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How would they pick...

Researcher

Oct 28, 2009, 12:57 PM
...the stations that they would pull from?


Could it be that they have not been "friendly" to the current administration? Would they pull from a long standing company that is doing well and making a profit? Would there be any thing with minority ownership? How about religious ownership?

I have 20 years in the broadcasting industry. know how it has changed. It used to fall under the 777 rule. That really said that one company could only own 7 AM, 7 FM and 7 TV stations. If they wanted to buy one then they needed to sell one of the same. For better or worse, now there are really no limits. You really do not have to serve the local community as before. Plus the "public file" that they keep is really a joke. Plus it used to be that some...
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WiWavelength

Oct 28, 2009, 1:57 PM
Researcher said:
...the stations that they would pull from?


Could it be that they have not been "friendly" to the current administration?


Lose the conspiracy theories. For a supposed "Researcher," you are paranoid and not very well informed.

If this comes to pass, TV stations -- regardless of political leanings -- might change physical channel assignments, but they would not lose access to broadcast spectrum.

The DTV transition allowed the FCC to contract the UHF TV band from channels 14-69 to channels 14-51 and auction that cleared spectrum to wireless carriers, et al. Such was possible because -- compared to analog (NTSC) broadcasting -- digital (ATSC) broadcasting is far more tolerant of co...
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Researcher

Oct 28, 2009, 5:59 PM
My my.

No reason to name call....

I am not paranoid. I just have seen the way things are.

Other that that, the info you added is also correct.
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