November 06, 2017

WINTER IS COMING TO THE MOUNTAIN & HIGH PLATEAU WEST AND T-MO'S PLANS FOR AN EARLY AND AGGRESSIVE  600 MHZ ROLLOUT MAY BE SLOWED DOWN BY THE UNKNOWN KNOWNS OF UNEXPECTED INTERFERENCE

September 22, 2017

AUCTION AND REPACK ELIGIBLE STATIONS HAVE UNTIL NOV. 2ND TO MODIFY A 2ND TIME​

September 11, 2017

WYBE IN PHILLY, AND WNVT IN VIRGINIA LEASE OTA AND MUST CARRY MVPD CHANNELS FOR RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA MACHINE​

August 03, 2017

DOES NOT SEEM LIKE CONSUMER EDUCATION FUNDING FROM THE FCC IS AVAILABLE TO DISPLACED LPTVs WHICH ARE THE ONLY TV BROADCASTER IN THEIR MARKET AREA - AND THEY HAVE AN EAS OBLIGATO!​

June 15, 2017

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May 31, 2017

COALITION "BIG DATA MACHINE" IDENTIFIES MORE THAN 68,000+ HRS. OF CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING PER YEAR TO BE ELIMINATED DUE TO STATIONS BEING SOLD IN THE AUCTION​

May 23, 2017

COALITION TELLS THE INCENTIVE AUCTION TASK FORCE THAT LPTV & TRANSLATOR LICENSEES IN PHASE ZERO WILL BE DENIED THEIR "DUE PROCESS" UNDER CURRENT RULES​

May 02, 2017

WHAT IS PHASE ZERO?  DON'T SEE IT IN YOUR TRANSITION PLAN?  IF YOU ARE IN IT YOU JUST MAY BE DISPLACED FROM YOUR CHANNEL AND FORCED TO GO DARK IN LATE 2017 OR EARLY IN 2018. ​

April 14, 2017

NEW LEGAL FUND BEING TALKED ABOUT TO TO FIGHT THE REPACKING AND CLEARING OF LPTV AND TRANSLATORS FROM THE $16 BILLION OF SPECTRUM THE GOVERNMENT SOLD​

March 21, 2017

MOST DISPLACED LPTV & TV TRANSLATORS WILLNOT GET THE FULL 39 MONTHS TO REPACK!​

February 22, 2017

WILL RURAL COMMUNITIES BE ON THE 

HOOK  TO NOW PAY $MILLIONS TO FIRST CHANGE THEIR OTA FREE TV CHANNELS, AND THEN PAY LOTS MORE JUST TO UPGRADE TO 3.0?  

February 14, 2017

BY NOT PUBLICLY RELEASING THE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS NOW, THE FCC IS CREATING A POTENTIALLY TOO SHORT A PERIOD TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF ADJACENT CHANNEL INTERFERENCE PROBLEMS, AND TIME TO ENGINEER THE WORKAROUNDS ​

February 08, 2017

YES, IF COMBINED WITH CHAIRMAN PAI'S 

RAPID ADOPTION OF SUNSHINE AND PROCESS REFORM, THE POTENTIAL OF A NEW MODEL INCLUDING LPTV AS AN EQUAL PLAYER 

MIGHT BE POSSIBLE...BUT  

January 27, 2017

FCC RELEASES POST INCENTIVE AUCTION

PLANS INCLUDING THOSE FOR LPTV

January 18, 2017

FORWARD AUCTION TO CLOSE IN STAGE 4 ONCE THE BIDDING HAS STOPPED

THE BOARD HAS TURNED ALL GREEN

January 18, 2017

BUT $17.7 BILLION IN BIDS ONLY 

MEANS $1.2239 PER MHZ POP WHICH IS  LESS THAN THE $1.25 FIRST COMPONENT RULE

January 15, 2017

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January 14, 2017

OVER $1 BILLION IN DIRECT IMPACTS 

FROM FORCED UHF 38-50 CHANNEL RELOCATION COSTS PROJECTED TO BE INCURRED BY SMALL BIZ, NONCOM, AND CIVIC LPTV BROADCASTERS

January 13, 2017

UHF 38-50 OFFERED FOR A MEASLY 

$10 BILLION - SINCE 83% OF THE SPECTRUM TO BE SOLD COMES FROM LPTV & TRANSLATORS - THE CURSE OF FRIDAY THE 13TH IS PLACED ON IT!

January 13, 2017

NOT A VERY AUSPICIOUS DAY BUT HECK, THIS AUCTION HAS BEEN BAD FOR BUSINESS FOR FIVE YEARS NOW ANYWAY ​

January 02, 2017

There is a new Administration, a new Congress, and soon to be a new FCC.  And the winds of change from "internet-age-industrial-policy"

to "free-market economics" are blowing strong in our industry.