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In a complaint to the commission, Washburn University of Topeka describes a “concerted strategy” by Comcast of Missouri to undermine must-carry protections for KTWU.
In an FCC proceeding, the network argued that FM radio services operated by low-power TV stations are a “grossly inefficient use of spectrum.”
Based on staff workloads and other FCC deadlines, a window for new noncommercial educational stations could open as early as next summer.
“To leave public television stations … on the sidelines of the FirstNet infrastructure is to ignore a robust, reliable and ubiquitous partner whose public safety capabilities have proven effective in a variety of critical use cases,” APTS told the FCC.
In comments filed this month, the California station raised concerns about TV channels interfering with radio broadcasts.
Northern Michigan University will take its rural broadband service to the state’s Lower Peninsula.
The FCC plans to auction off Educational Broadband Service spectrum and give commercial buyers an equal shot at snapping it up.
The previous requirements had tripped up at least one public TV station.
Representatives of stations told FCC officials that allowing sales of the educational spectrum could create a “hostile leasing environment.”