System/Policy
Changes to FCC licensing standards lay groundwork for new radio filing windows
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Based on staff workloads and other FCC deadlines, a window for new noncommercial educational stations could open as early as next summer.
System/Policy
In FCC proceeding, APTS makes case for aiding FirstNet
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“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.
System/Policy
FCC proposal to end Channel 6 protections draws conflicting responses from NPR, KKJZ
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In comments filed this month, the California station raised concerns about TV channels interfering with radio broadcasts.
System/Policy
Michigan university gets go-ahead from FCC to build out educational broadband
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Northern Michigan University will take its rural broadband service to the state’s Lower Peninsula.
System/Policy
In EBS vote, FCC denies special treatment for public broadcasters
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The FCC plans to auction off Educational Broadband Service spectrum and give commercial buyers an equal shot at snapping it up.
System/Policy
FCC vote will ease satellite-carriage requests for TV stations
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The previous requirements had tripped up at least one public TV station.
System/Policy
FCC proposal to allow sales of EBS spectrum gets thumbs-down from public TV
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Representatives of stations told FCC officials that allowing sales of the educational spectrum could create a “hostile leasing environment.”
System/Policy
FCC draft plan for repack aid turns down PBS request, favors assistance to TV stations
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The commission declined to reimburse wireless provider T-Mobile and left reimbursing radio stations a lower priority.
FCC
FCC gives green light to revising rules governing LPFMs, other noncoms
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“We’re aiming to provide greater clarity to broadcast applicants and thus make the process easier for them, deliver more new services to the listening public, and reduce appeals of our comparative licensing decisions,” said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
