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Pubcasters didn’t get everything they wanted, but America’s Public Television Stations COO Lonna Thompson said the commission’s solution for simulcasting difficulties is “generous and fair.”
NC WARN complained to the FCC about “misleading” sponsorship messages highlighting the utility provider’s commitments to clean energy.
Co-authored by America’s Public Television Stations, the proposal would expand the use of booster transmitters to fill coverage gaps.
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.