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The partnership, initiated last fall, extends CP’s educational initiative for high school students and veterans into a third city and the first library location.
The commission declined to reimburse wireless provider T-Mobile and left reimbursing radio stations a lower priority.
The FCC must set reimbursement rules for translators and FM stations by March 23.
“Going forward we generally want to mitigate production risk,” said interim GM Keith Birkfeld.
Bohdan Zachary of Milwaukee PBS testified in Congress Tuesday on the need for consumer education following the spectrum auction.
In comments filed Wednesday, the network said eligible expenses proposed by the FCC “should be considered an initial provisional list of common anticipated expenses rather than a definitive catalog of all eligible reimbursable expenses.”
Local stations “have limited financial and operational resources to absorb the impact of the TV repack,” NPR said in FCC comments.
As part of the reorganization of Commonwealth Public Broadcasting, WCVE President Curtis Monk will leave his position Sept. 14.
Its licensee voted to shut down the station rather than spend $4.4 million to move its channel.