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FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn emphasized channel sharing for...

FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn emphasized channel sharing for participants in the broadcast spectrum incentive auction. “Broadcasters get to participate in the auction, receive auction proceeds, stay on the air and continue to serve their audiences,” she said last week at…

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the Corporation for Public Broadcasting board meeting. Stations may choose how to share their 6 MHz of bandwidth and noncommercial stations may channel share with commercial stations, she said. The broadcast TV industry “has been, and should continue to be, an important means of meeting the critical information needs of our nation’s communities,” she said. The auctions will be voluntary and the FCC must make reasonable efforts during the channel repack “to preserve the coverage area and population served of each broadcast television licensee,” she said. “Of course, the forward auction will not be a success unless a sufficient number of broadcast television stations participate.” Clyburn also commended the public broadcasting community for its involvement in the American Graduate Program and the Ready to Learn program.