GatesAir urged the FCC to work with broadcasters...
GatesAir urged the FCC to work with broadcasters to adopt reasonable policies that help broadcasters ensure that viewers won’t experience unnecessary disruptions after the spectrum incentive auctions take place. The timelines proposed in the order “must be modified with the…
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goal of minimizing disruption to broadcasters and viewers alike,” the broadcast equipment provider said in comments filed in docket 12-268 (http://bit.ly/1mwg7T4). “There simply is no way to rebuild the facilities of several hundred stations nationwide, as the commission is contemplating, in 39 months.” The comments pertain to a public notice on a report from Widelity outlining additional expense categories (CD March 21 p11). The report is comprehensive and based on sound engineering, but the report does have limitations, GatesAir said. While the case studies serve as a useful illustration of how a transition may occur at different sites, “they do not provide ... an accurate assessment of the time required for a simultaneous national transition,” it said.