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Pre-Auction Licensing Deadline Is May 29

Class A and full-power TV licensees have until May 29 to have their facilities licensed for them to be protected in the post-incentive auction repacking, said the FCC Media Bureau Wednesday night in a public notice. The pre-auction licensing deadline…

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is also the deadline for licensees to modify their licenses to fix errors made in providing the FCC with operating parameters, and to have those modifications protected in the repacking, the PN said. Along with protection in the repacking, the licensing deadline also determines what stations can participate in the incentive auction, said Fletcher Heald broadcast attorney Davina Sashkin on the law firm’s blog. ”What you have licensed (or have filed a license for) as of May 29, 2015 is what will be eligible for the auction, should you choose to participate.”