Entravision can’t change the community of license of its WJAL-TV...
Entravision can’t change the community of license of its WJAL-TV Hagerstown, Md., station to Silver Spring, Md., a letter from FCC Media Bureau Chief William Lake said (http://xrl.us/bm2mep). The station’s application had some procedural problems, Lake said. But “even if…
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we were inclined to overlook the procedural irregularities of Entravision’s new proposal and waive the filing freeze on petitions for rulemaking by television stations to change their community of license, the Commission’s priorities no longer support such an action,” the letter said. Allowing Entravision to move a DTV station closer into a top-10 TV market runs counter to the policy goals of the National Broadband Plan, and the planned incentive spectrum auctions, he said.