The FCC should use TV channel sharing and spectrum repurposing...
The FCC should use TV channel sharing and spectrum repurposing to “induce ... opportunities for minorities and women to operate” stations, said five nonprofit groups seeking such options. “If channel sharing is technically feasible, the Commission should not limit channel…
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sharing to existing television licensees,” Prof. Angela Campbell of Georgetown University’s Institute for Public Representation reported telling an aide to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn. The agency should let new entrants share spectrum with broadcasters, as the FCC Diversity Committee has proposed, Campbell said for the National Hispanic Media Coalition, National Organization for Women Foundation, Media Alliance and others. “Stations owned by minorities and/or women typically operate with less capital and advertising dollars,” and “would have unequal bargaining power in negotiating spectrum sharing arrangements,” said a filing posted Monday in docket 10-235 (http://xrl.us/bm4yap). Commissioners are scheduled to vote Friday on a channel-sharing order (CD April 24 p13).