Eleven low-power TV stations lost Class A status (CD May 3 p2),...
Eleven low-power TV stations lost Class A status (CD May 3 p2), in some cases voluntarily, or their entire licenses since the FCC got congressional authority to hold a voluntary broadcast incentive auction, agency data we've compiled shows -- www.warren-news.com/showcause.htm.…
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WLLS Indiana, Pa., had its license canceled after (http://xrl.us/bm6jdj) the ex-wife of the licensee told the commission “I don’t care what you do with WLLS-LP -- which has been dark for [more than 21] months and is, consequently, a moot issue to begin with.” KTJA Victoria, Texas (http://xrl.us/bm6jfm), and a Collegedale, Tenn., translator (http://xrl.us/bm6jfs), voluntarily reverted to regular low-power status, giving back their Class A’s and the interference protection that comes with them. And WJJN Dothan, Ala., asked the agency to cancel its license, in a letter the FCC got last week. That was among the stations getting Media Bureau show-cause orders saying Class A status would be yanked, often because the stations were off-air for long periods of time.