The FCC appears to be moving toward scoring...
The FCC appears to be moving toward scoring stations for the incentive auction based on interference and the amount of spectrum that would be cleared rather than on coverage area, said Preston Padden, president of The Expanding Opportunities For Broadcasters…
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Coalition, in an interview Thursday. He said the coalition has grown to 70 auction-eligible stations, “heavily weighted toward the largest markets,” and that the EOBC is now “bullish” about the possibility of the FCC holding a successful spectrum auction by the end of 2014. “We have had concerns, but we believe the commission is listening to those concerns,” he said. Padden said the EOBC’s stance on the auction has shifted after conversations with FCC commissioners and staff showed their apparent stance on scoring and “an openness” to the EOBC’s concerns. As with auction scoring, the EOBC has filed numerous ex parte letters asking the commission to relax the requirements for stations to channel-share after the auction. Padden now believes the agency is open to loosening the sharing rules, he said. “While we will continue to watch closely, we are more optimistic than we were previously.”