The FCC Media Bureau is seeking comment on...
The FCC Media Bureau is seeking comment on a proposed rulemaking on the Alabama Educational Television Commission’s request for a waiver of the FCC’s freeze on filing petitions by TV stations seeking a channel substitution. AETC operated its station WBIQ-TV,…
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Birmingham, on Channel 10 until the FCC substituted Channel 39 for Channel 10 at AETC’s request, the NPRM said (http://bit.ly/1iN9l4H). AETC also seeks to return to its previously allotted Channel 10, the NPRM said. The bureau said it believes a waiver of the freeze would serve the public interest. Channel 39 can be substituted for Channel 10 at Birmingham as proposed, it said. The bureau proposed allowing the substitution with certain specifications regarding the DTV power and the antenna, it said. Comments are due 30 days after publication in the Federal Register, with replies due 45 days after that publication.