The FCC should minimize the impacts of the...
The FCC should minimize the impacts of the post-incentive auction repacking on translators and LPTV stations in rural areas, said a letter signed by a bipartisan group of 23 senators released Wednesday (http://bit.ly/1a5h2lR). Led by Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and…
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Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the group asked FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to preserve over-the-air TV in rural areas and consider “the unique challenges” of updating LPTV and translators after the auction. “Countless farmers and ranchers, small businesses and families living in remote areas rely on receiving over-the-air television through translators and low power televisions stations,” said the letter. NAB endorsed the senators’ points in a news release (http://bit.ly/1cVf5fq) Wednesday. “Without translators and low power television stations, many Americans would be unable to receive the latest news and emergency information, which is critical to their well-being,” said NAB in the release.