The FCC granted Los Angeles TV stations KLCS...
The FCC granted Los Angeles TV stations KLCS and KJLA special temporary authority (STA) for a channel-sharing pilot project prior to the TV incentive auction. The stations, working with CTIA, sought the STA last week (CD Jan 29 p4). FCC…
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commissioners praised CTIA and the stations during last week’s FCC meeting for proposing the project. “It is a big deal,” said Chairman Tom Wheeler. KJLA is a commercial station offering bilingual programming through the LATV network, and KLCS is a PBS station. The 2012 Spectrum Act allows sharing “as one possible means of participation in the incentive auction of broadcast television spectrum,” the Media Bureau said in the order (http://fcc.us/1doSzFH). It said the project is in the public interest because it “may help to demonstrate the feasibility of successful channel sharing between two independently owned stations. It also may serve as a model for other stations contemplating participation in the incentive auction, using the channel sharing option, and provide information about the technical implementation of channel sharing agreements. We do not anticipate enforcement issues that would impede the accomplishment of the experiment."