On Friday, December 12, we told you that the Commission had released the agenda for their final hurrah of 2008 (scheduled for December 18) – remember? Well, that was sooo yesterday’s news.
Late that same day, the Commission announced that the December 18th meeting was cancelled. After the Agenda was released Thursday evening, Chairman Martin received a letter from Representative Waxman and Senator Rockefeller asking the Commission to cancel the meeting and expend the Commission’s resources on the DTV Transition. Apparently, there were items on the agenda, including the AWS-3 Auction, that had raised substantial controversy and the members of Congress did not want the Commission to be distracted from the DTV Transition. According to the FCC spokesman, after receiving the letter, Chairman Martin determined that it did “not appear that there [was] consensus to move forward and the agenda meeting has been canceled.”
The public notice indicated that the Commissioners will resolve the seven items that were on the agenda via circulation. So, just like the weather in Washington, if you don’t like what’s on the FCC Agenda, wait ten minutes, and it may change…
