Interested in Auction 94 (featuring 112 FM construction permits)? The FCC has released lists of the complete and the incomplete applications filed by would-be bidders.… Continue Reading
Public safety users have to vacate the T-band by 2021 for a spectrum auction by 2023. The auction revenue is supposed to be made available to current public safety licensees to help offset the cost of relocating their systems to other frequencies.… Continue Reading
The FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology wants to sharpen its pencil when it comes to predicting TV station coverage. Is that really a good idea?… Continue Reading
In an effort to coax otherwise reticent TV broadcasters to join in the public discussion about plans for incentive auctions, the Media Bureau has provided instructions on the fine art of filing comments anonymously.… Continue Reading
Once the "reverse" and "forward" auctions have both been completed and TV licenses have all been tucked away in their newly-compacted space, the fun will really begin for the Commission.… Continue Reading
The "forward" auction the FCC plans to use to dole out reconfigured spectrum to wireless operators may seem traditional, but watch out.… Continue Reading
Once the final participants in the repacking of the TV band have been identified through the "reverse" auction process, the shuffling of stations necessary to accomplish the repacking will raise a number of practical considerations and conundrums.… Continue Reading
Whether or not you plan to participate in the "reverse" auction, if you're a TV licensee, you should be aware of what the FCC has in mind for the spectrum around you.… Continue Reading
An overview of the FCC's proposed approach to spectrum-clearing/spectrum-repopulating incentive auctions and some of the myriad factors at play in that process.… Continue Reading
If it's September, it's time to gear up for the next FM auction. The FCC has announced that, come next, 117 new FM construction permits will be up for grabs.… Continue Reading
The urge to free up as much TV spectrum as possible for broadband use has now driven the Commission's Video Division to reach into the grave to take a couple of Class A authorizations back from a dead guy.… Continue Reading
From the FCC's perspective, the chore of repacking existing TV stations would probably be much easier if Class A stations could be downgraded to LPTV status. Where there's a will, there's a way: the downgrading effort has begun.… Continue Reading
It's official! President Obama has signed the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 into law, clearing the way for an elaborate incentive auction process intended to free up spectrum (including TV spectrum) for mobile broadband.… Continue Reading
With passage of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, incentive auctions for spectrum repurposing have taken a great leap forward.… Continue Reading
Interested in Auction 93 (featuring 119 FM construction permits)? The FCC has released lists of the complete, incomplete and rejected applications filed by would-be bidders.… Continue Reading
The Media Bureau has announced that it will not accept FM commercial and noncommercial educational minor change applications during the Auction 93 Form 175 application filing window in early 2012.… Continue Reading
Already already looking ahead to Spring, 2012, the FCC has announced that, come March 27, 2012, 123 new FM construction permits will be trotted out on the auction block. We've posted a link to the list of permits that will be up for grabs.… Continue Reading