The FCC at its May Open Meeting adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing reforms to the Commission’s current procedures used to resolve complaints of interference caused by FM translator stations. As the NPRM recites, the FM translator service was instituted in 1970 as a way to improve reception of FM radio stations in … Continue Reading
Touted by advocates as "Wi-Fi on steroids," TV Band Devices can now boot up in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, and North Carolina. The FCC expects to extend authorization nationwide by mid-January.… Continue Reading
When the FCC established rules for TV Band Devices, it required them to avoid interfering with other equipment operating on TV frequencies. The most populous of those, by far, are the wireless microphones that are ubiquitous in TV, stage, and film production.… Continue Reading
All of these rules control only a limited deployment in Wilmington, NC. But with the rules approaching final form, and more databases coming on line, white space devices may finally take the big step from PowerPoint to reality.… Continue Reading
With Christmas weekend almost upon us, let's not lose sight of the fact that Form 3 reports from the nationwide EAS test conducted in early November are due to be filed by December 27.… Continue Reading
Poring over the fine print of the FCC's "white spaces" decision we wrote about last week, we have found two issues that merit the attention of TV broadcasters.… Continue Reading
