Free Access & Broadcast Telemedia LLC (FAB) has asked the FCC to reopen the record in its low power TV third notice of proposed rulemaking “and allow interested parties to comment after the Commission discloses for the record: 1) the assumptions and related auction models projecting impacts on Low Power Television (‘LPTV’) stations underlying the so-called Greenhill 1 Report released in October 2014, and 2) the analysis the Commission receives from the Government Accountability Office  (‘GAO’) regarding the anticipated effects of the incentive auction on LPTV, as requested by leading Members of Congress.”

FAB renewed its request “that the Commission place into the public record at the earliest possible time the assumptions and related auction models projecting impacts underlying the Greenhill 1 Report. It is now almost 11 months after the deadline for filing reply comments to the Third NPRM. Once this material is included in the docket, interested parties should be given 30 days to submit comments. This will allow parties sufficient time to submit a new round of Comments and Reply Comments to the Third NPRM based on the Commission’s analysis of the full range and scope of the impacts on LPTV licensees.”

The filing in MB docket 03-185 and GN docket 12-268 noted that the FCC has said “that it does not have any data regarding impact of the clearing and repacking processes on LPTV stations.” – Paul Kirby, paul.kirby@wolterskluwer.com

Courtesy TRDaily