Pappas Telecasting, which has 4 applications pending for new stat...
Pappas Telecasting, which has 4 applications pending for new stations in Ch. 52-59 band, told FCC it was “imperative” that agency act now on “these long-standing applications.” They were filed on or before Sept. 20, 1996, cut-off date, Pappas…
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said, and at that time Commission “expressed its willingness to consider these new broadcast services and its belief that such services would not adversely impact” TV’s pending shift to digital. Pappas, commenting on FCC proposal to auction Ch. 52-59 to nonbroadcast users (CD March 19 p1), said it was “virtually certain” that Sept. auction of Ch. 60-69 would be postponed once again, which would “dramatically alter” FCC’s premise in clearing 698-806 MHz of terrestrial TV stations in preparation for shift to DTV. There currently are 101 analog assignments on Ch. 52-59, plus 112 DTVs, and additional grants would have “a relatively low overall impact” on pending switch to digital transmissions -- now scheduled for 2006, Pappas said: “The DTV transition is certain to slip well beyond 2006. Until then, the public should not be denied new television service.”