FCC dismissed 6 must-carry complaints against EchoStar in separat...
FCC dismissed 6 must-carry complaints against EchoStar in separate rulings announced Fri. Good Life Bcstg.(WTGL-TV Cocoa, Fla.), Christian TV (WFGC Palm Beach), Christian TV Network (WHTN Murfreesboro, Tenn.), LeSEA Bcstg. (WHMB-TV Indianapolis), Carolina Christian Bcstg.(WGGS-Greenville, S.C.) and Community TV…
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(WATC Atlanta) had filed complaints in Sept. charging DISH network had refused to carry their programming. Stations “have been dropping their complaints simply because we have agreed to carry their channel or we have assisted them with proving their signal quality,” EchoStar spokesman said Mon. Signal quality was major issue in disputes. Spokesman said EchoStar hadn’t revealed how many complaints were filed or how many of public stations it intended to carry. Instead, company will allow FCC to sort out numbers. “We're concentrating all of our efforts on getting ready” for must-carry legislation, he said.