Going ahead with lower band 700 MHz auction will ‘wipe out’ estim...
Going ahead with lower band 700 MHz auction will “wipe out” estimated 800 TV translator stations and unknown number of low-power TV (LPTV) stations, National Translator Assn. (NTA) said in letter to Senate Communications Subcommittee Chmn. Inouye (D-Hawaii). Since…
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translators and LPTV are secondary services, they would have to move to avoid new interference, NTA Pres. Byron St. Clair said: “With nowhere to go in the channels below 51, those existing stations would simply have to shut down, depriving large sections of rural America of free, over-the-air full-service television.” St. Clair said it was clear that none of FCC commissioners considered impact on translators and LPTV in deciding to go ahead with auction: “Congress should therefore halt the auction to enable the Commission and, if appropriate, the Congress, to consider the full ramifications of the action.” Industry officials said letter was start of big push on Congress.