TV station requests to delay their shifts to full digital broadca...
TV station requests to delay their shifts to full digital broadcast are piling up at the FCC, which got 9 such requests by our deadline Thurs. Gannett’s WMAZ-TV Macon, Ga., is among stations seeking a 6-month extension of the…
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so- called “use it or lose it” July 1 deadline to finish building DTV facilities (CD June 15 p18). WMAZ-TV justified its waiver request on grounds the Commission hasn’t acted on a June 6 application to change its construction permit. Fox sought waivers Mon. for WDCA Washington and WRBW Orlando, both operating at reduced power, as WRBW also awaits approval of construction plan changes. More than 80 documents have landed in the FCC DTV docket since the Commission last discussed the looming deadline. A Media Bureau official didn’t respond to our inquiries seeking a tally of the total number of requests for waivers the FCC has received.