EOBC Dissolving
The Expanding Opportunities For Broadcasters Coalition will dissolve Wednesday, as expected (see 1411280041). That will avoid conflicting with FCC incentive auction anti-collusion rules and because the rules for the reverse auction are largely in place, said Executive Director Preston Padden…
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on a press call Monday. Most of the licensees in the coalition will participate in the auction, he said, though they remain anonymous. Coalition members collectively own 87 stations, and they're “highly confident” that the auction will be successful and clear 125 MHz of spectrum, Padden said. Sprint's announcement over the weekend that it won't participate in the auction (see 1509280059) has “no effect” on that confidence or the auction's success, he said. He said the absence of dynamic reserve pricing, the relaxation of channel sharing rules, and a pricing plan partially based on interference were the most important factors encouraging his members to participate in the auction. Since pricing is based only partially on interference, Padden conceded that “we didn’t get everything we wanted.” He said he will be working as a consultant on the auction to private companies in the wake of the EOBC’s dissolution.