Puerto Rico Broadcasters Association Asks FCC Staff to Consider Giving More Time on Auction 100 MX's
The Puerto Rico Broadcasters Association asked FCC staff to give broadcasters in that territory and the U.S. Virgin Islands more time if they seek waivers regarding resolving mutually exclusive auction 100 cross-service FM translator applications. Some PRBA members now have…
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such MX, or overlapping, proposals for FM translators and may "run the risk" of not getting such an outlet in that last filing window in the commission's AM revitalization, the group said Thursday in docket 17-329. It cited the "devastating effects" of hurricanes Irma and Maria and said that not granting individual waivers "would severely hinder" those broadcasters from restoring service to the islands. The group wants stations to be able to move conflicted translators to any available channel. Some affected station executives and their lawyers say the commission should do more to help with restoration (see 1803160051). The Media Bureau, whose Audio Division the filing was directed toward, declined to comment.