Over PMCM Opposition, FCC Lets Connecticut Public Broadcasting Move WEDW
Over opposition of another broadcaster, Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc. can move WEDW Bridgeport to Stamford, the FCC Media Bureau ordered Monday. CPBI noted that Stamford, with a 2010 census-measured population of 122,643 and the state's No. 3 city, doesn't have…
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another full-power TV station licensed to it, while Bridgeport would continue to host WZME. PMCM objections included that Stamford is “a dummy site” to achieve CPBI's goal to serve New York City and the public broadcaster's distributed transmission system (DTS) application for WEDW proposes to “broadcast from the Empire State Building over a large swath of New York and northern New Jersey." The opponent said OK'ing the change “will open the floodgates” to similar applications using the DTS rules “to effectively reallocate licenses.” The bureau said now that "WEDW’s service area will remain the same." The floodgates argument was "speculative at best," staff said. The company didn't comment.