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FCC Should Deny LPTV Displacement Application, Says LA County

The FCC should deny a low-power TV displacement application in Temecula, California, to prevent it from interfering with the county's emergency communications over land mobile radio, Los Angeles county petitioned to deny, posted Thursday. Channel 51's engineering study is “fatally…

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flawed” and “there is no question” the translator will cause “significant interference” to the county’s emergency communications, the municipality said. Assurances the translator operator would be required to “cure” the interference if it occurs aren’t sufficient, the county said. “The allocation would place responsibility and huge costs on LA County to detect interference and determine its source,” the fling said. “The public interest demands that the public not be forced to bear such costs.” Friday, Channel 51 didn't comment.