NPR Wants FCC to Repurpose TV Channel 6 Spectrum
The FCC should repurpose TV Channel 6 spectrum for FM services where it isn’t used for TV, said NPR in a call Monday with Media Bureau Audio Division Chief Albert Shuldiner, according to an ex parte filing posted Tuesday in…
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docket 03-185. The agency shouldn’t allow low-power TV stations to “squat” on the spectrum broadcasting analog audio, NPR said. “Analog operations on TV Channel 6 spectrum must cease as of the digital transition deadline, July 13, 2021,” NPR said. “Opening unused and underused TV Channel 6 spectrum for FM broadcast use would vastly increase the diversity of voices and programming available to the public.”