FCC Gives 15 Translators in Alaska Analog Extension
The full FCC approved a limited waiver of the July 13 digital transition deadline for low-power TV stations and translators for 15 state-owned TV translator stations that serve remote communities in Alaska, in an order released Monday. “Due to novel…
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factors” that prevented completion of the translators’ digital facilities, the deadline for those stations was extended to Jan. 10. The waiver will serve the public interest “by maintaining the sole over-the-air broadcast television service to the remote rural and Alaskan bush communities,” the order said. Construction of the stations’ digital facilities was delayed due to “extreme remoteness, limited communications, small population, and extreme weather,” the order said. It extends the translators’ digital construction permits, and requires Alaska to submit a progress report by Oct. 13. “We delegate authority to the Media Bureau to consider future requests seeking similar waiver and relief,” the order ended.