Motion to Extend LPTV Comment Deadlines Denied
The FCC Media Bureau denied a motion to toll and delay the comment deadlines for the LPTV rulemaking from Free Access & Broadcast Telemedia, an order released Thursday said. Free Access had argued that it needed an analysis of how…
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the commission's projected auction prices for broadcast stations -- called the Greenhill Report -- would affect LPTV stations in each designated marketing area, and asked the FCC to produce that information. The Media Bureau declined to produce that analysis, but did place the Greenhill book into the LPTV proceeding record. “We do not see the relevance of the Greenhill Report to potential measures the Commission can take 'to mitigate the impact of the incentive auction on LPTV and TV translator stations and to help preserve the important services they provide,'” the order said. Comments on the LPTV NPRM are due Jan. 12, replies Jan. 26.