An FCC official said earlier this week that the post-auction transition clock, which gives stations 90 days to file construction permits and a total of 39 months for the transition, is set to begin with the release of the auction closing and reassignment public notice planned for mid-April.

The National Association of Broadcasters believes that the FCC should give broadcasters some space to determine how to work with the new ATSC 3.0 standard, despite calls from MVPDs and others for the Commission to look into retransmission consent, capacity or content issues in its upcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

Give us liberty from the 39-month repack deadline, or give us a waiver process, the National Association of Broadcasters told the FCC.

The spectrum repack could soon cause some LPTV stations to go off the air completely unless the FCC takes action in regards to alternative channels, per a letter from the National Association of Broadcasters to the Commission.

The National Association of Broadcasters would like the FCC to write a check for as much as $1.75 billion post-incentive auction repack funding for broadcasters.

The National Association of Broadcasters has asked regulators to reconsider the 39-month repacking window following next year’s TV spectrum incentive auction.

The FCC has issued a new price list for the post-incentive auction TV and MVPD equipment for which it will potentially foot the bill, using the $1.75 billion relocation fund established by Congress.