As stations are preparing for the FCC repack, the Meredith Local Group is doing so by ordering new transmitters from Hitachi Comark.

The United States is at the cusp of yet another television spectrum repacking operation.

Picture for how the additional $1 billion for LPTV, TV translator, full-power, Class A and FM stations should become clearer next spring

The broadcast team wants a do-over of the TV channel repack plan created by the Federal Communications Commission for the post-TV spectrum incentive auction signal shuffle.

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 House Communications Subcommittee took the time on Thursday, Sept. 7, to look into the FCC’s post-incentive auction repack plan, and while topics from hurricanes to the Sinclair-Tribune merger were touched upon, there were some key takeaways

The Atlanta-based Heartland Media will have a number of stations affected by the FCC TV spectrum repack and will rely on GatesAir to provide assistance for the transition.