Ajit Pai

Backs FCC’s initial plans and commits to working on smooth transition.

Would instead say customers should be notified “as soon as possible.”

FCC will run auction that will sell 280 MHz for the development of 5G.FCC will run auction that will sell 280 MHz for the development of 5G.

Transaction will make Nexstar the largest owner of local TV stations, reaching 39 percent of U.S. TV households.

UHF discount means that only half of a UHF TV station's audience counts towards the 39% national ownership cap.

FCC chair Ajit Pai said he has issues with the proposed Sinclair-Tribune merger, raising a big cloud over the deal.

Some LPTVs, TV translators and FM stations will be reimbursed for costs resulting from the 2017 spectrum incentive auction.

New FCC chairman Ajit Pai has addressed the troops, as it were, and let them know that closing the digital divide will be a priority under his stewardship. His full text appears below.

According to the Senate Executive Calendar, further debate on FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's nomination will be the first order of business on the Senate floor Monday.