LPTV

The FCC today outlined provisions to accommodate low-power television and translator licencees through the incentive auction process.

From Congress to courts to Wall Street to rural and low-power TV operators, vehement rhetoric has been flying in the past month about the plan to sell 126 MHz of broadcast spectrum.

FCC order formally eliminates requirement that broadcasters post licenses at a physical location.

Vearl Pennington and Michael Williamson must pay the government more than $144,000.

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

Says FM's, LPTVs should not be guaranteed share of 2019 $400 million in funds.

As stations transition to new channels, Congress allocates more money