[opendtv] Re: Broadcast Stations Increase in Number
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:34:40 -0400
At 4:46 PM -0500 7/29/10, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
During that period, full power TV stations lost channels 52 through
69, but the total number of stations increased from 1,758 to 1,784.
The only major category where the station count went down was with
Class A TV operations. These dropped in number from 550 to 523.
(Class A stations are required to comply with many of the same
requirements as full power stations and must broadcast a minimum
amount of locally produced programming. New Class A licenses are not
being issued, so this drop isn't surprising.)
Two interesting possibilities here.
1. The FCC put on hold most, if not all new applications for full
power stations during the transition because of the need to give each
existing station 12 MHz during the transition. After the analog
channels were returned the FCC was able to grant some new licenses.
2. It would be interesting to know if new stations that have received
spectrum for free, will be able to exchange the spectrum for cash if
the legislation authorizing the FCC to share auction proceeds
becomes law.
Regards
Craig
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