[opendtv] Re: Must carry fiasco
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:52:41 -0500
John Willkie wrote:
>Geez, Bob. I tend to not believe you.
>
>Let me see, I'll try an easy one. Who -- I want names -- at the FCC told you
>that a grant with no respect to modulation was a mistake? Did you know that
>the FCC can only correct a grant within 30 days of release, unless the grantee
>permits the correction?
>
>
Keith Larson, and no I did not know. I was told by Keith that the
license was a mistake, had no modulation listed and that we could not
use COFDM or go digital with it.
>Who -- I need a name again -- at the FCC told you that you could not transmit
>using COFDM on an LPTV? Did, they actually refer you to a rule
>section? Have you actually read the rules, and -- more importantly -- the FCC
>Record decisions on licensing and modulation matters?
>
>
Keith Larson and Hashemzadeh Hossein many times. Wrestled with this for
a number of years.
>And, just what's wrong with using an STA? They're good for more than 6 months
>these days? (Experimental or Experimental-developmental
>authorizations prohibit one from airing commercial programming, but that's not
>an issue with STAs.)
>
>
We have used both an STA and an experimental on lower 700 MHz spectrum
with COFDM. We never tried with LPTV in earlier years since we didn't
have to. By the time we might have we were already working with Channels
#54 and #59 non LPTV.
>I suspect that what happened is more in the world of social engineering;
>somebody at the FCC -- perhaps a few somebodies -- didn't like you and
>realized they could fool you.
>
>It's been more than a few decades since anybody there tried that with me; but
>then I don't ask them in person to interpret the rules; I always knew the
>rules in advance, and only asked them abou t the unwritten "practice and
>procedure." When they said that something couldn't be done, I usually could
>come up with instances where it had been precisely been done the way they said
>was proscribed. Not everybody liked me, but they quickly learned that the
>wool would seldom stick to my eyes.
>
>
I have read the rules, new and old, many times. Could not find a
loophole that would allow the use of COFDM. Would love to know more.
Bob Miller
>John Willkie
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 7:52 PM
>Subject: [opendtv] Re: Must carry fiasco
>
>
>
>
>>John Willkie wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>You obviously weren' paying attention.
>>>
>>>LPTV STATIONS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BROADCAST USING 8-VSB EXPLICITLY SINCE
>>>
>>>
>MID
>
>
>>>1994.
>>>
>>>LPTV STATIONS CAN BROADCAST USING COFDM TODAY BY FILING A SIMPLE NOTICE
>>>
>>>
>WITH
>
>
>>>THE FCC.
>>>
>>>"Media Professionals" at one time offered an "inland marine" insurance
>>>
>>>
>line
>
>
>>>for broadcast liability protection. I'm not sure if the NAB still offers
>>>the package, but NAB associate members at one time could get coverage
>>>
>>>
>based
>
>
>>>on their highest spot rate.
>>>
>>>John Willkie
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>You say it but all the facts that I know say otherwise. One of my
>>friends got a digital license on his LPTV station two years ago with no
>>mention of modulation. When I took a copy to the FCC they told me it was
>>just a big mistake.
>>
>>We have had three meetings with the FCC on this subject alone. No way
>>could you go digital on LPTV or COFDM except as an experimental or STA
>>and even that would have been iffy after 1999. The rules for going
>>digital on LPTV have been passed, they have been recorded in the record.
>>But there is no mechanism at the moment for an LPTV station to actually
>>apply for such a license. The FCC needs some software written or
>>possibly it has been written but they need to pay $20,000 for it and
>>they do not have the money. Any month now we can apply for digital for
>>LPTV. Any donations please?
>>
>>Could you give a pointer as to where you get such information? I have
>>been dealing with Keith Larson, Hashemzadeh Hossein and Bruce A. Franca
>>for the last six years. Seriously if you have any information on how
>>COFDM could be used on LPTV I would love to hear about it.
>>
>>Bob Miller
>>
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