[opendtv] Re: Must carry fiasco
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:45:51 -0500
Gee, it really seems like you and Bob should get together and get him a
digital LPTV license. Just to show it can be done.
- Tom
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?
>
> 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?
>
> 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.)
>
> 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.
>
> 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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