Sinclair urged the FCC to reject Buckeye Cablevision’s...

Sinclair urged the FCC to reject Buckeye Cablevision’s claim that Sinclair’s answer to Buckeye’s complaint on retransmission consent is untimely. Buckeye claimed that Sinclair’s answer was due at the FCC no later than March 10, Buckeye said (http://bit.ly/1gP19Ee). Buckeye ignores the fact that the proceeding is being treated as a special relief petition by the FCC and appeared in a Feb. 21 public notice, Sinclair said in a limited response filing in docket 14-33 (http://bit.ly/1h3JIkj). FCC rules say comments or oppositions are due within 20 days after the public notice date of filing such a petition, Sinclair said. The due date was March 13, “the very day that Sinclair submitted its Answer to Complaint,” it said.