If the FCC needs more spectrum after the...

If the FCC needs more spectrum after the incentive auction, it should hold an auction of low-power TV spectrum, said the LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition in a meeting with Chairman Tom Wheeler, agency staff and other broadcasters, according to an ex parte filing posted Thursday in docket 12-268 (http://bit.ly/1mIhvQ3). “Many licensees in the LPTV community would very much like to have an LPTV auction after the Voluntary Incentive Auction.” Such a follow-up auction could generate enough spectrum for the National Broadband Plan, if LPTV licensees “could have the same flex-use rights the auction-eligible stations could receive if they do not take channel relocation funds,” the filing said. In conducting the incentive auction, the FCC should strictly adhere to the Spectrum Act, and the coalition supports the use of the new TVStudy software to conduct the auction, the filing said. The coalition also said it supports the Media Bureau’s recommendation that the FCC issue an NPRM on LPTV after the auction (CD April 8 p2).