The LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition urged the FCC...

The LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition urged the FCC to avoid requiring a low-power TV station to perform its own international coordination as a result of being displaced by the spectrum auction process. A coalition member was told by members of the Media and International bureaus about such a requirement, the coalition said in an ex parte filing in docket 12-268 (http://bit.ly/1hNM3PA). Doing so would require this small station to have to directly negotiate with the Mexican government for its new spectrum allocation and use, the coalition said. “This is a totally unacceptable additional condition put on an already highly-burdened LPTV industry, and does not meet any type of common sense test.” The coalition also urged the FCC to avoid creating guard bands that are larger than necessary to prevent interference between TV and the wireless services. The coalition repeated its request for having LPTV issues addressed in the NPRM on the auctions. Meanwhile, the FCC Monday proposed fining an LPTV station what some call a record amount. (See separate report in this issue.)