The FCC should be as transparent with broadcasters...

The FCC should be as transparent with broadcasters as possible as it conducts the incentive auction, said the Expanding Opportunities for Broadcasters Coalition. It met with FCC officials including Incentive Auction Task Force Chairman Gary Epstein, Vice Chairman Howard Symons and Wireline and Wireless bureau staff last week, said an ex parte filing (http://bit.ly/1t2XcB4) posted in docket 12-268 Friday. “Providing broadcast station participants with complete visibility into actions in both the forward and reverse auctions will inform bidding decisions and strengthen broadcaster confidence in the integrity of the auctions,” said EOBC. The FCC could increase transparency by publicly releasing opening offers at the start of the auction, and after each reverse auction round disclose without identifying participants information about prices, offers, the amount of available spectrum, and reserve prices, it said. In the forward auction, the FCC should release detailed information about bids placed for each partial economic area, said EOBC.