FCC OKs WJAR Channel Change

The FCC let WJAR, Providence, Rhode Island, move from Channel 51 to 50 (see 1504220033), a Media Bureau order said Friday. The change will nix any interference with a wireless licensee in the lower 700 MHz A block adjacent to Channel 51 in the Boston and Providence TV markets, it noted the broadcaster had said. That licensee had been identified as T-Mobile (see 1504270028). As with another station's channel change that was recently approved (see 1505200022), the bureau said that because of a May 29 pre-auction licensing deadline for TV stations, WJAR can switch once the order appears in the Federal Register.