LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition Wants FCC To Give Priority to Civic LPTV

The LPTV Spectrum Rights Coalition will support the vacant channel order if the FCC prioritizes low-power TV stations owned by government entities over unlicensed users, Coalition Director Mike Gravino told Incentive Auction Task Force, Media Bureau and Office of Engineering Technology staff in a meeting last week, according to an ex parte filing posted Wednesday in docket 12-268. Since the FCC hasn’t studied the issue of displaced civic LPTV stations, it doesn’t have a basis for using its discretionary authority, Gravino said.