NAB's LeGeyt Tells FCC It's 'Past Time' for 2018 QR

It's “past time” for the FCC to conclude the 2018 quadrennial review, NAB President Curtis LeGeyt said in meetings with Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, Media Bureau Chief Holly Saurer and Commissioner Geoffrey Starks this week, said an ex parte filing posted Thursday in docket 20-401. NAB “understands the potential challenges of completing the review without a full complement of commissioners” but said the agency should act “as soon as possible after a full Commission is seated or even sooner if that process does not conclude in the near term,” the filing said. The trade association said it doesn’t oppose an FCC proposal to collect broadcaster employment data, and the agency should have “a well-defined plan” for analyzing the equal employment opportunity data “so the process is not in vain.” LeGeyt also urged the agency to act quickly on ATSC 3.0 multicasting and “move on” from a GeoBroadcast Solutions proposal to change the FCC’s booster rules to allow for geotargeted radio. “The only beneficiary of approving this proposal is the company whose technology is at issue,” NAB said.