Baker: Inventory First, Then 'Win-Win'

A Q&A with Federal Communications Commissioner member Meredith Baker. She broadcasters' call for a spectrum inventory, a comprehensive review of all spectrum usage — a move that would slow down the reallocation momentum and, broadcasters hope, uncover other, more accessible, spectrum lodes. On the other hand, Commissioner Baker calls reallocation a "win-win" and says she doesn't share the broadcasters' skepticism about FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's claim that the reallocation will be voluntary. She also encourages Congress to give the FCC the authority to share proceeds from the auction of TV spectrum with broadcasters — a key element of Genachowski's plan.