FCC's LP Spectrum Grab Is A Study In Ugly

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[Commentary] When the Federal Communications Commission puts beachfront UHF spectrum up for auction to wireless companies, it will, in part, be selling bandwidth that was offered voluntarily and acquired legally when it attempts to kick-off the reverse auction on March 29, 2016. But it will also be selling bandwidth it will have simply usurped from entrepreneurs, local communities and even churches that use it to provide free over-the-air local low-low power TV without any form of compensation.

Moreover, it will be grabbing spectrum in a way that violates the FCC’s longstanding mission required by law to promote diversity, competition and localism, violates standards of common decency and, I believe, violates not only the law but also the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

[Dave Seyler is currently doing media consulting for LPTV interests]


FCC's LP Spectrum Grab Is A Study In Ugly