The FCC today announced that, effective October 27, noncommercial FM stations need no longer protect Channel 6 analog television channels. The lower end of the FM band, which is reserved for noncommercial educational FM broadcasting, is immediately adjacent to TV Channel 6. As most television stations abandoned Channel 6 in June when the digital television
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NCE Applications Must Protect Channel 6 TV Stations Until the End of the Digital Television Transition
By David Oxenford on
Posted in Noncommercial Broadcasting, Television
Channel 6 of the television band is immediately adjacent to the lower end of the FM band. Noncommercial FM radio stations, located at the lower end of the FM band (88.1 FM to 91.9), have the potential to interfere with television stations on that channel. Thus, FCC rules require that noncommercial FM stations protect…
Window for Filing New NCE Applications Extended Until 2 PM on October 22
By David Oxenford on
Posted in Noncommercial Broadcasting
The FCC today issued a Public Notice extending the NCE filing window, which was to end today, until this coming Monday, October 22. All applications must be on file by 2 PM Eastern Time on Monday. This short extension was apparently due to downtime on the FCC’s electronic filing system last night, which precluded the…