FCC News
Unlicensed use of the 6 GHz band; expanding flexible use in the Mid-Band spectrum between 3.7 & 24 GHz.
Second further notice of proposed rulemaking in the revitalization of AM radio service.
Media Bureau announces information webinar for Broadcast Incubator Program.
Two-week extension of filing window for earth stations in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band.
Reminder for Earth Station Operators in 3.7-4.2 GHz band, application filing window closes October 17, 2018.
Post-Auction transition requirements and deadlines reminder.
Media Bureau extends deadline for Auction 83 long form filing window.
FCC proposes rules for expanded Incentive-Auction reimbursements
Comment and reply comment dates set for update to Kid Vid Rules
Gary and Cindy teaching all (well, most) topics engineering at the 2018 NAB Educational Foundation Broadcast Leadership Training seminar on Sunday.
Congratulations. And I was thinking of you two just yesterday.
Learn from the best!!
Bob, John and Gary presenting satellite downlink, EAS, and drone measurement related information to the Baltimore SBE chapter over the summer. What a great chapter!
NATIONWIDE EMERGENCY TEST. -- Just a quick reminder that today, October 3 2018, FEMA, in coordination with the FCC, will be conducting a nationwide test of the EAS and WEA systems.
According to FEMA, the WEA portion of the test, which will be sent to consumer cell phones, will begin at 2:18 p.m. EDT. The EAS portion of the test, which will be sent to radio and television, will follow at 2:20 p.m. EDT. The EAS portion of the test is scheduled to last approximately one minute via participating radio and television broadcasters, cable systems, satellite radio and television providers, and wireline video providers.
The EAS test message will be similar to the regular monthly EAS test messages with which the public is familiar. The EAS test message will be transmitted in both English and Spanish, with EAS participants deciding which version to use for their communities.
Broadcast stations should have filed their pre-test ETRS Form 1’s by now – the ETRS Form 2 is due later on today; ETRS Form 3 is due to be filed by November 19.
The FEMA link is www.fema.gov/news-release/2018/10/02/nationwide-emergency-alert-test-planned-oct-3-test-messages-...
fema.gov
WASHINGTON – FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will conduct a nationwide test of the