Posted: June 23, 2006
As part of the transition from analog to digital television (“DTV”), the Commission established deadlines for television broadcast licensees and permittees (hereinafter collectively referred to as “licensees”) to complete the construction of their replicated or maximized facilities or lose interference protection. In this Public Notice we describe the ways in which licensees may demonstrate compliance with the upcoming use-or-lose deadlines and the requirements for filing a request for waiver to extend the deadlines, if needed. We also specifically address the requirements for stations currently operating under DTV Special Temporary Authority (“STA”).
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