The initial deadline recently passed for broadcast television stations to notify the FCC if they plan to take part in the broadcast inventive auction. The FCC plans to reallocate a portion of the spectrum used by television stations.
Many TV stations will relocate to a new channel, requiring significant changes to their transmission infrastructures. What many radio owners may not realize is the upcoming spectrum repack has significant ramifications — that could affect the bottom line — for FM stations too, as GatesAir Chief Product Officer Rich Redmond writes in the first of a three-part series for RBR+TVBR.