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VIDEO CLIPS COURTESY OF C-SPAN


"...WE WILL HELP 
YOU AFTER THE AUCTION IF, HEAVEN FORBID, THERE IS A SITUATION. WE WILL HELP YOU FIND A NEW CHANNEL..."  
CHAIRMAN WHEELER EVOKES THE ALMIGHTY IN HIS DEFENSE OF THE FCC'S POST-AUCTION REPACKING SUPPORT FOR LPTV AND TRANSLATORS

It was quite a Hearing yesterday in the Senate related to their duty of FCC oversight.  And two Repub western rural Senators, Deb Fischer of Nebraska, and Steve Daines of Montana, took the Chairman to task over LPTV and translators in their states.  Let's take a look at the short video clips and transcript quotes...


SENATOR DEB FISCHER (R-NE)
Q&A with FCC Chairman Wheeler 
About the Value of LPTV for Nebraska

2 min 49 seconds

"Can you assure me that every reasonable effort will be made to find a channel for those low powered television stations so that they do not have to go off the air?  They are providing a very worthwhile and valuable service."

" Mr Chairman, I am concerned about what will happen to low power television  stations in Nebraska after this year's broadcast incentive auction. In Nebraska we have a population of less than 2 million people, and many of those folks live in rural areas where it's not possible to receive a signal from those full power stations in the state. We have a number of low power stations and they are valuable for ensuring that Nebraskans, especially those that would normally receive their  broadcast content from Iowa or South Dakota, that they can receive that local content. 

Not that we have anything against South Dakota, Mr. Chairman. Of course not. You have consistently declined to say whether low power television stations will be able to keep their spectrum after this incentive auction. 

Can you assure me that every reasonable effort will be made to find a channel for those low powered television stations so that they do not have to go off the air?  They are providing a very  worthwhile and valuable service."



"Yes ma'am."

FCC CHAIRMAN WHEELER
"Yes ma'am. As you know, the statute does not establish any priority for low powered stations so we've been trying to work our way through that. I think there's two things to bare in mind.  One is, we don't know.  We'll start knowing in 26 days, but we don't know right now what the spectrum layout is going to look like afterwards. What we have done is to say to low powered companies, "We will help you after the auction if, heaven forbid, there is a situation. We will help you find a new channel. We will help you share, because the beauty of digital is you're now  into channel sharing, and you can maybe even get a little upgrade by sharing with a Class A. Which gives you a little more oomph in your market."  Yes ma'am. We have laid out a plan to do that as soon as we know what the landscape looks like."

SENATOR FISCHER
"Well I really appreciate it, and if I can help in any way with that I would like to because as people live around any boarder of their state, it is difficult to be able to get that local news. I think that is very, very important. As we address that need of these orphan counties out there, I think these low powered stations really could be an answer."


SENATOR STEVE DAINES (R-MT)
Q&A with FCC Chairman Wheeler 
About the Fear & Angst Of Losing LPTV in Montana

1 minute and 36 seconds

"Under the current  proposal it's not clear that some low power stations and translators will even be  able to stay on the air. This is a big big deal certainly back home."
 
SENATOR DAINES (R-MT)
"I want to pivot over to broadcasting Chairman Wheeler, you've clearly prioritized  unlicensed spectrum in the upcoming incentive auction. Under the current  proposal it's not clear that some low power stations and translators will even be  able to stay on the air. This is a big big deal certainly back home. What assurances  can you give to these small businesses who may be forced off the air, and to the  Montana communities who rely on translators to receive their broadcast signals,  including the Denver Broncos?"

FCC CHAIRMAN WHEELER
"Thank you senator. As I indicated before, we don't really know what the auction is going to produce. I think the impact in areas like Montana will be different than the impact in other parts of the country and that's a saving grace for you. What we have done is to say that for low power television, we will make special efforts even though it was never addressed in the statute, and specifically there was no priority in dealing with the low power challenge. We said we will help them find new channels, we will help them share, and in fact that sharing may even end up with Class A status."

We've heard you loud and clear. I know that it is a matter of angst because people don't know until they know. When we all know, we're ready to spring to action." 

SENATOR DAINES (R-MT)
"Thank you, and angst is a good word. Scared to death also describes it."


COALITION COMMENTARY
Together, Nebraska and Montana have as many as 600 LPTV and translators once all of the construction permits are built out.  And over 500 of those are LD digital stations and not translators!  Both of these Senators know first hand, from their constituents, the power of local broadcasting and LPTV.

NEBRASKA
(70 LD, 14 TX, 2 Class A's)


MONTANA
(302 LIC LD, 138 LD CP's, 37 LIC TX, 25 APP's, 3 Class A's)


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