APTS, the group that represents the Public Broadcasting network affiliates which own the underlying stations and FCC licenses, is back again pleading with the FCC to exempt its' non-commercial station affiliates from the dreaded Vacant Channel showing, which would prohibit a new non-com educational station from filling in a coverage hole when another NCE sells in the auction.  Here is what APTS et al said to the FCC:

"...PTV urged the Commission to adjust the proposed exception for noncommercial educational ("NCE") broadcasters in the pending rulemaking on preservation of vacant channels in the UHF television band. In the event that the Commission adopts the proposed vacant channel demonstration requirement for post-auction allotment and modification proceedings, it is essential that low-power television translator stations licensed to NCE broadcasters be exempt in addition to full-power NCE stations in any communities that have lost noncommercial educational service as a result of the incentive auction. As the Commission acknowledges in the rulemaking, most of the "vacant" television channels after the auction will be available precisely because it is not possible to operate a full-power television station on such channels without causing harmful interference to other full-power stations. Consequently, the proposed exemption will be of very limited use in practice if limited to full-power NCE stations." 

Now, APTS goes on to tell the FCC that they should get even more priorities: