VIDEO DIVISION BEGINS TO ISSUE LPTV CP'S
STAFF FOCUSES FIRST ON THE 1200+ APP'S FROM PHASE ZERO DISPLACEMENTS SO 
T-MOBILE CAN START TO USE THE $10 BILLION IN SPECTRUM IT BOUGHT

BUT ONLY 372 OF THE 2210 DISPLACEMENT APPLICATIONS, ABOUT 18% OF THE TOTAL ARE DONE IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS - COMPLICATED TRANSLATOR SYSTEM FILINGS ARE TAKING EXTRA TIME

 AT THIS RATE, ALL NON-MX'D APPLICATIONS SHOULD GET NEW CP'S BY THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER, JUST AS THE PRIMARY REPACK TRANSITION PHASE 1 BEGINS TO GET UNDERWAY

NO GUIDANCE YET GIVEN BY THE FCC AS TO WHEN THE "SETTLEMENT WINDOW" WILL OPEN FOR THE REMAINING 54 MX'D FILINGS, JUST 2.5% OF THE TOTAL SUBMITTED!  PROCESS COULD TAKE AN ENTIRE YEAR UNLESS THE MX'D PARTIES AGREE TO SHARING OR CHANGING THEIR APP'S.

ALSO NO GUIDANCE YET ON THE LIFTING OF THE FILING FREEZE FOR DISPLACED CP'S, AND OTHER FILINGS WANTED BY PRIMARIES & LPTV.  BUT THE FREEZE CAN NOT BE LIFTED UNTIL THE DISPLACEMENT CP'S ARE ALL ISSUED THEIR NEW CONSTRUCTION PERMITS.
     



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WILL THE T-BAND AUCTION BE CANCELLED?

BROADCAST TV LICENSEES COULD HAVE A CLEAR PATH TO A DECADE OR MORE OF ON-CHANNEL OPERATIONS 

TV WHITE SPACE & UNLICENSED SPECTRUM USERS WOULD HAVE TO BE SATISFIED WITH WHATEVER THE LIMITED LOW BAND SPECTRUM IS LEFT AFTER LPTV CP'S HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILE DISPLACEMENT APPLICATIONS







COALITION COMMENTARY
OK FOLKS, THIS IS A HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT.  WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET GUIDANCE ON THE T-BAND AUCTION FOR OVER A YEAR NOW, AND IT SEEMS THAT A SOLUTION FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMUNITY WILL GET A NEW SPECTRUM POOL TO USE RATHER THAN MOVING LAND MOBILE RADIO TO NEW SPECTRUM.  WHILE THIS ONLY AFFECTS 11 MAJOR METRO AREAS, THE SUBSEQUENT REPACKING COULD HAVE HAD TV BROADCASTERS GOING THROUGH YET ANOTHER DISPLACEMENT WITHIN ONLY 4 YEARS FROM NOW, AND THAT DOG DON'T HUNT!  IT IS ALSO BAD NEWS FOR MICROSOFT AND UNLICENSED SPECTRUM ADVOCATES WANTING FREE LOW BAND SPECTRUM, SOME THREE CHANNELS IN EACH METRO MARKET IN THE COUNTRY.  WITHOUT A REPACKING FROM THE T-BAND AUCTION, THERE IS NO WAY TO MOVE AROUND TV STATIONS TO MAKE ROOM FOR THEM.  






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The Memorial Service for Byron W. and Julie L. St. Clair
1:30 PM Saturday, June 23, 2018

Arvada Presbyterian Church
5592 Independence St., Arvada, CO 80002

followed by a reception at:
3PM at the Arvada Center for the Performing Arts
6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, CO 80003

In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to:

AFCCE - Association of Federal Communications Engineers
for the Byron W. St. Clair scholarship fund.
PO Box 19333  Washington, DC 20036-0333

or the
George Stevens Academy
23 Union St.
Blue Hill, ME 04614
in the name of Julie L. St. Clair


WE CURRENTLY HAVE MORE THAN 200 LPTV AND CLASS-A STATIONS, LICENSES, AND PERMITS BEING PREPARED FOR A NATIONAL AUCTION STARTING JULY 2.   IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, OR WOULD LIKE TO GET A PREVIEW OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO BUY, THEN CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION.

RECRUITING INDIE FULL POWERS, CLASS A'S, AND LPTV

mike.gravino@airwavesusa.com - 202-604-0747





COALITION'S STATE OF THE INDUSTRY REPORT