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Media Bureau Announces Coming Opportunities for New TV Translator and LPTV Stations, as Well as Windows and Freezes for Class A TV, TV Translator, and LPTV Station Modifications September 8, 2025

According to a recent Public Notice (the “Notice”), over the coming months the Media Bureau will institute various filing windows and freezes related to Class A TV, TV translator, and...

Large LPTV Station Ownership Group Petitions FCC for Permissive Use of 5G Broadcast Standard—and Potential Removal of Requirement to Provide Free OTA TV Signal to the Public—for LPTV Stations April 21, 2025

Recently, a large U.S. LPTV station ownership group, which currently holds more than 130 low power stations (LPTV and Class A) and four full-power stations, filed a Petition for Rulemaking...

LPTV Station Avoids License Cancellation, Instead Draws Proposed $2,500 Fine for Approximately Four Months of Unauthorized Operation with Incorrect Antenna July 1, 2024

After conducting an investigation into whether a Texas low power television station’s (the “Station”) license should be cancelled, the FCC ultimately issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of...

Channel Change Opportunities for Class A, LPTV, and TV Translator Stations Coming August 20, 2024; Additional Application Opportunities for New LPTV and TV Translator Stations Likely to Follow May 31, 2024

By recent Public Notice (the “Notice”), the Media Bureau has announced that beginning August 20, 2024, Class A, LPTV, and TV translator stations will be permitted, on a nationwide basis...

Filing Window Open TODAY, May 31, 2024, through May 30, 2025, for Qualifying LPTV Stations to Convert to Class A Status May 31, 2024

According to a Public Notice (the “Notice”) released today, May 31, 2024, qualifying LPTV stations now have one year from today, May 31, 2024—i.e., through May 30, 2025—to apply to...

Maine LPTV Station Enters into Consent Decree; Fined $2,500 for Closed Captioning Violations March 18, 2024

According to a recent Order and Consent Decree (the “Decree”), a Maine LPTV station and MeTV affiliate (the “Station”) will be fined $2,500, with the possibility of an increase to...

Displaced LPTV Station Likely to Escape with Fine, Rather than Loss of Station, for Nearly Six Years of Unauthorized Operation March 18, 2024

In a recent Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Apparently Liability for Forfeiture (the “Order”), the FCC proposed a $9,500 fine against a displaced Missouri LPTV station (the “Station”)...

FCC Adopts Report and Order Implementing Low Power Protection Act—Qualifying LPTV Stations Able to Seek Class A Status in Coming Months December 19, 2023

In a development of particular interest to low power television (“LPTV”) stations operating in smaller markets, at last week’s December Open Meeting the Commission unanimously adopted a Report and Order...

FCC Seeks Comment on Implementation of Low Power Protection Act April 6, 2023

On March 30, 2023, the FCC initiated a proceeding to implement the recently enacted Low Power Protection Act (“LPPA”), which offers certain low power television (“LPTV”) stations a “limited window...

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022: Deadline for All Remaining Repack Reimbursement Invoice Submissions (Including FM, LPTV, and TV Translator Stations) August 22, 2022

As of this writing, we’re approximately two weeks away from the Tuesday, September 6, 2022, deadline for all remaining repack reimbursement invoice submissions. (As you likely recall, two other repack reimbursement...