OPEN MIKE BY DAVE SEYLER
FCC’s LP Spectrum Grab Is A Study In Ugly
Next year’s spectrum auction will see the FCC selling bandwidth it will have simply usurped from entrepreneurs, local communities and even churches that use it to provide free over-the-air local low-low power TV without any form of compensation. Moreover, it will be grabbing spectrum in a way that violates the FCC’s longstanding mission as well as the Fifth Amendment.