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Slow Going For Broadcaster Repack Relief
NAB is pressing Congress for more time and money for broadcasters to move to new channels following the spectrum incentive auction this spring, but key policymakers are signaling that such relief will not come, if it comes at all, until after the incentive auction when the full dimensions of band repacking are better known.
Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) says a vote by the full Senate on FCC nominees Ajit Pai and Jessica Rosenworcel could come when the Senate gavels back into session on Monday, May 7.
