The National Religious Broadcasters warned that Senate Democrats’ debt limit...
The National Religious Broadcasters warned that Senate Democrats’ debt limit plan could hurt non-commercial broadcasters. The plan by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., would authorize voluntary incentive auctions. “Religious television broadcasters were called on by Congress to make significant…
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sacrifices in the move to digital television and subsequent spectrum auctions just a few years ago,” said NRB General Counsel Craig Parshall. “With questions about current broadband spectrum allocations not being fully utilized, we wonder if a new auction is truly necessary.” If Congress moves ahead with an auction, lawmakers should “seek out and include explicit provisions and protections that fairly honor the services and investments of religious full power, Class A, and low power television broadcasters in their local communities,” Parshall said.