Repacking Priority Window to Run Aug. 9-Sept. 8, IATF Says
The repacking priority window for stations that need changes to their post-incentive auction channel assignments will be Aug. 9-Sept. 8, said the Incentive Auction Task Force and Media Bureau in a public notice Monday. The first priority window is also…
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for stations that experienced a population loss of more than 1 percent due to the repacking and Class A stations that weren't protected in the incentive auction, the PN said. Twenty-five stations told the FCC they can’t construct facilities for the channel assignments they have received for the repacking, the IATF said (see 1707130060). After the priority window, the estimated cost of the repacking could decline, the IATF said, as the current figure includes price estimates for eight of the stations that have said their channel assignment needs to be changed. A move to a new channel could change the repacking costs for such stations, the IATF has said.