FCC Schedules Spectrum Auction Repack Seminar

The Incentive Auction Task Force and the Media Bureau announced the agenda for an upcoming public workshop on post-auction transition procedures. 

The workshop will be held on Monday (March 13) from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

It will also be live-streamed at www.fcc.gov/live and questions can be emailed to IAtransition@fcc.gov.

On the agenda are:

1. “Overview and incentive auction status update;

2. “Step-by-step review of the procedures for broadcast stations filing applications for construction permits during the 39-month transition period;

3. “Review of procedures for submitting bank account information to ensure payment of reverse auction winnings and reimbursement of eligible expenses;

4. “Question & Answer session with panel of FCC staff.”

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.