Frequency sharing
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Channel sharing in digital television
U.S. mobile data usage in 2017 was 40 times that in 2010, forcing frequencies to be reallocated.[1][2][3] The FCC's 2016 auction allowed two or more stations to share a single 6 MHz television channel while retaining their licenses and all rights.[4][5][6]
NBC sold the spectrum of three of its stations in the 2017 FCC auction: WNBC New York, Telemundo WSNS-TV Chicago and WWSI Philadelphia. Other NBC stations in the market would begin channel sharing with those stations; for instance, Comcast moved Channel 28 WNBC onto Telemundo's Channel 35 WNJU, broadcasting both stations from WNJU's antenna.[7][8][9][10] Stations had to either channel-share with another TV station in this way or go off the air by Jan. 23, 2018.[11]
References
- ^ "As cellphones gobble bandwidth, TV stations change frequencies". The Altamont Enterprise. Albany County, New York. July 22, 2019.
- ^ "The State of Wireless 2018 Report". CTIA. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-355217A1.pdf
- ^ Oxenford, David (24 March 2017). "FCC Adopts New Rules for Post-Incentive Auction Channel Sharing – Including Opportunities for LPTV and TV Translators to Increase Over-the-Air Coverage". Broadcast Law Blog. By David Oxenford on March 24, 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0323/DOC-344040A1.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-17-29A1.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "FCC Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction Auction 1001 Winning Bids" (PDF). fcc.gov. 2017-04-04. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "NBC Makes Over $480 Million From Auction". TV News Check. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ Newman, Jared (20 April 2017). "What cord-cutting TV antenna users need to know about the FCC's spectrum auction". TechHive. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ Sanders, Scott (27 November 2017). "WYCC may have sold for up to $130 million less than it is worth". Reel Chicago. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ Channick, Robert (2017-09-22). "Chicago PBS station WYCC hoping to stay on the air through deal with WTTW". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
External links
- Federal Communications Commission (May 22, 2012). "Channel Sharing Workshop". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- "Channel Sharing Workshop". Federal Communications Commission. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
This article incorporates public domain material from Federal Standard 1037C. General Services Administration. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22.