Lee Miller
FCC proposes updated Longley-Rice model to repack TV stations
The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) has released new software it will use to repack television station coverage areas after the incentive auctions are held.
The OET...
NAB says method for calculating TV coverage will cause instability
The NAB has told the FCC that its way of calculating TV station coverage areas and interference might negatively affect the upcoming spectrum auction and parts of it might be...
NAB’s Five Spectrum Complications to Watch
Rick Kaplan offers up five top issues that will need resolving if incentive auctions are to work Rick Kaplan, the National Association of Broadcasters’ point...
Sorting Out the Spectrum Stakeholders
The FCC will thank its lucky stars if it gets all parties—big and small—on board with its plans for the broadcast spectrum incentive auctionsNobody...
Next TV Standard Must Be Truly Universal
The engineers who worked heroically to push broadcasting across the digital threshold had barely caught up on their sleep before agitation for more change...
EAS Hack has Engineers on Alert
MULTIPLE CITIES – A hack into the nation’s Emergency Alert System this week that coincided with a threat by Anonymous to disrupt the...
Broadcast First Informer Role Cited in FCC Sandy Hearing
TV, Radio Help Keep Lines of Communications Open, People out of Harm's Way
Broadcasters continued to be praised for their "first informer" status Tuesday even...
NFL on Local TV Stations=Hometown Advantage
— Viewers overwhelmingly choose to watch Home-team NFL Games
on Broadcast TV stations over ESPN and NFLN Cable Nets —
What has more local appeal than...
NAB: FCC Moving Too Fast On Auction
Association executives brief reporters on the group’s formal comments to the FCC on its incentive auction plans. CEO Gordon Smith emphasizes: “This should not...
TV Spectrum Sellers Call For Early Auction
A coalition of the willing — TV stations eager to sell their spectrum back to the FCC so it can be auctioned to wireless...
