An example of the FCC NOT protecting the public interest

Stage 1... We all stand in front of the FCC Building in Washington DC wearing sandwich signs in protest against this unfair situation.

As goes LPTV so goes Part 15!

Stage 2... we show up at the restaurant where the FCC fat cats have lunch and capture video of them chewing and sipping to show on the LPTV stations!

Stage 3... We follow them around to discover their secret girlfriends and other hidden behavior.

Stage 4... We launch the most massive avalanch of complaints in history about the terrible interference that they have been too lazy to do something about.

Stage 5... We meet to plan Stages 6, 7, 8, and so on.

Stay angry!

There appears a sense of a pattern becoming evident of forcing all small time public media delivery sources out of the picture, don't it? They've made it impossible for small time web streamers to exist, now the same happening for small tv stations..

Kinda scary.

Being small is now defined as suspicious behavior by Homesick Security.

That's why I am a "Group Owner" because it sounds big and important.

We must plant ideas, like: "People say I should admit being a billionaire, but I think it should be private, don't you?"

While not owning a cell-phone, I often take phone calls on an old TV remote that I carry in a pocket... I explain to people within ear-shot... "I'm taking a call from Corporate in New York, this won't take long..."

Explanations... my family money comes from the shoe polish fortune... but we try to be as normal as possible.

True, we were small at one time, before we sold a patent to Bill Gates.

Just yesterday I coached the President on something he needs to improve... facial expressions.

the fcc quit protecting the public interests the moment Reagan took office. that was the beginning of the end starting with removal of the fairness doctrine followed by deregulation and then auctions of public airwaves to the highest bidder.

Low power TV has always been secondary.  If a LPTV station wanted protection it should have filed to be class A.  Class A TV stations get the protection of full power stations (not losing their frequency if a primary user wants it), but they have to meet standards of serving their community.

In the case of KSDY, they applied for class A status but they did not meet the requirements.  The letters in KSDY-LD’s correspondence folder are an interesting read.

It is not all gloom and doom.  Some Class A stations could come out ahead in the repack if they channel share with a full power station.

The FCC is acting based on what congress told them to do.  Blaming the FCC for the upcoming reverse auction, auction, and repack leaves out blaming the forces that push congress for more and more UHF spectrum for data.

There are many ways KSDY could continue to reach their audience even if they lose a broadcast license.  They could lease a sub channel on a broadcaster that stays on the air.  They could lease time on a broadcaster that stays on the air.  They could get into a cable head end with pay for carriage.  They could lease bandwidth on a FSS satellite transponder; a spot beam that covers their current market would be enough.

I think the move from broadcasting (one to many) to streaming (one to one) is not efficient.  I think OTA TV should be protected.  But the FCC is being pushed on by congress.

The big corporations get what they want because they can "buy" governments and they have a lot of money to lobby and donate a lot of money for campaining at election time. A few part 15 hobbiests aren't going to get the FCC to do anything.

Unfortunately.

Mark

Your point is exactly on the mark, Mark