Sprint's announcement last week that it will not bid in the broadcast incentive auction has some broadcasters worried. A broadcaster familiar with the auction process said the news was a major topic of conversation last week and has fueled anxiety that the FCC made a big mistake by reserving spectrum essentially for one company-T-Mobile-which is likely to get it at incredibly lowered rates, reducing the money the FCC will get to pay broadcasters for their spectrum. Preston Padden, of the disbanding EOBC (see next page), disagrees, saying last week he thinks there will be plenty of bidders and bucks.
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