Perceptions about how stations will be scored in the spectrum incentive auction are keeping themnfrom committing to participate, the Expanding Opportunities for Broadcasters Coalition told agency staff,naccording to an ex-parte (http://bit.ly/16crSGb) filing Monday. The commission has offered no “objectivenbasis” for deciding the price stations will receive for their spectrum, said EOBC Executive Director PrestonnPadden. “Many broadcasters continue to perceive the specter of scoring based on some arbitrary factorsnas a real possibility, and this is driving stations away from the auction.” Padden also spoke against anproposed requirement for stations planning to channel share to “place a city grade signal over their communitynof license” which he said unnecessarily restricts the stations that would be able to share. Paddennsaid the FCC “should be encouraging stations to surrender their channels and channel share, not erectingnbarriers to this potentially attractive mechanism for participation.”
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