• Radio Business Report, Wednesday, December 23, 2009 11:50 PM

Group owners of local broadcast TV stations defended current spectrum allocations to the FCC. They noted that it's not only non-MVPD subscribers who get TV off-air; so do many of the actual MVPDs who then pass the programming on to their subscribers. They reminded the FCC that broadcast television remains the nation's first source of entertainment.

Using the collective name Local Television Broadcasters, and summarizing its argument, the group wrote, "Television broadcasting represents the highest and best use of the spectrum in the public interest. To remain competitive in the media marketplace, television broadcasters must have the ability to innovate... The channel-sharing and service area reductions contemplated in the Public Notice would take this ability away from broadcasters and likely result in widespread viewer reception difficulties."

LCB concludes that broadcasters need their spectrum to continue to adapt, compete and respond to public demand going forward.

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