Representatives of Free Access & Broadcast Telemedia LLC met with FCC officials 3/25/15 to discuss again some points it has been making, but for which it has yet to receive a satisfactory result.
FAB was represented by David J. Mallof, Principal and counsel Colin Black Andrews.
The FCC officials were different this time around. FAB met woth Thomas Reed, Director of the Office of Communications Business Opportunities (“OCBO”) and Daniel Margolis from OCBO.
First, FAB wants the record corrected, specifically, “…that the FCC supplement the record and correct the inaccurate finding in the 1st Report & Order in Docket 12-268 that no parties raised any issues related to the Initial Regulatory.”
Second, it reiterated its need for the underlying assumptions used to produce the Greenhill 1 station valuation estimates.
FAB says that the FCC invited “…commenters to provide a ‘benefit-disadvantage’ analysis in their presentations to mitigate negative and harmful possible impacts on LPTV. Interested commenters cannot provide this required showing without the release of the official FCC analysis that served as a lynchpin for forecasting potential spectrum clearing and concomitant financial outcomes.”
It underscored that getting the underpinnings at a later date is not sufficient.
FAB asked OBCO to schedule a meeting with Chairman Tom Wheeler and/or members of the Incentive Auctions Task Force to resolve these issues.
