‘Local Power TV’ Advocates Livid Over LPTV Bill’s Passage

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On December 15, 2021, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) introduced legislation that provides for a one-year period during which eligible low-power television stations may apply to the FCC for Class A licenses. Eligibility comes down to whether a station serves a media market “with a limited number of television households,” broadcasts a minimum number of hours, and meets “other requirements” spelled out in the legislation.


That’s something the “Local Power” advocacy group LPTV Broadcasters Association would be happy about, no? Absolutely not, it says, and on Thursday morning urged the House of Representatives to shoot down companion legislation, preventing Blunt’s bill from becoming law as the Senate unanimously approved the proposal.

By 12:20pm, those calls went unheeded, with the lower body of Congress passing the bill.

 

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