More channels, power for DTV: FCC's revised digital assignments include more core spectrum, higher limits for UHFs.(digital television, Federal Communications Commission, ultra-high frequency)(includes related article on digital television requirement)

Broadcasting & Cable, February, 1998 by McConnell, Chris

UHF broadcasters won their battle for more power and the industry won extra spectrum last week when the FCC released its revised plan for matching each TV station with a channel for digital television.

Now broadcasters say they can worry about a new set of DTV problems. "The game's not over yet," Sinclair Broadcast Group Vice President Nat Ostroff says. Ostroff points to new concerns about the ability of set-top antennas to receive digital signals. Others cite ongoing problems in procuring space for transmitters, particularly in time to meet the DTV construction deadlines that will begin to fall on some stations on Nov. 1.

"The real-world problems of implementation are still with us," says one broadcaster. "The big mystery is whether any of...

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