To KYPX: DIY.(Capital Watch)

Broadcasting & Cable, January, 2004

KYPX(TV) Camden, Ark., can't force EchoStar to make room for a satellite-dish antenna the company plans for delivering its signal to the direct-broadcast satellite provider's Little Rock, Ark., facility, the FCC has ruled. As part of plans to offer local TV channels in the market, EchoStar agreed to accept a satellite signal from KYPX after measurements demonstrated that the over-the-air signal would be too weak.

The satellite provider insisted it had no room for the 4- x 6-foot dish at the local receiver facility space it leases from Clear Channel. Consequently, EchoStar demanded that the station itself lease the space from Clear Channel. KYPX argued that commission precedent required EchoStar to find space for the station. The FCC found, however, that, in a...

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