&#thirteen; FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
&#thirteen; June H, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC -- In response to the FCC's proposed framework for the printed spectrum incentive public sale order right now, the next assertion might be attributed to NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith:

"NAB has deep reservations concerning the FCC’s incentive public sale framework order launched this week. Broadcasters supported the bipartisan Spectrum Act exactly as a result of Congress captured the right stability between repurposing spectrum for cellular broadband whereas holding native TV stations innocent within the course of. As the 2 dissenting FCC Commissioners famous, nevertheless, the motivation public sale order turns this rigorously crafted stability on its head, reworking Congress’s desired win-win-win into a big setback for native broadcasters and our tens of hundreds of thousands of viewers.

"The order's elementary flaw is that it ignores Congress's clear course to do no hurt to broadcasters who select to not take part within the voluntary public sale. Instead, the bulk goes as far as to recommend that the objective of repurposing broadcast spectrum for cellular broadband is superior, relatively than equal to, that of sustaining a wholesome and strong broadcast business. Let's be clear: not a single American will know or perceive if his or her wi-fi service provides 10 or 20 new megahertz to its one hundred fifty-plus megahertz stockpile. They will, nevertheless, be fairly indignant if they're instantly disadvantaged of entry to native broadcasters' information, leisure and public security info because of an public sale gone awry.

"NAB nonetheless believes the public sale can each be trustworthy to Congress and achieve success. To that finish, nevertheless, the FCC should implement insurance policies that really maintain non-individuals innocent. But if broadcasters are coerced by means of unrelated regulatory actions that injury the economics of our companies -- or if public sale guidelines undermine the various public providers we ship at the moment – then the public sale ceases to be voluntary, and the stability Congress painstakingly achieved evaporates. Now is the time for the FCC to make good on its repeated guarantees to not injury a vibrant tv enterprise, and for Congress to train the right oversight wanted to protect a free, native and lifeline programming supply that's the envy of the world."&#thirteen;

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