FCC Incentive Auction results released

[Paul Anderson]

And in New York?  WNBC is going off-air?

> On Apr 13, 2017, at 6:07 PM, Bob DeMattia <bob.bosra@demattia.net> wrote:
> 
> Ot oh.
> 
> Looks like NBC Boston will have to find a new home (again)!
> 
> -Bob
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Garrett Wollman <wollman@bimajority.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> The FCC has now publicly released the results of the TV band-clearing
>> "incentive auction" process and announced the new channel assignments
>> and phasing for the TV repacking.
>> 
>> The following Boston-market stations are getting large sums of cash to
>> relinquish their UHF channels assignments:
>> 
>> payout  old RF
>> ($MM)   chan.   station
>> ------- ------- -------------------
>> 162.1   41      WLVI (56 Cambridge)
>> 161.7   19      WGBH-TV (*2 Boston)
>> 135.0   47      WYDN (*48 Worcester)
>> 93.6   18      WMFP (62 Lawrence)
>> 80.4   36      WYCN-CD (13 Nashua)
>> 68.1   35      WBIN-TV (50 Derry), as already reported
>> 63.9   24      WFXZ-CD (24 Boston)
>> 43.4   40      WDPX-TV (58 Vineyard Haven)
>> 
>> All of the stations listed here filed for channel sharing agreements,
>> if I'm understanding the FCC's release correctly -- even WBIN.  That
>> does not necessarily mean that they will be able to actually execute a
>> channel-sharing contract with one of the surviving stations.  See the
>> full listing for all markets at
>> <https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-announces-results-worlds-
>> first-broadcast-incentive-auction-0>
>> 
>> The repacking goes like this:
>> 
>> Station                 Changing        Phase   Linked
>> WGBH (2 Boston)         19 -> 5         4       Yes
>> WBZ-TV (4 Boston)       30 -> 20        4       Yes
>> WCVB-TV (5 Boston)      20 -> 33        4       Yes
>> WHDH (7 Boston)         42 -> 35        8       No
>> WMUR (9 Manchester)     9 -> 9          -       N/A
>> WENH (11 Durham)        11 -> 11        -       N/A
>> WPXG-TV (21 Concord)    33 -> 23        4       Yes
>> WFXT (25 Boston)        31 -> 34        4       Yes
>> WUNI (27 Worcester)     29 -> 19        4       Yes
>> WSBK (38 Boston)        39 -> 21        8       No
>> WGBX (44 Boston)        43 -> 32        8       No
>> WWDP (46 Norwell)       10 -> 10        -       N/A
>> WNEU (60 Merrimack)     34 -> 29        4       Yes
>> WUTF (66 Marlborough)   27 -> 27        -       N/A
>> WBPX-TV (68 Boston)     32 -> 22        4       Yes
>> 
>> The "linked" column indicates that these stations are part of a group
>> of multiple stations that must all shift channels at the same time (or
>> in a specific order) -- for example:
>> 
>> * WPXG -> 23 before WCVB -> 33 before WBZ -> 20 before WEDH -> 30
>> * WGBH -> 5 before WUNI -> 19 before WNEU -> 29 before WFXT -> 34 before
>>  WCSH -> 31
>> 
>> The deadline to begin testing new facilities for phase 4 is June 22,
>> 2019, and the deadline to complete construction is August 2, 2019.
>> For phase 8, the deadline to begin testing is January 1, 2020, and
>> to complete construction is March 13, 2020.  Stations which do not
>> meet the construction deadline must go off the air (or may request
>> special temporary authority to operate on a different channel or share
>> a channel).
>> 
>> -GAWollman
>> 
>>