Members of the National Association of Broadcasters met with Federal Communications Commission staff recently to urge the FCC to change the rules on the operation of unlicensed devices on unoccupied channels — an issue the NAB has been pushing since last year. “The commission should either adopt and enforce effective rules that will allow TVWS devices to coexist with licensed operations, or it should eliminate or suspend TVWS operations,” NAB wrote in an ex parte filing.
Election Night Proves It: Hyperlocal Is LPTV’s Franchise
November 3, 2026
On election night, nobody with a national budget covers the county commission race. An LPTV station twelve miles away can, and that capability is the most durable franchise in American television.
