Three Congressmen representing districts in the state of Washington called on Julius Genachowski, chairman of the FCC, to commit the agency to maintaining transparency as it develops a new TV band plan as part of its incentive auction process and to protect viewers in their state from the loss of TV coverage.

In a Dec. 21 letter to the chairman, Reps. Jim McDermott (D-WA), Adam Smith (D-WA) and Norm Dicks (D-WA) reminded the chairman that the United States and Canada are bound by treaty to coordinate channel assignments with each other to protect OTA reception by viewers in both nations. [Read More…]