NAB: OET-69 Changes Violate Law

The National Association of Broadcasters filed comments to the Federal Communications Commission claiming proposed changes to OET-69 software (TVStudy) used to calculate TV station coverage areas would violate the Spectrum Act and reduce the coverage of several TV stations across the country. “And even if the TVStudy software’s numerous defects could be rectified, the timing of the proposed changes — on the cusp of the incentive auction, yet before the auction’s procedures have been determined — is the height of arbitrary and capricious agency action,” NAB said.