FCC Has Legal Obligation to Preserve Free TV

What if you started a voluntary spectrum reclamation program and everyone came? [Like you never asked yourself that before.]

What if the Federal Communications Commission allowed broadcasters to give up their spectrum and every station in market decided to do so? FCC broadband plan spokesman Mark Wigfield says the commission, by law, has to ensure that some level of over-the-air service remains in each market. That means the commission, at least under current law, can't clear the broadcast band. It also means that not everyone who wants a buyout may get it.