EOBC Praises Auction Order

The Expanding Opportunities for Broadcasters Coalition (EOBC) found reason to applaud the FCC's just-released incentive auction framework order. Coalition executive director Preston Padden praised the effort of the staff in producing what he called a "milestone."

He was also pleased by some of the substance. "The Coalition appreciates the assurance that sharing stations may change their city of license and that the FCC will not score stations based on enterprise value."

The coalition comprises stations, likely mostly independents in major markets -- their identities are guarded for competitive reasons -- who could put spectrum up for auction if the price is right, which includes valuing stations for the value of their spectrum in clearing and repacking, not for their value as TV station operations.