Let's Get Serious About the Repack Gap

[Commentary] The Federal Communications Commission gave assurances that no stations will be forced off the air following the incentive auction in 2016 because they can't build their new channels in 39 months as the FCC has mandated. But that should be taken with a grain of salt until the repack rules are rewritten, perhaps around the regionalized repack scheme cooked up by National Association of Broadcasters.