NAB to FCC: Don't Take Our ENG Channels

The National Association of Broadcasters reiterated to the Federal Communications Commission that it needs to retain all the electronic news-gathering (ENG) spectrum it currently has. Wireless companies have recommended that the FCC take back the top two channels of Broadcast Auxiliary service spectrum as part of an effort to clear up 15 MHz of spectrum per congressional directive. But NAB says there is other spectrum that would fill that bill without compromising local broadcast news, which relies on BAS spectrum to transmit news from the field--those news trucks with the dish antennas that are a fixture at breaking news sites.