Congress Joins Spectrum Grab Debate
MediaWeek, November 18, 2009
By Katy Bachman
The FCC's proposal to reallocate some of the spectrum now held by TV broadcasters to mobile communications companies has caught the attention of Congress. In a letter to FCC Chair Julius Genachowski, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, took up the position of broadcasters that the broadband plan being floated by the FCC was not a good idea.
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