The FCC today released details for its October 26th Broadcaster Learn Everything About Reverse-Auctions Now (“LEARN”) Program Workshop, to be held in the Commission Meeting Room at the FCC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. and webcast live at www.fcc.gov/live. The workshop is the first in a series that seeks to provide broadcasters guidance on the incentive auction process, about which we have reported previously. The released agenda, provided below, covers issues of interest to both potential broadcast participants in the auction and those that may be affected by the repacking process.
October 26th Agenda
1:30 – 1:35 Welcoming Remarks
Commissioner Mignon Clyburn
1:35 – 1:45 Overview: How the Pieces Fit Together
Gary Epstein, Chair, Incentive Auction Task Force
1:45 – 2:00 Reverse Auction Design Proposals
Brett Tarnutzer, Chief Data Officer, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
2:00 – 2:15 Station Eligibility
Bill Lake, Chief, Media Bureau
2:15 – 2:30 Forward Auction and New Band Plans
Ruth Milkman, Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
2:30 – 2:45 Interference Proposals and Repacking
Julie Knapp, Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology
2:45 – 3:15 Questions: Moderator
Rebecca Hanson, Senior Advisor, Media
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