FM Translator Interference Order May Come in Spring, Pai Tells AFCCE; Also Details ATSC 3.0 Steps

The FCC will vote an order on FM translator interference this spring, Chairman Ajit Pai said in a speech Friday to the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers (see 1810090042). The Media Bureau is drafting the order now, Pai said. A new license management system form to let TV stations apply to begin broadcasting in ATSC 3.0 is expected to be completed in Q2, Pai said. The bureau also is working on a supplementary 3.0 order on local simulcasting, and an order addressing concerns raised in reconsideration petitions on the new standard, Pai said. Pai also discussed the post-incentive auction repacking (see 1902220062).