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Lide sa a ka sanble tankou yon bonanza pou Chèn 6 estasyon, men FCC a te jete nan yon zingers kèk. Premyèman, odyo analòg ka konsidere kòm yon sèvis Segondè, menm jan ak sous dlo done transmèt pa estasyon televizyon. Move nouvèl yo: gouvènman an se pou% nan revni brit soti nan rivyè sa yo. Dezyèmman, Komisyon an ka deside bay fòmèl pwoteksyon kont entèferans estasyon radyo nan fen ki pi ba nan radyo FM gwoup la. Ki ta ka fèmen kèk Chèn 5-soti estasyon LPTV. Finalman, FCC a mande si wi ou non odyo Chèn analòg 6 yo ta dwe sijè a tout obligasyon enterè piblik nòmalman ki asosye ak estasyon radyo radyo. Ki ta ka enpoze yon kouch siyifikatif nouvo nan règleman kontni ke estasyon LPTV pa te deja te fè fas. Sepandan, depi frè sèvis 6% oksilyè aplike sèlman nan sèvis ki pa Peye-emisyon, nou pa fin sèten ki jan FCC a te kapab tou de kolekte frè a ak enpoze nouvo emisyon obligasyon regilasyon.
eng
This idea may sound like a bonanza for Channel 6 stations, but the FCC has thrown in a few zingers. First, analog audio may be considered an ancillary service, similar to data streams transmitted by TV stations. The bad news: the government is to 5% of gross revenue from such streams. Second, the Commission may decide to provide formal protection from interference to radio stations at the lower end of the FM radio band. That might shut down some Channel 6-originated LPTV stations. Finally, the FCC asks whether analog Channel 6 audio should be subject to all of the public interest obligations normally associated with radio broadcast stations. That would impose a significant new layer of content regulation that LPTV stations have not previously faced. However, since the 5% ancillary service fee applies only to non-broadcast services, we are not sure how the FCC could both collect the fee and impose new broadcast regulatory obligations.