The Broadcasters' Desktop Resource

Greetings from your broadcast friends out on the Desert…
This is BDR Newsletter 885, Volume 17, #52 for July 30, 2026

WRAPPING UP 17 YEARS
With this issue we conclude the 17th year of the Broadcasters’ Desktop Resource. We are heartened by the emails and phone calls telling us how valuable you have found the site – and newsletter. Thank you for being with us. We are also humbled by the fine companies that help pay the bills.

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C-BAND HAS SOME DATES
The FCC issued a Public Notice about the upcoming C-Band auction, which will displace broadcast transmissions from the 3.98 to 4.14 GHz band. The notice says the plan is for the auction to occur before July 2027, with relocation of existing operations by June 30, 2031 (larger market deadline December 30, 2030) availability of the frequencies by the end of 2030. The FCC expects to put some $30-50 billion in the US Treasury.

A statement from FCC Chairman Carr’s office says “Stakeholders applaud C-Band Auction.” There is a long list of companies and people expressing satisfaction – but none of them are broadcasters.

UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS COMING
With the FCC’s recent Order now published, a lot of questions are starting to be answered about what is coming and how this will affect each and every broadcaster. To offer some answers, Danny Ray Boyer has laid out the basics of the C-Band’s history related to FCC policy. Of course, that still leaves a lot of questions. And this week, we are pleased to have Mark Johnson from LinkUp Communications return to tell us where things stand, when things will happen, and what alternatives broadcasters have, depending on when they take action.

Our 330th Virtual Lunch Gathering will be on Thursday at 2PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific. Join us and learn things! The link request is at www.theBDR.net/TLG/ … 

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