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Spectrum Sales NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the competing strategies for giving away pieces of the broadcast spectrum. The extra capacity will allow digital television to be phased in while analog service continues. The current telecommunications law orders the FCC to give them to braodcasters free, a plan bradcasters support. Others, including consumer groups and Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain of Arizona want the agency to auction the frequencies.

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Spectrum Sales

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Spectrum Sales

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NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the competing strategies for giving away pieces of the broadcast spectrum. The extra capacity will allow digital television to be phased in while analog service continues. The current telecommunications law orders the FCC to give them to braodcasters free, a plan bradcasters support. Others, including consumer groups and Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain of Arizona want the agency to auction the frequencies.