PUBLIC NOTICE
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DA 13-1955
September 23, 2013
FCC ANNOUNCES PANELISTS FOR SEPTEMBER 30, 2013, WORKSHOP ON ISSUES 
SURROUNDING THE REASSIGNMENT OF TV STATIONS
AFTER THE INCENTIVE AUCTION 
GN Docket No. 12-268
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announces the agenda and panelists for its 
September 30, 2013, workshop on issues related to the reassignment of television stations after the 
incentive auction.
1
  The workshop, which will be held as part of the Learn Everything About Reverse 
Auctions Now Program (LEARN), will consist of two panels of experts.  The first panel will focus on the 
costs associated with channel reassignment following the incentive auction.  The second panel will 
discuss strategies to promote coordination during the transition, and potential ways to reduce the costs 
broadcasters may incur as a result of channel reassignment.  Today the FCC also released a Public Notice 
seeking comment on a Catalog of Eligible Expenses that lists specific categories of costs likely to result 
from channel reassignment, and potential cost reduction strategies, both of which will also be discussed 
during the workshop.
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The workshop will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST in the Commission Meeting Room 
at the FCC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.  It is free and open to the public, with seating available on 
a first-come, first-served basis.  The session will be broadcast live over the Internet at 
http://www.fcc.gov/live.  Questions from the Internet audience can be submitted anonymously via email 
to learn@fcc.govmailto: and via Twitter using the hashtag, #fcclive.  Additional information about the 
LEARN Program is available at http://www.fcc.gov/learnprogram. 
                                                     
1
The workshop was announced in a Public Notice released on September 9, 2013.  See FCC Announces Workshop 
on Issues Surrounding the Reassignment of TV Stations after the Incentive Auction, GN Docket No. 12-268, Public 
Notice (rel. September 9, 2013).  
2
See Media Bureau Seeks Comment on Catalog of Eligible Expenses and Other Issues Related to the 
Reimbursement of Broadcaster Channel Reassignment Costs following the Incentive Auction, GN Docket No. 12-
268, Public Notice (rel. September 23, 2013).  
Agenda
10:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks – Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn
Commissioner Ajit Pai
10:15 a.m.-11:15 a.m. Panel 1:  Categories of Reimbursable Costs Incurred by Broadcasters 
Moderator, Rebecca Hanson, Senior Advisor, Broadcast Spectrum, FCC Media 
Bureau
Joe Davis, President, Chesapeake RF Consultants
Jane Mago, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, National Association 
of Broadcasters
Peter Starke, Vice President, Broadcast, American Tower
Joe Zuba, National Sales Manager, Dielectric
11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Panel 2:  Strategies to Promote Transition Coordination and Cost Mitigation 
Among Broadcasters
Moderator, Bill Lake, Chief, FCC Media Bureau
Mark Aitken, Vice President, Advanced Technology, Sinclair Broadcast Group
David Donovan, President, New York State Broadcasters Association
Erin Dozier, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, National 
Association of Broadcasters
Robert Kelly, Partner, Squire Sanders
Lonna Thompson, Executive Vice President, Association of Public Television 
Stations
For further information, contact:  Kim Matthews at (202) 418-2154 or Kim.Matthews@fcc.gov; 
Mary Margaret Jackson at (202) 418-3641 or MaryMargaret.Jackson@fcc.gov; or Pamela Gallant at 
(202) 418-0614 or Pamela.Gallant@fcc.gov.  Press contact: Janice Wise, Janice.Wise@fcc.gov at (202)
418-8165.   For additional information about the broadcast television incentive auction, visit: 
http://www.fcc.gov/learn.
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