STATEMENT OF
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL J. COPPS
In the Matter of Spectrum IVDS, LLC:  Request for Reconsideration of License Renewal 
and Reinstatement of the 218-19 MHz Service B Block License for Market IVM005, 
Detroit/Ann Arbor, Michigan, Call Sign KIVD0019, Order, File No. 0002010282
Sometimes all is well that ends well.  Today we approve a settlement with 
Spectrum IVDS that will allow it to keep its license if it pays its remaining balance and 
can show that it will meet the Commission’s requirements for license renewal.  Those are 
important caveats, but it puts the company in a better position than it was last year when 
the Commission voted – over my dissent – to affirm that the company had defaulted on 
its payment plan.  I pointed out then that the Commission played a role in confusing the 
company on the critical question of when its installment payments were due.  Today’s 
action will save both parties time in court and remove uncertainty over the license.  
That’s good news for all of us.