STATEMENT OF 
COMMISSIONER ROBERT M. McDOWELL
Re: Innovation in the Broadcast Television Bands: Allocations, Channel Sharing and 
Improvements to VHF (ET Docket No. 10-235)
I commend the Chairman and the bureaus for quickly starting to prepare for the post-
incentive auction world.  I am voting to approve today’s order, which sets forth new rules that 
will allow any broadcaster that may elect to participate in a future incentive auction to share a six 
megahertz channel with one or more other stations.  Although today’s action is a baby step, it is 
nonetheless a first step down what will be a lengthy road, undoubtedly with many twists and 
turns.  I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues, our talented staff, and all 
interested parties as we move ahead to implement Congress’s directives.  Thank you to all of the 
team that contributed to this order.