The Chronicle of Higher Education

Colleges Prevail in Fight to Retain Their Part of the Broadcast Spectrum

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

Colleges are cheering a decision by the Federal Communications Commission last week to allow educational institutions to retain ownership of their unused portion of the broadcast spectrum. They use the spectrum mainly to air educational television programming.

The commission had been considering a...

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