Educate Your Policymakers About Upcoming TV Channel Moves
With the conclusion of the recent broadcast spectrum incentive auction, nearly 1,000 TV stations that did not participate in the auction must move to new frequencies. Many legislators have very little awareness of why this is happening and how complicated and expensive this process will be.
As members of Congress are in their home districts for the August recess, now is the time to contact them to share the impact these station moves will have on their constituents.
NAB has several resources to help you with these meetings:
- Visit nab.org/TVStationMoves to get messaging
- Access this database of station moves by state and congressional district
- Use this infographic to explain why stations are moving
- Use this infographic to explain how complex the moves will be
- Download this issue sheet to hand to your members of Congress
As a reminder, we provide resources for stations to help build strong relationships with policymakers at nab.org/speakup, and you can find information on our other key issues at nab.org/AdvocacyResources.