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Howard University May Auction Off WHUT Airwaves

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Howard University is considering auctioning its public television station, WHUT, after more than three decades of broadcasts.

The university sent students and faculty a memo announcing it is weighing the potential to create "significant income" by selling Channel 32 and an unused digital channel to the FCC. The university reported a $44 million loss for fiscal 2014, according to Washington Business Journal. In April, 84 staff positions were eliminated.

"Howard University must consider the significant financial opportunity presented with the [auction]," the announcement from University President Wayne A.I. Frederick said. "At the same time, we will consider the value that WHUT adds to the experiential learning opportunities for students and faculty ... and the public service opportunities we provide through WHUT to its loyal viewers."

The university would sell the wireless communication signal to the FCC, which would then sell it to wireless carriers that would use it to create stronger wireless internet networks.

WHUT was the first and only PBS member station to be licensed and operated by a predominantly African-American institution, according to its website.

Howard officials will decide in early December whether to participate in the auction.
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http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Howard-University-May-Auction-Off-WHUT-334412291.html
 
Howard University decides it won’t sell its public TV station in the FCC spectrum auction

Howard University said Thursday that it’s withdrawing from the FCC’s spectrum auction, which enabled broadcast license holders to sell all or portions of their spectrum as part of an initiative to enable wireless carriers to expand their reach.

Howard, based in Washington, D.C., was considering selling the license to its public television station, WHUT, which is the only black-owned public media station in the United States. But many within Howard objected to the sale.

In a letter to Howard community members that was published by The Hilltop, Howard’s student paper, university president Wayne A. I. Frederick wrote that the school “voluntarily withdrew from the auction when it became apparent that the relatively low yield would not justify relinquishing the university’s rights to broadcast WHUT.”
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http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/02/ho...ublic-tv-station-in-the-fcc-spectrum-auction/
 
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