WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association of Broadcasters filed a petition today with the Federal Communications Commission requesting a rulemaking to correct serious design flaws in the television white spaces (TVWS) database system. NAB also filed an emergency motion to suspend operations of the TVWS database pending completion of the rulemaking or until temporary methods to ensure accurate database information were adopted.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Federal Communications Commission today issued a proposed $325,000 fine against Schurz Communications' WDBJ-TV Roanoke, VA for a three-second image that appeared in a July 12, 2012 newscast. The following statement can be attributed to Dennis Wharton, NAB executive vice president, Communications: