ABC Says Verizon LTE Operations Interfere With New York Affiliate's ENG
ABC filed an FCC compliant on interference Verizon allegedly caused to electronic news gathering (ENG) operations of WABC-TV New York. ABC said emissions from Verizon’s AWS network compromised the station’s use of the 2025-2110 MHz band. Problems have been ongoing…
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since September 2013, ABC said. The letter asks that the Enforcement Bureau find Verizon is in violation of FCC rules and require the carrier to install notch filters “at all current and future” base stations that use AWS A- and B-block spectrum within 36 miles of ENG sites operated by WABC. “We are aware of the issue,” a Verizon spokesman said Friday. “We have been working cooperatively with WABC-TV and will continue to do so.”