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“Frequency”-Asked Questions: What Is Low-Power TV?

You may have heard that nearly 1,000 local television stations must move to new frequencies over the next two years as a result of what’s called the spectrum repack. But that number doesn’t tell the whole story. In fact, more than 2,000 low-power TV (LPTV) stations and TV translators are also affected. TV Answers receives lots of questions regarding low-power TV stations and TV translators (these two terms are sometimes used interchangeably and sometimes distinctly; it’s complicated, and will be explained below), and what impact the spectrum repack has on them. To learn more about LPTV, we sat down with

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