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Cities Seek Access To Unused Airwaves

by Catherine Welch, WHQR-FM
April 27, 2010

Just when you thought you'd heard the last of the national switch to digital TV, along comes another technical term to further clutter your brain: white spaces. They are the unused airwaves between licensed TV channels — and cities want to access them for everything from transmitting data from traffic and security cameras, to providing broadband access. A test is going on now in Wilmington, N.C.

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  • All Things Considered, April 27, 2010
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