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# Broadcasters admit TV only needs a fraction of their spectrum
- URL: https://fabric.media/broadcasters-admit-tv-only-needs-a-fraction-of-their-spectrum/
- Published: 2026-09-17T15:28:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-17T15:28:02.000Z
- Description: Sinclair, Nexstar and Gray executives now say ATSC 3.0 lets them deliver core broadcast service on as little as 2 MHz of a 6 MHz channel.
- Author: Fabric.Media Editorial
- Tags: Streaming, Tim Hanlon, TVREV: broadcast spectrum reallocation debate

**Why it matters.** As broadcasters publicly quantify how little spectrum TV actually requires, they invite regulators to ask why the rest shouldn’t be reallocated away from the free-television mandate that justifies their licenses.

*Signal from* [*TVREV*](https://tvrev.com/?ref=fabric.media) *·* [*Tim Hanlon*](https://fabric.media/tag/by-tim-hanlon/) *·* [*read the original*](https://www.tvrev.com/news/how-much-of-a-tv-channel-still-needs-to-be-television?ref=fabric.media)*.*