A Busy Spring For LPTV’s Repack Low-power TV stations continue to contend with FCC initiatives to move to new channels and convert to digital operations, while interest grows in using LPTV sticks to transmit in the ATSC 3.0 standard. Above, Comark E-Compact transmitters. By Glen Dickson | May 27, 2021 | 10:24 a.m. ET. Vendors of transmission equipment to low-power TV stations report robust business as their customers contend with two major regulatory initiatives from the FCC — the ongoing move to new channels for LPTVs and translators displaced by the full-power RF repack that concluded last year, and the July 13, 2021, deadline for analog LPTV stations to convert to digital operations.