to be long now many winners whereas wireless carriers will obtain beach front spectrum for mobile broadbent participating broadcasters receive substantial amounts of money cannot participating broadcasters are simply asking to be held harmless rather than being made losers. this is a reasonable request, and we should have granted it. additionally, i am concerned that today's order is unfair to rural americans. they often rely on translators for free over the air television service. the incentive auction will require many of these transmitters to relocate. some may disappear entirely because there will not be room for them a less spectrum is reallocated and television stations repacked. now, there is nothing that the commission could have done to avoid these consequences entirely, but we could have done more to mediate their impact. specifically, when the time comes for the commission to find room for low-power television stations and transmitters after repackaging, we could have given a preference applicants providing a community with its only low over the air television service, as was pro