[BC] LPAM Info

[Mike McCarthy]

I read the proposal.  FOr day only it might work.  But with night 
operation rather insane with all the sky wave and many stations NOW 
with less than 10mV limits, why should these guys get any special 
treatment.

Sorry..bad idea.

MM

> It sounds good, but by the time the NAB gets through with it it 
won't be any 
> more viable than LPFM is. They'll object to everything, and by the 
time the 
> FCC grants most of their objections, there'll be nothing left.
> 
> 
> 
> Jerry Mathis
> Clear Channel Radio, Tupelo & Meridian MS
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Richard Fry" <rfry at adams.net>
> >Reply-To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> >To: "Broadcast List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> >Subject: [BC] LPAM Info
> >Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:20:37 -0500
> >
> >Here is a paste about a proposed LPAM service, from the DIY Media 
website:
> >
> >http://www.free103point9.org/newsroom.php
> >
> >__________________
> >
> >Low power AM petition for rulemaking accepted at FCC
> >
> >10.23.05
> >
> >>From DIY Media
> >
> >RM-11287 is a multi-party petition that calls for the opening of 
the AM 
> >band to small broadcasters. Two of the five parties involved also 
filed the 
> >original petition for rulemaking that led to LPFM's conception.
> >
> >This has been a long time coming: citizen interest in LPAM has 
percolated 
> >since the 1990s, and there's been open discussion of the idea since 
at 
> >least 2002. In 2003 a respected broadcast engineer submitted a 
proposal to 
> >the FCC which called for the creation of 30 and 100-
watt "neighborhood 
> >radio" AM stations with 1-5 mile broadcast ranges. The FCC never 
formally 
> >acknowledged receipt of this document. In 2004 efforts were made to 
revive 
> >the proposal, to no avail. Building on these previous efforts with 
copious 
> >field experimentation led to the petition the FCC finally accepted.
> >
> >RM-11287 attempts to differentiate LPAM from LPFM in several 
respects. The 
> >most significant is its commercial nature: LPAM seeks to "fill the 
current 
> >gap between small stations and megacorporations...where mid-sized 
> >businesses used to be" in the broadcast industry. Petitioners 
contend that 
> >while LPFM addresses a "community coverage gap" opened by the 
consolidation 
> >of radio since 1996, "[t]here remains, in radio and in other mass 
media 
> >industries, a separate, but similarly dangerous, 'small business 
gap'" 
> >which "harms the nation by hindering economic growth and also by 
limiting 
> >the free flow of information and ideas." It is proposed that one 
entity may 
> >own up to 12 LPAM stations nationally, although no more than one in 
any 
> >given market.
> >
> >Multiple options are presented for the technical requirements of an 
LPAM 
> >service, with power levels ranging from 1 to 250 watts. All are 
geared 
> >toward keeping administration of the service simple. It is believed 
that 
> >under such conditions LPAM stations may provide opportunities for 
access to 
> >the airwaves that LPFM simply cannot: for example, according to 
cited 
> >analysis from REC Networks, metropolitan Detroit is currently off-
limits to 
> >LPFM, but as many as four possible LPAM frequencies exist in the 
city.
> >
> >Some components of the petition, like asking the FCC to make 
licensing 
> >decisions between competing applicants based on their proposed 
broadcast 
> >content, will simply not fly. And given that the Telecommunications 
Act of 
> >1996 requires the FCC to auction off all commercial broadcast 
licenses, 
> >implementation of the proposal as written would require the 
blessing of 
> >Congress. But the fact that the FCC is at least open to a 
rudimentary level 
> >of discussion about LPAM is encouraging. Comments on RM-11287 are 
due in 
> >mid-November (on or around November 20).
> >
> >
> >
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