[BC] The FCC does it AGAIN!

[Mark Humphrey]

I know of another somewhat-recent short-spaced allotment in upstate
NY, also a "first local service" to a small community. The station
operating there takes a huge amount of co-channel interference (within
the US) from a C1 in Toronto.  This channel was substituted for
another (which didn't have a severe interference problem) in order to
clear the way for a move-in requested by a MAJOR owner.  Yep,
politics.

It might be a case you can cite as a precedent.  If you haven't
guessed which town, contact me off-list for details.

Mark

On 9/6/06, Dana  Puopolo <dpuopolo at usa.net> wrote:
> Yesterday, the Commission dismissed an FM rulemaking petition I did for what
> makes absolutely no sense.
>
> They dismissed it because at the reference site, they claim it received
> destructive interference from a Canadian station. What's totally weird is that
> by using 73.215, a "real" site can be had that does not have this problem.
>
> It's almost as If they WANTED to get rid of this and looked and looked until
> they found an exuse to!
>
> Politics? If you look, one commenter is a former client, who harasses me
> whenever they can. They have a well connected law firm.
>