[BC] City Of License/Transmitter site question

[Mark Humphrey]

This is similar to the COL policy for FM translators; there is no
requirement for 70 or even 60 dBu service over the principal
community.  The FCC apparently just looks at the geographical
coordinates provided in the "tech box", and if the contours (or
distance separations for LPFM) have adequate clearance to other
facilities, the application is considered grantable.

I'm aware of a translator CP that was granted at a location about 100
miles west of the desired COL.  The longitude specified in the online
form had a typographical error which put it off by two degrees.
However, the contours did clear at the erroneous site, so the FCC
found no problem.

Mark

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Jerry Mathis<thebeaver32 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just took a look in the Rules for LPFM's, and there are no requirements
> for either the transmitter OR the studio to be inside the COL.
>
> --
> Jerry Mathis
>