[BC] KALT Atlanta, Texas Question (1610AM)

[Powell E. Way III W4OPW]

--- Kevin Tekel <amstereoexp at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Paul wrote:
> > I know the license has long been deleted, but how
> did the then owners
> > of KALT (sister to KPYN 900) ever get the FCC to
> give them 1610Khz? 
> >
> > Why  won't the FCC do that anymore?
> 
> 1610 kHz was supposed to be part of the Expanded
> Band, and KALT got an
> allotment for it.  IIRC, the plan was to move all
> the Travellers'
> Information Service stations on 1610 kHz up to 1710
> kHz, and then use
> 1610 kHz for full-fledged broadcast stations. 
> However I guess when radios
> started showing up in the marketplace which could
> only tune up to 1700 kHz
> (such as my Chrysler car radio, circa 1994), then
> 1710 kHz was effectively
> blocked out from any legitimate use, and the TISes
> had to stay put on
> 1610.


WFIS 1600 Fountain INN, SC  applied for 1610 also and
the FCC supposedly lost the app. But then, the FCC
allowed WTZQ back on 1600 in Hendersonville, NC and
there's too much overlap. The original 1600 in
Hendersonville at 5 KW was directional and protected
Fountain Inn. Maybe the FCC gave them the non da on
the assumption that FI was on 1610 and didn't check?


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