[BC] Service areas

[Phil Alexander]

On 19 Jan 2006 at 10:55, Barry Mishkind wrote:

> At 10:14 AM 1/19/2006, Phil Alexander wrote
> >Remember that Class A stations have secondary service and that, by
> >definition, Class B stations do not. Thus, in a contest outside the
> >Class B's COL, the Class A probably will prevail.
> 
>          Phil,
> 
>          COL?  Everyone knows COL means nothing.
>          You did mean NIF contour, right?

No. COL may begin to mean something in the IBOC context.

NIF is irrelevant while operations are restricted to day.
Afterward, NIF outside COL may become irrelevant except
for Class A's who have recognized coverage.

>From an engineering perspective it will be bad.
>From a listener's perspective for 80% of the audience, 
	perhaps not so bad.
>From a management perspective it may be tolerable because 
	revenue loss may not be significant
>From a political perspective it will be just rosy.

I doubt if complaint will be given much consideration
unless they are inside the daytime 5 or nighttime 15
or NIF whichever is greater AND inside COL for B's, C's
and D's (where night gets zero protection everywhere).

This is my take on the rules, the First R & O and the
weighted (NRSC/NAB/major group) filings to 99-325.

Phil


Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology 
(a Div. of Advanced Parts Corporation) 
Ph. (317) 335-2065   FAX (317) 335-9037





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