[BC] Is this a Serious Sirius problem?

[Mike McCarthy]

Not true.  The satellite providers have on-channel repeaters/boosters
for areas which have poor coverage. These are licensed and emit many KW
of power. They are to have nothing on any Part 73 channel.

So anyone transmitting Stern, et al. are doing so ilegally. 

MM

> > How is that different (right or wrong) than what is happening with 
> > the FM
> > re-broadcasting of a satellite receiver? It is the same material 
> > (possibly
> > even more indecent {by FCC standards}) and in the same public 
> > broadcasting
> > spectrum, that got Infinity a fine. 
> 
> Well, mainly, the transmitters are legal, unlicensed, part 15 devices,
> not a licensed, fixed transmitter in a service intended to be 1 to many. 
> 
> I would also suggest that Stern's "coverage" in a city, via part 15
> devices, is somewhat less, than even on the lowliest class A FM ;-)
> 
> For a time, he was on in the Houston area market - on Infinities' 650 AM,
> a 250 watt daytime only sig based east of the city and licensed to
> Pasadena. Now that's a power house ! <wink>
> 
> > 
> > Bruce Potterton
> > KSGN Riverside, CA
>