[BC] The Daytimer situation

[Robert Meuser]

Harold, the idea (from the 80s) was if they went away, other stations 
could improve facilities. This is also when tighter interference 
standards were introduced and ratcheting began. It is also when the 
FCC stopped authorizing new daytime stations.  This is certainly a 
process of attrition.

R



Harold Hallikainen wrote:

>>I have stated in the past that the FCC wanted daytimers and marginal
>>full timers to go away and put certain constraints in place to make it
>>happen over time. Please don't confuse my stating that policy with me
>>personally wanting a station to go away.
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>Did the FCC really want daytimers to go away? i recall an FCC staffmember
>(maybe John Reiser?) saying that the laws of physics allows daytime
>operation without causing interference to distant stations. Not using that
>opportunity is a waste of spectrum. If, on the other hand, there is not an
>economic use of that daytime only channel, it can be abandoned.
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>Anyone remember the Daytime Broadcasters Association? How about the NAFMB
>and the NRBA?