[BC] Station sign-on time/power

[Robert Meuser]

Craig

You have your work cut out for you.  Ownership is scary stuff. I 
promised myself a long time ago I would never go down that road. I would 
certainly hope you take a big picture view of the situation. 
Transmitters and the frequencies they use are becoming endangered 
species.  If you read the EU position paper on BPL, you will learn AM 
channels are no longer of any real value so it is OK to trash them with 
BPL.  If that sticks and the power companies, FCC and Homeland security 
picks up on the concept, I would want to be out of the transmission 
business sooner rather than later. In any event, good luck.

R

Craig Bowman wrote:

> Robert,
>
> I do not know your position but I have ownership interest in a few 
> stations and am in the process of raising money to buy another.  The 
> future of broadcasting is very important to me.  I have leveraged my 
> house, boat, children's education, etc.  If something is (to me) 
> contrary to the future viability of broadcasting I will draw attention 
> to it by scream from the highest mountain and I would hope that most 
> on the list would (at least) fight for my right to do so.
>
> As for the commission, and their enforcement division, it  is up to 
> them to place priorities in which rules to actively enforce.  
> Enforcement has turned into a political issue and the only way to 
> change it is with vocal opposition.  That having been said, I 
> routinely check readings / monitor points in my client stations.  It 
> is what they pay me for.
>
> Craig Bowman
>
>
> Robert Meuser wrote:
>
>> If you wish to complain as an individual, fine. The FCC will tire of 
>> your ranting rapidly and eventually you will be ignored, but you can 
>> always give it a try. As for antenna monitors, I can think of a large 
>> number of stations that have not looked at one in decades, the amount 
>> of time they have ditched or substantially modified the DA. It is 
>> obvious that the FCC is not too interested.  It is probably too 
>> technical for the lawyers there to comprehend.
>>
>> R
>>
>> Craig Bowman wrote:
>>
>>> I guess if you are not a minority being dragged behind a truck you 
>>> cannot comment on how wrong it is?  Gimme a freakin break!  What if 
>>> the interference is on a channel I listen to?  When WJR obliterates 
>>> WABC I (and others) have to accept it?  Do I not have a right to 
>>> notice the hash and ponder the value of its existence?  Hell, with 
>>> that kind of mentality lets throw away all of our antenna monitors 
>>> and just react when an authoritative representative of a station 
>>> complains. Being proactive is the foundation of good engineering.  
>>> There can be varying opinions whether the Ibiquity IBAC system will 
>>> be the savior of the AM band.  There is absolutely no denying the 
>>> data transmitted in the adjacent channels which can be demodulated 
>>> by every analogue radio.  Let us not have our opinions and emotions 
>>> cloud the facts.
>>>
>>>
>>