[BC] Station sign-on time/power

[Bailey, Scott]

Folks, Robert is right on this.  If the FCC had any interest in this, they would be NAL's all over the place.  What many don't understand is the commission has a limited staff, less engineers and more lawyers, which is really stupid, but that's our governmnet for you. Cutbacks!  Heck, they can't even keep up with Steve Duffer in CA and his illegal transmitter building school, and his encouragment of priate broadcasting.  In addition, the FCC has more to worry about than AM, according to the higher ups in DC. Just look at the many services they are responsible to regulate!  
 
Willie, I hate to say, but Milton's station up there on 1530 and is not causing you interference, they won't pay you any attention if you compain. Your on 1500, not 1530.  This right or wrong thing is wore out.  How many people are going 65 mph on the highway and the speed limit is 55. Millions everyday, and we ALL on this list are guilty of that. Don't lie say you are not, because we all are!
 
At a TAB meeting in Nashville back in January, complaining as an indivudial will get you nowhere, however, if your a station owner or GM, and there is interference to your station, caused by a co-channel station, AM or FM, it will become highly likely it will get looked into.  The FCC is more concerned with EAS and Fence Rules these days.
 
One day, the commerical AM Band will be come like the CB Band. IMHO, it's headed that way.
 
Scott

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From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net on behalf of Robert Meuser
Sent: Mon 2/26/2007 11:10 AM
To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [BC] Station sign-on time/power



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.
>
>

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