[BC] Re: Another "Strange"...(MORE)

[Dan Kelley]

Years ago...while working in another market...I did apply
for fill-in translators for our FMs, got them and put them on
the air although in reality they weren't really needed.  

Right or wrong, part of it was a land-grab (although most of
them could have been displaced by someone dropping in a class A
allotment)...but also with the hope that someday the rules might
loosen to allow the signal-challenged AMs in the cluster to 
simulcast on FM.

-dan in lansing
 http://classicrockfm.blogspot.com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:broadcast-
> bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Tom Taggart
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 1:36 PM
> To: broadcast at radiolists.net
> Subject: [BC] Re: Another "Strange"...(MORE)
> 
> I can't see any particular "technical restraint" on WRHI, besides being on
> a graveyard channel. The tower appears to be just outside of town on the
> north side of town.  The translator is on the south side of town.
> 
> Here's a map of the translator's 60 dbu:
> 
> http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=FX273944.htm
> 
> Note that this outfit already had a translator "in house" that they could
> easily switch over to rebroadcast the AM.  Many AM's don't have that
> resource...
> 
> But those that do, or could make arrangements to rent somebody's
> translator would probably be ahead to send a letter  requesting a similar
> STA, proposing to switch the translator's input to the AM programing.
> 
> For those of an anarchist bent like me, when that request is rejected,
> they could then submit a FOIA request for the schedule of bribes to obtain
> a grant of such waivers...
> 
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