[BC] IBOC "secrets" and my opinions.

[Robert Meuser]

Tom Bosscher wrote:

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>
>    BTW, WTKG, 1230 kHz in Grand Rapids has come on with IBOC. It 
> totally obliterates WPNW, 1260 kHz, Zeeland/Holland within the Grand 
> Rapids area.
> Now, the Ibiquity people will state that WPNW does not have guarantee 
> of an interference free contour in Grand Rapids, as licensed.
>
> Stick with me on this. What is the name of  when you use a piece of 
> land (property, spectrum?)  for more than 20 years, and no one says 
> anything, you can claim it? Adverse possession maybe?
> Could a station like WPNW claim adverse possession by being able to 
> prove it has had listeners in Grand Rapids for more than 20 years? 


In such a case it is really simple as the FCC has defined which contours 
are protected. I think (but don't know absolutely) that the totality of 
the FCC paperwork - license, application, rules,etc-  pretty well bind a 
station to those contours.

R