[BC] Class "D" AM Towers

[Jerry Mathis]

Scott, with all due respect to you and the work and effort put into your station, maybe the best thing for you to do would be simply to turn in your license, sell the property for all you can get, and retire. With all you've told us over the years here, you have practically no hope of this ever becoming a significant money-maker. You've explained to us why none of the suggestions we make to turn your situation around will work, and we've given you pretty much all the advice we have. Sometimes you just have to accept the situation and say die. None of us here, and apparently no one you've hired, has any solutions or advice that isn't going to cost you a bunch of money, effort, and time. Unlike what they say on Star Trek, sometimes there just aren't any alternatives. Go out gracefully, with your head held high, and you can honestly say you gave it your best shot. Good luck.
 
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Jerry Mathis

 
On 2/14/10, Scott Bailey <wmroradio at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>Hello Engineers, Friends, and Good Ole Folks like Me:

>  I have a question. What is the smallest "licensed" tower for a Class D station, that is still in use?  With all the concerns of fighting local zoning boards (both city and county), I wondering what is the smallest tower in use for a Class "D" station (not class IV or Class C) stations. Valcoms are excluded!

>  I've seen a demonstration of a 70' self supporting tower with a unipole on it. The author claimed it worked well at 1,000 watts.

>  If my tower was to fall, I doubt they would let me put it back up at the height I have it now, and it's not worth a fight with the county and the city due to these people own businesses. I would like to keep my tower site inside the city limits due to Sunday's is my big day and I have many elderly listening to preachers and live church services here in town, so it would be in my best interest to keep my site in the city limits. Finding another site is almost impossible here in town. All the property has been bought up.

>  Property is gotten worth more than the little AM Daytimer itself, so I thought I would ask this question to see what is the shortest tower that a "Class D" station is using and is licensed.

>Best,
>  Scott
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>Scott Bailey
>WMRO Radio, Gallatin, TN