[BC] Class C AM Stations

[Vernon Kuehn]

>  Mike McCarthy <towers at mre.com> wrote:
>  Are you nuts?  250W will do a whole PILE
>  of damage to existing station where the
>  co-channel Class C's are now something
>  around 150 miles and closely spaced 1st
>  adjacents on 1230/1240 have mutual
>  destruction as it is day and night.
>
>  I agree LPAM would be useful on a channel
>  of their own...say 1690.  At which point,
>  250W does't carry more than 10 miles on a
>  good day and skywave really wouldn't be an issue.

I did some quick look-ups on Class C stations in the area where I am based (North Georgia - terrible ground conductivity) and where Scott is based in the Nashville area. Co-channel 1Kw stations at 1230/1240 are located 70 and 80 miles apart,  stations at 1490 are 50 to 60 miles apart.  (52, 62, 62)

I did due-diligence on a 1kw a few years ago and listenable daytime coverage was 15 miles, night coverage 5 miles.

Is it true they will no longer grant NEW Class C stations?  My memory is there some in the last A.M. application window.