[BC] Class C AM Stations

[Mike McCarthy]

All due respect Scott, lobbyists don't allow anything to happen. They're
paid to postulate a position on behalf of their clients. Civic's 101.

There's no need to rebut the rest....it's self evident you don't get
allocation standards.

MM

> That's because the lobbyist allow this to happen. The Class "C's" should
> have never been allowed over 250 watts day and night. More communities
> would have gotten an AM station. Greed and money has permit this
> protection, daytime.
>
> There needs to be another "Class C" channel created to allow stations in
> smaller communities to have a radio station, with no more then 250 watts.
> 1690 would be great! Giving the current Class C stations 150 mile
> protection during the day is just plain channel hogging to me, and I don't
> think back in the early 40's, the FCC has this in mind for the Class IV
> channels.
>
> --
> Scott Bailey
> WMRO Radio, Gallatin, TN
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Mike McCarthy <towers at mre.com>
>>
>> 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.