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when will the FCC give many AM stations more night power & alllow them to add fm translators.?
I thought this was due to happen.
 
Unregistered said:
when will the FCC give many AM stations more night power & alllow them to add fm translators.?
I thought this was due to happen.
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What you THOUGHT and what is the truth are evidently two different things..AMs will not get more night power...And the FM band is already overcrowded..
 
Both of those proposals scare me, since they would both lead to more mutual interference.
 
Probably why nothing's been done.

The right way to do it would be a "master plan." That would require real management. They don't have that at the FCC.
 
"The right way to do it would be a "master plan.""

What would that look like?

FM repeaters are out of the question in most markets.

All digital IBOC would have helped 20+ years ago. There aren't, and probably never will be enough radios out there to make it viable.

Government buyout of non-viable facilities? Why spend tax dollars on some businessmen who got stuck with obsolete properties. They'll be walking away in 5-7 years anyway at no cost to us.

Maybe those great guarantors of 'freedom" -the Koch Bros can prop up the whole AM farce another few years.

LCG/NYC
 
The FCC master plan should have started long ago with their enforcement of the Part 15 Rules.
Going back into the 80's, the cheap noise-producing electronics and lighting should have been banned.
It's now too late to do anything.
 
Here is Ajit Pai's last speech on the subject:

http://www.fcc.gov/document/commissioner-pai-remarks-ohio-asso-broadcasters-town-hall

In this speech, Pai discusses the idea of synchronous transmission systems. An intriguing idea that we hear very little about in the pages of RW and in the radio community as a whole.

Information on MB Docket #13-249:

http://www.fcc.gov/article/fcc-13-139a3
http://www.fcc.gov/document/media-bureau-extends-am-revitalization-reply-comment-deadline

It might be instructive to read the comments and reply comments on this docket to get a better feel of what broadcasters want and what the Commission might be persuaded to adopt.
 
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Carmine5 said:
It might be instructive to read the comments and reply comments on this docket to get a better feel of what broadcasters want and what the Commission might be persuaded to adopt.
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The clock is ticking on the current administration. It takes the FCC years to just screw in a light bulb. By the time they get around to making a decision, I think the current group of Commissioners might be gone.
 
TheBigA said:
The clock is ticking on the current administration. It takes the FCC years to just screw in a light bulb. By the time they get around to making a decision, I think the current group of Commissioners might be gone.
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...and now, the light bulbs they were screwing in are illegal! :)
 
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