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LPFM Filing Window Is Open

There have been a number of LPFM applications dismissed this week. Yesterday the dismissals were due to signal spacing issues; today the rejections are for applications that had the transmitter location far out in the ocean.šŸ¤£ Looks like a lot of applicants do not understand latitude and longitudeā€¦šŸ˜–

Edit to add: The FCC is also screwing up in their dismissal letters. They seem to think that California is on the Atlantic coast.šŸ˜³šŸ¤£
 
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Mediafrog+ said:
There have been a number of LPFM applications dismissed this week. Yesterday the dismissals were due to signal spacing issues; today the rejections are for applications that had the transmitter location far out in the ocean.šŸ¤£ Looks like a lot of applicants do not understand latitude and longitudeā€¦šŸ˜–
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Amen! :)
 
R.D.P. said:
An update:

The new app. for 107.1 FM Selma Alabama has been dismissed. Details here: REC Filing Window Application Tracking System | REC Networks​

Excited over it. :D

Dan <><​
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Looks like he paid a consultant who gave him bad advice. That happened to me once. So I learned to prepare applications myself. I hate to see stuff like this. Sometimes to succeed in life you have to become your own expert.

Why celebrate someone else's downfall?
 
I see the FCC has dismissed an application for an LPFM in Ohio that was going to be used as a translator for an operator who controls 3 NCE Class A's and 3 LPFM's.. All 6 stations play the same programming.

He failed to file a 2nd adjacent channel waiver. That's why he was dismissed.
 
Flying Dutchman said:
Why celebrate someone else's downfall?
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This is the same dude that had an illegal pirate, a few years ago, at 87.9 FM. I celebrate because that's one less lawbreaker we'll have on the air.​

Dan <><

P.S. If I know this man, like I think I do, this new station would've been just like the pirate. Using illegal equipment and doing other things that are very unlawful.

B.T.W. As I stated earlier, me and two other radio pros discovered his unlawful broadcast, I reported it to the two other pros and they took care of the rest and made him shut it down.​
 
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Flying Dutchman said:
I see the FCC has dismissed an application for an LPFM in Ohio that was going to be used as a translator for an operator who controls 3 NCE Class A's and 3 LPFM's.. All 6 stations play the same programming.

He failed to file a 2nd adjacent channel waiver. That's why he was dismissed.
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And that trick of fate probably saved him a lot of money and strife. Sometimes it seems like fate hands you a turd when in reality it's saving your life.
Hopefully, they thought better about their life in radio.
 
Kelly A said:
And that trick of fate probably saved him a lot of money and strife. Sometimes it seems like fate hands you a turd when in reality it's saving your life.
Hopefully, they thought better about their life in radio.
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Some people think LPFM's are like potato chips and can't be satisfied with just one. Guess some applicants think the way to get complete coverage in a major city is to use multiple LPFM's as translators. Gaming the system.
 
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R.D.P. said:
Great news for those reading.

My valuable sleep time is getting better now, @fybush and everyone else interested. Here's why.

See below for the exciting news. (y)

And to @Michi, you go girl. ;) Thanks for tossing this one into the garbage. Hope we can keep it there.

I also hope you noticed that he gave himself 100 points. (Highly illegal) He also had a person named director on there and gave that name 100 points too. (Highly illegal and didn't even tell us who that person was) That's what I discovered when I was examining his app.​

Dan <><

REC Filing Window Application Tracking System | REC Networks (While visiting, look for the Selma Alabama app and rejoice with me.) :D
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The Selma app has filed a petition for reconsideration. Pleadings Ā« License Modernization Ā« FCC
 

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Flying Dutchman said:
Some people think LPFM's are like potato chips and can't be satisfied with just one. Guess some applicants think the way to get complete coverage in a major city is to use multiple LPFM's as translators. Gaming the system.
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And, the guy who is using LPFM's as translators has also filed a petition. He's real good at playing the game.
 
Kelly A said:
It probably doesn't register, but I wonder if someone at the Commission says; hey wait a second, we just issued the CP?
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Whatā€™s the problem? As soon as the CP is granted the owner is able to apply online for a call. Shows that they are paying attention and are hopefully ready to move forward.

OTOH there are a few non-comm CPs granted a few years ago in SE Texas that still havenā€™t bothered to apply for a call. These will probably never get built.
 
Kelly A said:
It probably doesn't register, but I wonder if someone at the Commission says; hey wait a second, we just issued the CP?
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You're the stickler for the rules. If the rules say you can apply for a callsign immediately upon issuance of the CP, then any permittee who applies immediately is just following the rules, right?

(Especially if they don't want to risk losing a specific callsign they're waiting for.)

For that matter, if an applicant has all their ducks in a row, they could theoretically build out the CP immediately upon issuance and get right on the air. It will be interesting to see who's first to air from this window.

BTW - the first callsign applied for from this window today was from @Michi herself, which is now WVWA-LP 89.1 Mardela Springs MD. Still waiting for you to explain to her how her Riverton Radio Project qualifies as an NCE license, since it's not a school or college or church.
 
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