I wouldn't be so quick with "Zero. Nada. Zilch."
I have been thinking the same thing about LPFM becoming AM translators.
Three things happened very quickly:
1. Dropping the adjacency issues.
2. Giving LPFM's the same protections as translators.
3. The biggie......NAB endorsement all of the sudden.
Please don't get me wrong, I am a huge supporter of LPFM's, but something has happened too quickly for this eventual translator idea not to be considered.
NAB doesn't endorse anything that is not in their best interest.
What is the best interest for NAB and LPFM?
I sincerely hope this never becomes a reality, but I don't trust anything the NAB endorses when it comes to LPFM. That organization spent too many years fighting LPFM to just turn around and encourage these changes. Something is lurking out there that we just don't know about.....yet.