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Old February 28th 04, 07:24 PM
Doug Smith W9WI
 
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Default 87.9 - now there's more than one!

http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/w... fac_num=83363

(read the exhibits, down at the bottom)

In a nutshell...

87.9MHz is a valid FM channel, but only for Class D stations and only
under VERY limited circumstances. So far, a 10-watt high-school station
in California is the only one to qualify for this frequency.

Until last week.

K201DR, a translator on 88.1 in Sun Valley, Nevada, got displaced by a
new full-power station on 88.3. The full-power station and another
translator precluded moving to any other frequency with a minor change.
Major changes are under freeze, and if the freeze isn't lifted within
12 months the K201DR license will be revoked.

K201DR argues that 87.9 is the only frequency available to them -- that
they're a Class D station (they're so listed in the FCC Database) -- and
that they won't interfere with any other station. (terrain shielding
from KVIE-TV channel 6)

FCC buys it, grants a CP, and assigns new call letters K200AA.
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Public...s/ac040223.txt
, again scroll to the bottom
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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com