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On Feb 17, 12:02?am, "David Eduardo" wrote:
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And the story is just beginning. News talk can't survive long on AM as
the
demos are old and unsalable, so more and more will move to FM.

"FM Translators for AM Stations?"

"And this might not be the best case. As you may remember, the FCC
already has an open proceeding trying to determine the relative value
of FM translators versus low power FM stations. That proceeding seeks
to determine if low power FM stations should receive a preference over
FM translators. That proceeding also put a freeze on the processing
of all new FM translator applications - a freeze that was supposed to
last 6 months but has now been in place for almost a year and a half.
Since the FM translators that would be authorized by the NAB proposal
could also preclude LPFM stations, as well as be precluded by the
translators still pending from the last FM translator window, the
opportunity to file for translators for AM stations may be technically
precluded in some areas, and may not be able to occur until the LPFM
issues are resolved. And none of that may come quickly."

You just missed the point, I think. I am talking about an owner replacing an
existing music format on an FM they own with the AM news talk format. No new
channels or transmitters or frequencies or antennas or anything are needed.
The format is changed by telling the router in the TOC at the station to
send the audio to the designated FM instead of the AM (or in addition to
that).

There is no licensing or technical change... it is all about content and
where it gets placed.