"David" wrote in message
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On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:21:54 -0700, wrote:

On Oct 1, 9:20 am, David wrote:

Apparently the FCC says flamethrowers are expected to
serve beyond their groundwave contours.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_channel



It doesn't say that. It says: "In 1980, the FCC voted to limit the
protection for the twenty-five clear channel stations to a 750 mile
radius around the transmitter."

It says NOTHING about clearchannels *having* to send out that far.


That's exactly what it says. And it calls it secondary SERVICE. That
is the opposite of ignoring because they can't be monetized.

The service defined here is referent to signal, not programming. There is no
requirement to serve skywave listeners, or listeners in a secondary contour,
however it is defined.