Among a HUGE batch of major-change and new-station applications recently
released by the FCC is the application of WWVA-1170 (Wheeling, WV) to
move to Stow, Ohio.

Grant of said application would require that something happen to
WCUE-1150 in Cuyahoga Falls. Power reductions and/or pattern changes
wouldn't cut it, as Stow and Cuyahoga Falls *border on each other* - you
couldn't obtain a pattern tight enough to provide city-grade throughout
Stow without leaking enough into Cuyahoga Falls to interfere. And
vice-versa.

I see no applications from WCUE in the database. In any case, I thought
the FCC summarily dismissed contingent applications? (applications
whose grant is contingent on the grant of some other application) I.e.,
WWVA's application would *have* to be dismissed unless WCUE is first
granted a frequency change or move to a new city-of-license.

On the other hand, I'm sure the engineering study for WWVA wasn't cheap
- and Clear Channel isn't known for wasting money filing impossible
technical changes. Obviously they've found *some* way they expect to
get this change through.

I wonder if anyone knows *how*?
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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com