"Peter H." wrote in message
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The question is whether there should be a
new NARBA, or whether the gentlemen's agreements continue as they are.


I guess you have little real idea how broadcast allocations actually work.

There are no "gentleman's agreements", but there are treaties, such as
NARBA,
and "Rio".

Plus the U.S.-Mexican Broadcast Agreement and the U.S.-Canadian Broadcast
agreement.

All coordinated through the State Department, not through a "smoke filled"
room.

And this could apply to Cuba as well, if that is Castro's desire.

The Bahamas operates a I-B on 810 khz, a U. S. I-B clear, in addition to
its
I-A clear on 1540 khz. (These are just a few examples).


Bad examples, as there are no more Class I-B stations.

Sorry about the mistake in the classification. However I easily receive
ZNS3, Freeport, Bahamas, on 810 khz day and night from Florida. The
announcer says that the station's power is 10 kw.

All Class Is were merged into Class A by "Rio". All Class IIs and Class
IIIs
were merged into Class B by the same treaty.

There are no Class A (ex-Class I-B) stations in North America on 810
besides
KGO and WGY.

The Bahamas has two stations, a Class A (ex-Class I-A) on 1540, and a
Class C
(ex-Class IV) on 1240.

Those are the two stations serving Nassau. The station on 810 is in
Freeport.