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HD AM in NJ/NY ?
wrote in message ups.com... On Feb 17, 12:02?am, "David Eduardo" wrote: wrote in message 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. |