New window opens for AM translator applications:
http://www.radiomagonline.com/fcc/0019/for-ams-translator-opportunity-widens-friday/38024
TIB
As of the moment there are no local AM stations operating translators in the St. Louis Missouri area.
The commercial FM band here is crammed with repeaters for howling gospel, and when I say repeating, I mean constant repitition.
QUESTION: Will space in the non-commercial FM band be open for use by commercial AMs?
Since "non-commercial" can accept $$ from commercial businesses, and only 1% of their programming has to be educational or cultural. It really doesn't matter much anymore.
Interesting article:
http://christianradiohome.com/the-difference-between-non-commercial-and-commercial-fm-broadcasting/
TIB
I don't quite understand this so let me reiterate what was said here. Am I under the right belief that now AM Translators can and will often take the space from 88.1-91.9 and be able to play commercials just like any other Radio station with the pretense of being a Translator repeating the audio signal of an AM signal to FM? What gives with this? Isn't a translator in essence just a LPFM station only thing different is the content? And if I'm right those stations can be as little as 1 Watt and as much as 100 Watts if i'm right about this.
I'd like to be enlightened on this.
That link gets me an aqua colored square the size of a postage stamp/
TNX
I get the aqua square for a couple seconds then the page loads up.
If it won't work for you the article is also available as a pdf.
http://christianradiohome.com/PDF_Downloads/comm_noncomm_differences.pdf
TIB
All I had to do was wait a few seconds and there it was. Thanks.
The translator that moved me off of 101.5 by moving to a nearby tower and goosing up to 99 Watts is not on the air right now.
It is operating under a construction permit, so maybe they're constructing.
I don't need it, but it's interesting to watch.