Don't forget the addition of HD Radio and Satellite Radio those two major events in radio overshadowed the X-band in the past 2 decades. I don't think expanding FM will happen at this point given that HD Radio, Music apps and Satellite Radio have overshadowed the attention from OTA radio.
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Who do you mean by "we?" Who will be the Minister of Radio?
There is sadly no simple answer. The workplace radio barely manages the local stations, but several of my home radios can easily go out 100 miles. So I guess it depends on the radio, but distant signals are best heard in the car. Jay Allen does radio-reviews based off of a 5 star system.
Either a commission or preferably some sort of STV vote.
Sad, but true. I do like Satellite's offerings, admittedly.
That's not really how spectrum policy decisions are made. Some of what you're talking about might take an act of Congress.
Then it becomes a political sticky wicket, because special interests want to control who gets access to the airwaves.
Politics as usual. I wouldn't mind a congressional session or act that would give the FCC the ability to delegate it's decisions downwards.
What do you mean by that? Once again, you seem to be giving a lot of power to someone. Who?
I personally am very cautious when it comes to governmental power, but I'm willing to give a little on this one so we can fix our bands. So you know how the enforcement division of the FCC has "field offices" in Boston, Dallas, Denver (etc)? What if the decision-making part of the FCC was divided this way, and people could go to their "local" chapter of the FCC and propose changes that the chapter would vote on to send to the main "branch" of the FCC. What do you think?
Have you been to a school board meeting lately? Is that what you want at the local FCC office?
Oh right, the school board, definitely not.😬 I guess I was thinking along the lines of how my city council meetings work? One elected head of each city "ward" discusses the individual needs in his ward, and how it compares to the other districts of the city? The school board wasn't ever perfect, but it used to be closer to ideal. Now, my local school board is useless and just about corrupt, so I hear you on that one.
The thing I find missing from government and policy-making is the willingness to do the research and actually understand the issues rather than jumping on whatever bandwagon or conspiracy theory that's popular. I was watching the TikTok hearings this morning for example, and they simply don't understand how companies operate. But this is partly why nothing gets done.
FM in Japan uses 76-90 MHz but most new radios go up to 108. 90-108 was used for TV channels 1-3. You might be able to find a 76-108 radio at an import store or somnething.
Reallocating VHF-Lo in the US to FM would be a wise decision at this point.
It would take a dozen years for even half the car radios to have the new band once it is authorized.
WNBC: Will Never Be Considered.
And even if it does take 12 years, that would be an acceptable delay in my book if it means the spectrum is better off.
Also, funny you used the WNBC acronym that way
. I wonder how much these big companies pull to get their own way.The FCC would rather sell that spectrum space to telecom companies rather than give it away for free to broadcasters.
The big radio companies are building their new homes on the internet. Just like the TV companies.
No regulations, no licenses, and no limitations.
Yet.
So true, but hopefully not.
You can argue that X-band AM signals are not doing so well, and that is true. But is it due to the expanded band or AM in general? Are expanded band stations that much worse off than, say, a 10 KW station on 1510?
Dave B.
That is a great point to take. I think as possibly Kelly and maybe RadioPatrol would say, AM was already making room for FM at this time. One thing that might be worthy of note is that they are offered a better deal than, for example, a station on 1480. Less congestion, higher wattage, and better skywave (but worse groundwave).
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