Mr. Griffin is correct. The "translation" is a legal fiction. The primary station need not even be in the audio chain.
But it gets weirder. If a translator is translating an AM daytimer (something the FCC has actively encouraged), the translator may stay on even after sign off. That leads one to the inescapable conclusion that, when the Commission allowed AMs and HD signals to be translated, they essentially created a new class of FM.
96.7's biggest issue, though, is co-channel. Here in Germantown, it can be very tough to hear when conditions are enhanced. It was unlistenable yesterday with CCI from Bolivar. Remember, that 96.7 is directional -- that 250W ERP is in the favorable lobe. There is very little signal pointed to eastern Shelby Co.
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But it gets weirder. If a translator is translating an AM daytimer (something the FCC has actively encouraged), the translator may stay on even after sign off. That leads one to the inescapable conclusion that, when the Commission allowed AMs and HD signals to be translated, they essentially created a new class of FM.
96.7's biggest issue, though, is co-channel. Here in Germantown, it can be very tough to hear when conditions are enhanced. It was unlistenable yesterday with CCI from Bolivar. Remember, that 96.7 is directional -- that 250W ERP is in the favorable lobe. There is very little signal pointed to eastern Shelby Co.
DE