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Yeziknoradio

If you launch a Community radio station on the American side and serve a community on the Canadian side of the border, rather than the exact town you're in, will the FCC shut you down?
 
Yeziknoradio said:
If you launch a Community radio station on the American side and serve a community on the Canadian side of the border, rather than the exact town you're in, will the FCC shut you down?
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The community-of-license service requirements are pretty lax in the U.S.. I don't think you'd have much trouble operating a "community" station serving a community on the other side of the border. Probably the hardest part is that a U.S.-licensed station must be controlled by Americans -- Canadians could only form a minority of the board. Note that "community" is not a category of radio in the U.S.. You'd be talking about either a full-license non-commercial station or a LPFM.
 
I don't think such a station would make it across the Detroit or Niagara Rivers.
Would have to be one of those communities along the Maine or Vermont borders
that is essentially split between the US and Canada.
 
FreddyE1977 said:
I don't think such a station would make it across the Detroit or Niagara Rivers.
Would have to be one of those communities along the Maine or Vermont borders
that is essentially split between the US and Canada.
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Depends on what kind of station he's talking about & how much power.

Again, from a regulatory standpoint there's no such thing as a "community" station in the U.S.. The type of station most commonly regarded as "community" may be a LPFM -- or it may be a "full-power" non-commercial station. The largest such station I know of (in terms of coverage) is KKFI in Kansas City, at a full 100,000 watts. KKFI's 60dBu interference-protected contour extends 56km (about 40 miles). A station at that power level could be 30 miles or more from the border & still put a blastingly strong signal across a Canadian border community.
 
Thanks! All good points.
To be honest, the idea would have been to avoid the 35% Can Con rule.
 
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