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Can I move this AM Station?

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Robert

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Would it be possible for me to move this Station from Ft. Payne, Alabama to Queens,New York.
The Station is WFPA AM 1400 Khz. @ 1 KW. What will it entail if it is possible?<P ID="signature">______________
Robert Dillon</P>
 
> Would it be possible for me to move this Station from Ft.
> Payne, Alabama to Queens,New York.
> The Station is WFPA AM 1400 Khz. @ 1 KW. What will it entail
> if it is possible?
>
You'd be lucky to move it 50 miles from New York City. If it were that easy, others would have done it too.<P ID="signature">______________
17-year-old radio geek
Location: Princeton Junction, NJ
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> > Would it be possible for me to move this Station from Ft.
> > Payne, Alabama to Queens,New York.
> > The Station is WFPA AM 1400 Khz. @ 1 KW. What will it
> entail
> > if it is possible?
> >
> You'd be lucky to move it 50 miles from New York City. If
> it were that easy, others would have done it too.
>

Probably not. Cox's WSTC in Stamford, CT is on 1400 AM, less than 30 miles away.

It would be easier to sell WFPA and buy a station in the market. Cheaper, too.<P ID="signature">______________
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> Would it be possible for me to move this Station from Ft.
> Payne, Alabama to Queens,New York.
> The Station is WFPA AM 1400 Khz. @ 1 KW. What will it entail
> if it is possible?
>

Short answer, yes you can, but not on 1400.

Long answer, with as many towers as it would take to squeeze a new directional AM into NYC, and with the cost of land and zoning issues you'd have to deal with, you would end up with an economically unviable albotross that would take several years to complete after the next filing window which hasn't even been annnounced yet. And that's assuming no one else filed for a competing frequency anywhere in the area, in which case you'd have to go to auction.

you could make a whole lot more money with the station in Ft. Payne.
 
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