Crossroads shuts down 1130 in Brazil, In

[busterluck]

Struggling Crossroads Communications does it again. They have shut down the 1130 frequency in Brazil/Terre Haute, Indiana.

They also finally killed the "Crock" and gone sports ESPN.

At times it seems that Crossroads does not know if it is sending or receiving.
Brazil no longer has a local radio station on the air.

 

[kwlz993]

This has been discussed.

http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=175685.0

 

[bigtime]

Brazil, South America seems to be a hotter market than much of the USA these days.

 

[radio lover]

Yea what a shame. Neet little am that performed well for a 500 watt stick. I was told that if Crossroads sells the station you have to buy the property, tower, and transmitter building. Oh and Crossroads wants to use the tower and building rent free and of course you can't sell any ads. They don't want the competitioin, so you have to do all that with contributions.

 

[PTBoardOp94]

Sounds like a complicated way to say "It isn't for sale."

 

[buttonpusher812]

since they have turned it off don't they lose the license? if you want it all you would have to do now is go apply for it and pay what ever costs are associated with that to the FCC. Yes you would have to come up with your own transmitter site but that would probably be easier than paying what ever crosswire thinks their overpriced hunk of dirt is worth.

 

[Goat Rodeo Cowboy]

since they have turned it off don't they lose the license?

Life is not quite that simple.

They can remain silent for up to one year before the license is lost, unless they choose to turn it in earlier.

For someone to apply for a new license, you would have to wait until the FCC opens up an "A.M. Application Window" which only seems to happen every four or five years.

Existing stations are grandfathered in on some violations of current rules on interference. Even when the existing owner of an AM station gets an opportunity to sell the real estate to a developer and move the station to some other location which is NOT in demand for development, they then have to meet the current standards for interference between stations. It is not unusual to see a downgrade in power in order to fit today's rules.

The zoning people and the people who show up at zoning meetings foaming-at-the-mouth have become very tower-averse with the explosion of cell phone towers. The cost of a zoning battle can be more expensive than the station is worth... particularly in a small market.

Savvy station operators know that putting an AM on the air is becoming less viable every day. Trying to step into the footprints of a "deceased station" on the AM band appeals to very few people today.

 

[radio lover]

Rodeo cowboy can a am operator turn on the transmitter just long enough to give the station ID and shut down for a length and repeat the process just to keep the licence? I heard that was being done in Linton on am 1600.

 

[Goat Rodeo Cowboy]

Rodeo cowboy can a am operator turn on the transmitter just long enough to give the station ID and shut down for a length and repeat the process just to keep the licence? I heard that was being done in Linton on am 1600.

I don't know the technical answer to your question. One station break and shut it down?

I have heard of people turning them on for one day and then going silent again.

I would want some witnesses to the event. Call a few people around the community and tell them you are doing a test and you want to know if the signal is coming in where they are.

If you get into a disagreement with the FCC whether you actually were on the air or not, having someone who can remember the event would be a good thing.

When I took flight training my instructor used a term one day that was amusing. We were discussing the possibility of some simulator hours (cheaper that real airplane time) some cross-country time, and for a bit of humor to wrap up the conversation, he mentioned there is always some "P-51 Time." No, not the spectacular WWII era fighter plane, but some time created by a civilian product of that era: The Parker 51 Pen.

If the FCC is already less than amused with you as a licensee, they might ask for evidence that the log entry claiming to be on the air is NOT "P-51 time".