No need to be condescending TX engineer. Obviously the censorship and interference issues are separate. However, I suspect that you are old enough to remember when the FM band was relatively interference free. As a matter of fact, I can remember when Class B stations were on separate frequencies from Class A stations. There was certainly a time in recent history, when you would not assign a Glens Falls station, to an existing Albany frequency. These so called translators, and unfortunately alot of the low powered FMs, have done little more than to hopelessly congest the FM dial, rendering alot of stations unlistenable. And as you know, religious broadcasters have been completely predatory about gobbling up every available frequency, that they possibly can.
In the Boston area, a high school station is facing the loss of its license, due to a religous broadcaster, starting up a station in Lunenberg. In Rhode Island, a college station is being forced to share time with a religious broadcaster, that had threatened to challenge their license based on the premise, that they weren\'t broadcasting 24/7, and for some reason, that meant that they weren\'t fully serving the community. WRPI TAKE NOTE!!!!!! Wouldn\'t 10,000 watt 91.5 be an appealing target???? Yes...I am sure that the Glens Falls station, is operating legally on paper, in consideration of WZMR\'s primary contour. But several years ago, when sanity prevailed in FM allocations,
this could never have been an issue. Several years ago, laws were changed which allowed Class A FMs, to operate on Class B frequencies. That was probably not a bad idea. The new sub classes of B1 and C1, were probably not a bad idea, either. But randomly throwing in a translator or LPFM, on existing frequencies,
everywhere has created chaos on the FM band. There is no logic to it!!!! As far as censorship goes...The FCC is little more than a fund raising organization, at this point. When the F bomb was dropped on WEEI-FM, the other day, I highly doubt that the male jock listeners of that format, particularly care. However, the ownership is now possibly facing a $500,000 fine over it??? The FCC\'s priorities, are no longer about an interference free FM band, to be certain.
The priority now seems to be financial.....As a matter of fact, I recently heard an F bomb dropped, on the Albany airwaves....I\'m not going to report it....And yes...it was a commercial, not a college station....Rant over....
> Why is a low powered religious station, from Glens Falls
> > allowed to broadcast on 104.9???!!!! This satellite
> > delivered bible thumping crap interfere\\\'s with WZMR,
> around
> > Saratoga Springs, and completely obliterates it by the
> time
> > you get to parts of Wilton, Greenfield and Gansevoort. It
> > seemed that at one time, the FCC was concerned with
> > interference issues, but these days seems much more
> > interested in raising revenue, by censoring what we can
> > listen to, with their vague obscenity laws....
> >
>
> Because WZMR\'s \"protected contour\" doesn\'t fall anywhere
> close to Glens Falls. All a station is required to do is
> meet minimum spacing requirements and to not interfere with
> the other\'s protected contour. That religious station,
> WBLN-LP, is clear spaced for the allotment they use. It has
> nothing to do with interference issues, as no interference
> is being caused to WZMR\'s protected contour, and it has
> nothing to do with censoring what you can listen to.
>
