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Is WLIX-LP the largest LPFM?

J

jack

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RadioX (94.7 WLIX-LP/Ridge, Middle Island, Rocky Point) has updated its website and issued a news release saying they have expanded to 104.5 RadioX (W283BA/Selden, Centereach, Sayville) and 94.9 RadioX (W235BB/Hauppauge, Smithtown, Islip).

http://www.radiox.fm/pressroom.htm
 
LPFM? with Translators???

Can an LPFM have Translators? If so then whats to stop someone from putting a Dinky Little LP-10 on the air somewhere in the middle of nowhere (if the filing window ever opens) and a million billion translators all over the place? Kind of defeats the whole purpose and concept behind LPFM, which is supposed to be a COMMUNITY RADIO SERVICE! Too Bad. LPFM is a bust and a joke. The FCC should have just brought back Class D FMs.

> RadioX (94.7 WLIX-LP/Ridge, Middle Island, Rocky Point) has
> updated its website and issued a news release saying they
> have expanded to 104.5 RadioX (W283BA/Selden, Centereach,
> Sayville) and 94.9 RadioX (W235BB/Hauppauge, Smithtown,
> Islip).
>
> http://www.radiox.fm/pressroom.htm
>
 
Re: LPFM? with Translators???

> Can an LPFM have Translators?

The translators are owned by a separate company and pick up the signal off-air. The station does a good job of community service and has a decent modern rock format that isn't heard elsewhere on Long Island.
 
LPFM? with Translators??? - Not sure about legality

> Can an LPFM have Translators?

Depends on how you interpret the applicable FCC rule... Here it is.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION (CONTINUED)

PART 74_EXPERIMENTAL RADIO, AUXILIARY, SPECIAL BROADCAST AND OTHER
PROGRAM DISTRIBUTIONAL SERVICES--Table of Contents

Subpart L_FM Broadcast Translator Stations and FM Broadcast Booster
Stations

Sec. 74.1284 Rebroadcasts.

(a) The term rebroadcast means the reception by radio of the
programs or other signals of a radio station and the simultaneous
retransmission of such programs or signals for direct reception by the
general public.
(b) The licensee of an FM translator shall not rebroadcast the
programs of any FM broadcast station or other FM translator without
obtaining prior consent of the primary station whose programs are
proposed to be retransmitted. The Commission shall be notified of the
call letters of each station rebroadcast and the licensee of the FM
translator shall certify that written consent has been received from the
licensee of the station whose programs are retransmitted.
(c) An FM translator is not authorized to rebroadcast the
transmissions of any class of station other than an FM broadcast station
or another FM translator.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

The 64,000 dollar question is: under (c) above, does the FCC consider LPFM a distinct service from FM?

Is an LPFM station an "FM broadcast station" because it also falls within the FM band (which would allow FM translators to rebroadcast LPFM's)?

Or, is LPFM a distinct service even though it occupies the same band as FM, much like TV and DT are considered separate services, even though they occupy the same band (which would forbid such translator rebroadcasts of LPFM stations)?

Anyone here with a clear grasp of how the FCC would interpret the question?

Even if it is legally permissable according to the letter of the law, it seems to me that this was not an acceptable use of translators/LPFM as intended by enactment of the LPFM service. What do you think?
 
Re: LPFM? with Translators??? - Not sure about legality

>
> The 64,000 dollar question is: under (c) above, does the FCC
> consider LPFM a distinct service from FM?
>
> Is an LPFM station an "FM broadcast station" because it also
> falls within the FM band (which would allow FM translators
> to rebroadcast LPFM's)?

An LPFM is an FM non-commerical broadcast station (note the last two letters of LPFM). You can't rebroadcast an AM signal or shortwave on an FM translator (also non-comm).
>
> Or, is LPFM a distinct service even though it occupies the
> same band as FM, much like TV and DT are considered separate
> services, even though they occupy the same band (which would
> forbid such translator rebroadcasts of LPFM stations)?
>
> Anyone here with a clear grasp of how the FCC would
> interpret the question?
>
> Even if it is legally permissable according to the letter of
> the law, it seems to me that this was not an acceptable use
> of translators/LPFM as intended by enactment of the LPFM
> service. What do you think?
>
 
Re: LPFM? with Translators???

My part 15 fm needs a translator!





> > Can an LPFM have Translators?
>
> The translators are owned by a separate company and pick up
> the signal off-air. The station does a good job of
> community service and has a decent modern rock format that
> isn't heard elsewhere on Long Island.
>
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Re: LPFM? with Translators??? - Not sure about legality

> > Can an LPFM have Translators?
>
> Depends on how you interpret the applicable FCC rule... Here
> it is.
>
------------> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
>
> CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
> COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
>
> PART 74_EXPERIMENTAL RADIO, AUXILIARY, SPECIAL BROADCAST AND
> OTHER
> PROGRAM DISTRIBUTIONAL SERVICES--Table of Contents
>
> Subpart L_FM Broadcast Translator Stations and FM
> Broadcast Booster
> Stations
>
> Sec. 74.1284 Rebroadcasts.
>
> (a) The term rebroadcast means the reception by radio of
> the
> programs or other signals of a radio station and the
> simultaneous
> retransmission of such programs or signals for direct
> reception by the
> general public.
> (b) The licensee of an FM translator shall not
> rebroadcast the
> programs of any FM broadcast station or other FM translator
> without
> obtaining prior consent of the primary station whose
> programs are
> proposed to be retransmitted. The Commission shall be
> notified of the
> call letters of each station rebroadcast and the licensee of
> the FM
> translator shall certify that written consent has been
> received from the
> licensee of the station whose programs are retransmitted.
> (c) An FM translator is not authorized to rebroadcast
> the
> transmissions of any class of station other than an FM
> broadcast station
> or another FM translator.
>
------------> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> The 64,000 dollar question is: under (c) above, does the FCC
> consider LPFM a distinct service from FM?
>
> Is an LPFM station an "FM broadcast station" because it also
> falls within the FM band (which would allow FM translators
> to rebroadcast LPFM's)?
>
> Or, is LPFM a distinct service even though it occupies the
> same band as FM, much like TV and DT are considered separate
> services, even though they occupy the same band (which would
> forbid such translator rebroadcasts of LPFM stations)?
>
> Anyone here with a clear grasp of how the FCC would
> interpret the question?
>
> Even if it is legally permissable according to the letter of
> the law, it seems to me that this was not an acceptable use
> of translators/LPFM as intended by enactment of the LPFM
> service. What do you think?


The current thought is that LPFM's cannot own translators, but may be repeated by one that is not co-owned. Full-power stations, BTW, CAN simulcast a LPFM but not the other way around.
 
Re: LPFM? with Translators???

> LPFM is a bust and a joke.
>
You couldn't be farther from the truth. There are nearly 700 LPFM radio stations on the air across the nation (one of them being mine), most of which are an incredibly hot ticket with listeners who are sick and tired of corporate crap. I'm not necessarily angry about what you said, but I would encourage you to take a look at the real story of LPFM before making such a statement.


Scott
 
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