KFLZ-CA

[Anonymouse]

Well, the Spanish Christian on KFLZ is no more. It flipped to a KEDA simulcast the other day, giving KEDA 1540 an FM signal at last. Look out, KXTN.

 

[ContinuousWave]

TV stereo and FM stereo aren't the same animal. They can do stereo on Channel 6, but your radio won't pick it up.

The argument for Franken FMs is they can use any stereo system they wish....provided that the stereo system meets Part 73 rules..since a FM audio processor cannot pass more than 15kHz, they get around the 15.xxx requirement of any stereo system. HOWEVER, the standard channels must be followed for TV...thus so must the audio..if they are on 87.7 and not 87.75 and not running 25kHz deviation but 75kHz on the audio, they are illegal under Part 73 and 74 rules...(a lot of people say that since they are Low Power, full power rules dont apply...thats not what I read in the rules....but in Sept of 2015, all Franken FMs will be gone anyway as all ANALOG LPTV will be gone.)

 

[ContinuousWave]

There are a couple of FM stations in the U.S. that (legally) operate on 87.9--KSFH in Mountain View, California, and K200AA in Sun Valley, Nevada. There have also been some TIS/HAR stations that have popped up in the frequency.

The FCC should go ahead and authorize FM stations on 87.7 and 87.9 in most of the country where there is no TV Channel 6. Most radios tune those frequencies anyway, so there is no barrier to implementation. Brazil now uses those two frequencies as well as 87.5, IIRC.

What really needs to happen is the expansion of the FM band down to 76 MHz.

and thats not gonna happen any time soon...especially with possible deletion of 20 more TV channels and repacking of whats left possibly down into the lowband channels (WPIV 6 in Philly is one example..no other place to go for them ....they are a full power ABC affiliate...and are on RF 6.....IF more channels are deleted, same thing will happen in other markets)

 

[ContinuousWave]

The standards for (analog) TV stereo and FM stereo are different, so a TV station broadcasting in stereo with the stereo TV standard will *not* light the stereo pilot on a FM radio, and will *not* be in stereo on a FM radio.

However... the FCC regulations for analog TV do NOT require the use of the TV stereo standard. It is perfectly legal for an analog TV station to broadcast its sound using the FM radio stereo standard. Furthermore, because of a loophole in the regulations it's legal for a LPTV station to modulate its audio 300% so that it will be of proper volume when received on a FM radio. (because the standard for analog TV audio modulation is 1/3 of that for analog FM radio)

BUT the standards for analog TV do not allow 87.7 as the aural freq...it should be 87.75 whether LP or not...how they get away with that is amazing (guess the FCC doesnt care since they are going away in 2015 anyway)

 

[Anonymouse]

Well it's on 87.75 now and has been for a while.