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LMA FM translator?

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alex32347

Does anybody know if any company is interest in LMA a FM translator? After Viva 105.7fm is gone I think It would be a good financial idea to run a pop spanish radio station.

Alex Diaz
 
My question is how / why are all these "translatic radio stations" being discussed and materialized lately? Is this a normal thing to do? This is the first time and place I've seen a translator being used as its own, one, single radio station.

I also wonder how a Mexican format is billing more than a spanish top 40?
 
You would need something to translate...although you could find some 1000W AM daytimer (with lightbulb power at night) and translate that...
 
jabba17 said:
You would need something to translate...although you could find some 1000W AM daytimer (with lightbulb power at night) and translate that...
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AM-to-FM translators of daytimers can originate program after AM sign-off.
 
I may be wrong and correct me if someone disagrees with me but I think you are beginning to see many translator radio stations due to the non success of HD radio. Automobile radios typically don't have HD radios and it has become increasingly hard to change out automobile radios for aftermarket stereos that have HD radio. This leads to people not listening to HD radio and therefore now they are being re-transmitted to these translators.

Then again, I may be on left field with this.
 
acheron82 said:
I may be wrong and correct me if someone disagrees with me but I think you are beginning to see many translator radio stations due to the non success of HD radio. Automobile radios typically don't have HD radios and it has become increasingly hard to change out automobile radios for aftermarket stereos that have HD radio. This leads to people not listening to HD radio and therefore now they are being re-transmitted to these translators.

Then again, I may be on left field with this.
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I think it may be more of an issue of trying to get listenership any way possible. If they don't have an HD radio (and the HD radio folks have done a terrible job getting sets out there), they could air the same paid-for content on a translator. Less range but more compatibility. If HD Radio finally gets penetration then you may see these translators doing something else, like translating AMs or something.
 
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