LP FM'S

[PHIL Z]

Lighting Communitions in Mckeesport would like to get an LPFM Station. My Question Bob Stevens just got 2 FM Translators, Tim matz got an FM Translator.Froggy has 2. Looking at the FCC Data Base there are Others in the Western Pa Area, Some CP's Some on the Air. Why Can't Lighting Get one them?

 

[Parttimer]

Why couldn't Lansberry get his mail?

 

[Goat Rodeo Cowboy]

Not familiar with the group and the situation, but a quick look and I have this guess: When the last previous Application Window was open, there were no frequencies available because of the 3rd Adjacent channel rule passed by Congress.

That law has been changed, When the next Application window occurs (maybe a year from now?) then maybe they can apply... assuming the 3rd adjacent frequency change makes one viable for their area.

The FM dial is quite full of stations. It is hard to find openings that can be applied for.

 

[FreddyE1977]

Why couldn't Lansberry get his mail?

The US Postal Service told him it was because he did not have a permanent address.
But hey, sounds like a whole lot of spin and technicalities to me...

 

[KeyTimes950]

Lighting Communitions in Mckeesport would like to get an LPFM Station. My Question Bob Stevens just got 2 FM Translators, Tim matz got an FM Translator.Froggy has 2. Looking at the FCC Data Base there are Others in the Western Pa Area, Some CP's Some on the Air. Why Can't Lighting Get one them?

Lightning Community Broadcasting is seeking a non-commercial stand-alone LPFM, not a translator that would rebroadcast someone else's commercial service.

Congress has passed legislation that would enable more LPFMs of Lightning's description to seek licenses, but Lightning runs into a problem with a provision in that law for at least one of the "others in the Western Pennsylvania area" that may be available, where you can't come within 0.6 mHz of a station with a service for the blind.

That erased 89.9, the frequency Lightning first sought in White Oak. Which was more reasonable than the 107.7 sought by Penn State Greater Allegheny around the same time for the same COL, a McKeesport suburb. (Not that my friends in White Oak really appreciate being called a McKeesport suburb.)

While it seems like the same sort of service, the difference between translators that can extend AM service and LPFMs is, sadly, the difference between apples and oranges in the modern radio world. (Or perhaps strawberries and cranberries.)