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New LPFM radio station approved in Mukilteo on 100.3

Ford, while I agree with you somewhat, I think that this should be on a case by case basis. Yes I am a little surprised that no station has translators in downtown Edmonds, but a blanket no translators rule doesn't work either. I think the FCC needs to have someone driving around the country and determining whether every translator is necisary or not. If I understand correctly, the satilite exception for noncom translators was so that, say a community in southeastern Utah needs an NPR outlet, so the station in Salt Lake City could decide to put a translator there. Therefore, it should be an official policy that satilite fed translators should be in the same state as the originating station. If KOPB wanted a translator in Klamath Falls, they could still feed it via satilite but they would have to feed a translator in Longview off the air.
 
Actually, from what I've heard boosters won't work in the bowl because there's too much signal from the main stations, and the booster would interfere with the main station.
 
A lot of problems would be solved if the Commission would simply eliminate the "main studio waiver", require ALL radio stations to comply, including non-coms. It's getting a bit ridiculous when a god-caster can be licensed to Ocean Park, Washington, operate a flame-thrower from Capitol Peak, and get a main studio waiver, operating from California. LPFMs should be subject to the same requirement. Also, all translators should either be "fill-in" or require actual off-air pickup. I'm getting really sick of 100 watt LPFMs operating from a internet-connected computer hundreds of miles away, then using translators well outside of the coverage area, thus negating the intent of low-power broadcasting.
 
bobdavcav said:
Actually, from what I've heard boosters won't work in the bowl because there's too much signal from the main stations, and the booster would interfere with the main station.
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If the boosters were placed on top of the hill in Edmonds, listeners who didn't live in the "bowl" would probably experience a major downgrade in signal. However, if the boosters were placed at the bottom of the bowl, I could potentially see how they could coexist with the main channel.

Im just going by the information that Bill provided on booster signals, though.
 
If you have a listenable signal at all, then a booster will complicate things. FM signals do get reflected, and I suspect you'd have numerous areas where the two signals are close enough in amplitude to sound like crap. I'd rather have a translator.
 
bossbill said:
If you have a listenable signal at all, then a booster will complicate things. FM signals do get reflected, and I suspect you'd have numerous areas where the two signals are close enough in amplitude to sound like crap. I'd rather have a translator.
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Its also worth mentioning that FM frequencies scarce in that area because of the signals that are coming from Seymour and Tiger/Cougar.
 
It's not just Tiger, Cougar, and Mount Seamore, but also Victoria and the Constitution sticks. You are right there is a scarcity of frequencies in that area. About the only frequencies I could think of to put a translator on are the ones taken by the hd signal, for example KJR could have a translator on 95.9, KIRO on 97.5, KJAQ on 96.7, KLCK on 99.1, and so on.
 
bobdavcav said:
It's not just Tiger, Cougar, and Mount Seamore, but also Victoria and the Constitution sticks. You are right there is a scarcity of frequencies in that area. About the only frequencies I could think of to put a translator on are the ones taken by the hd signal, for example KJR could have a translator on 95.9, KIRO on 97.5, KJAQ on 96.7, KLCK on 99.1, and so on.
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The next big thing in radio: LPFMHD radio. Hear your favourite rap songs about religion in crisp, clean, broken, HD reception.
 
Now that would be interesting to watch an LP fm pull that off. You'd have to have a very rich, loyal audience to pull that off.
 
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