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NEW LPFM stations?

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Sgt Preston

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So, with Congress possibly "loosening" up the restraints on the LPFM guidelines...what do you think?

Would the Northside of Nashville (Springfield,TN) have a shot @ a LPFM license?

We currently have no local FM station (WDBL-FM was sold & moved to OAK GROVE,KY) service.

Thoughts? Pros? Cons?
 
i know i'm so far out of the current loop of radio..but what is an lpfm station ? im guessing it's not an fm that plays lp's..aka the "shell dinner hour" ;)
 
deltas69 said:
i know i'm so far out of the current loop of radio..but what is an lpfm station ? im guessing it's not an fm that plays lp's..aka the "shell dinner hour" ;)
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It's something new in the last 10 years. Little "micro-stations" with up to 100 watts and an antenna height up to 100 feet above average terrain. (Build your station up on a 200 foot hill and you may find yourself limited to 10 or 20 watts.

You operate under much the same rules that NPR and other "educational" channels: NO COMMERCIALS. (you can sell endorsements. )

Sgt Preston: I just did a quick-and-dirty frequency search. IF (big, big if) they indeed drop the current rule on third adjacent frequency interference, then yes, to the north of a line running from Millersville to Gallatin, you might be able to snag a frequency.

I gather these things are TOUGH to operate when it comes to revenue. Assume that your audience for all practical purposes is going to live or work within 3, maybe 4 miles of your transmitter. You are not going to build one of these things in Millersville and have audience in Springfield and Hendersonville and Gallatin.

So you have to figure out where a bunch of people exist in a very small circle that want to listen to something you would do, and like it well enough they will dig down in their pockets to make it work.

I've got a Blog on the subject. You will see the address in the signature block at the bottom of this message.
 
ooo i get it...low power..didn't make the connection mr obvious..lol...yea ive heard of that...one was available for sumner co..i think lee dorman grabbed it in portland...i wonder what coverage one would have situated on the ridge above gallatin where the original wfmg (104.5) tower site was ?? should cover all of gallatin i would think even at 20/30 watts..perhaps?
 
yep...I'm guessing 20 watts from atop the ridge would cover Gallatin, but the signal would
only do well in the car (not enough punch for most indoor sets)

think WRLT on a smaller scale: good in the car...nada inside in most places
 
deltas69 said:
ooo i get it...low power..didn't make the connection mr obvious..lol...yea ive heard of that...one was available for sumner co..i think lee dorman grabbed it in portland...i wonder what coverage one would have situated on the ridge above gallatin where the original wfmg (104.5) tower site was ?? should cover all of gallatin i would think even at 20/30 watts..perhaps?
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The only LPFM in Davidson or bordering counties is WRFN-LP Pasquo, on 107.1. David Lipscomb University had a permit for one on 98.7 for awhile but it seems to have expired unbuilt.

Is the WNAZ translator still operating on 93.9? It's at that site, though it's running quite a bit more power than would be allowed for a LPFM. (100 watts @ 115m, a LPFM at the same altitude would be limited to about 7 watts)
 
good in the car...nada inside in most places...well then everyone would just have to circle town from the old bowling ally location back to the former tastee freez.. :D
 
romer979fm said:
yep...I'm guessing 20 watts from atop the ridge would cover Gallatin, but the signal would
only do well in the car (not enough punch for most indoor sets)

think WRLT on a smaller scale: good in the car...nada inside in most places
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Chris,
You are correct on this. What delta69 doesn't understand is it's going to take much more power than 20-30 watts to get to the South Part of Gallatin. When WVCP was up on the hill, and we had transmitter problems out of that old Harris 1K transmitter, James Milliner, Chief Engineer tried to operate WVCP at 30 watts up from the hill. You could hardly hear it in town nowhere. I could hear it in the car, but inside one of the buildings on the square, forget it. This was back in the mid 80's.
Trevecca has a FM Translator upon the hill and I can't hear them at all on my home pocket radio, but I can hear them in the car. I don't think they have enough power to throw off the hill.
 
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