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New PSRA/PSSA AM Power Calculations Expected to Change Again
3.02.2007
AM daytimers, you may not have to turn your nighttime power down just yet.
RW has learned the FCC intends to suspend its new pre-sunrise/post-sunset power calculations due to a software glitch in the new program. Broadcast consultants this morning say they are being told to advise clients to disregard the new PSRA/PSSAs and to use April numbers for the March advanced time.
We reported last week that many stations saw power levels knocked down to just a few watts. One owner/engineer told us the program lowered his PSRA/PSSA down to 1 watt so that a Cuban station could be protected. "We do not protect Cuban stations," this source told RW. That station had been authorized at 500 watts pre-sunrise.
Another engineer said that, according to the new calculations, one of his radio group stations had to protect a station that has been off the air since 1999.
Commission officials declined to comment; however sources believe the agency will issue a notice shortly advising stations to use their April PSRA/PSSA power levels for now. The original change had been announced in connection with the earlier start of Daylight Saving Time.
New PSRA/PSSA AM Power Calculations Expected to Change Again
3.02.2007
AM daytimers, you may not have to turn your nighttime power down just yet.
RW has learned the FCC intends to suspend its new pre-sunrise/post-sunset power calculations due to a software glitch in the new program. Broadcast consultants this morning say they are being told to advise clients to disregard the new PSRA/PSSAs and to use April numbers for the March advanced time.
We reported last week that many stations saw power levels knocked down to just a few watts. One owner/engineer told us the program lowered his PSRA/PSSA down to 1 watt so that a Cuban station could be protected. "We do not protect Cuban stations," this source told RW. That station had been authorized at 500 watts pre-sunrise.
Another engineer said that, according to the new calculations, one of his radio group stations had to protect a station that has been off the air since 1999.
Commission officials declined to comment; however sources believe the agency will issue a notice shortly advising stations to use their April PSRA/PSSA power levels for now. The original change had been announced in connection with the earlier start of Daylight Saving Time.