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Radio Networks Moving to New Satellite in 2017

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http://news.****************/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=b14905

Major U.S. radio networks, including Learfield, Orbital Media Networks (OMNi), Premiere Networks, Skyview Networks and Westwood One, have joined efforts to determine the best replacement for its satellite, AMC-8 at 139 degrees West, which has exceeded its design life and is not being replaced by another C-band satellite at the same location. The new main satellite for U.S. commercial radio networks will be AMC-18 at 105 degrees West, which will soon be replaced at the 105 position by the new SES-11. SES-1 at 101 degrees West will serve as the backup.

There will be an overlap period of several months during which the radio networks will provide service on both AMC-8 and AMC-18/SES-11. All radio stations currently receiving programming from AMC-8 will have until June 30 to re-point their downlink antennas (dishes). At that time, AMC-8 will no longer serve as the radio network "neighborhood," and there will not be a suitable replacement satellite at the 139 degree position. Stations can repoint their satellite downlinks as early as February, 2017.
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