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Seattle Area LPFM Applications

The Canadiens must have said Pas de problème.

The comment was based on the "warnings" seen at the RECNET LPFM site:

REC Filing Window Application Tracking System | REC Networks

recnet.com recnet.com
"WARN 2ADJ: CKPK-FM VANCOUVER BC (Dist 98/Req 99) 2ADJ: NEW VANCOUVER BC (Dist 98/Req 99) 2ADJ: NEW VANCOUVER BC (Dist 98/Req 99) 2ADJ: CKPK-FM VANCOUVER BC (Dist 98/Req 99) 2ADJ: NEW VANCOUVER BC (Dist 98/Req 99) 2ADJ: NEW VANCOUVER BC (Dist 98/Req 99) 2ADJ: CFUVFM VICTORIA BC (Dist 57/Req 68) GRANT DEP ON CANADA AGREEMENT."

It's all cross-border stuff. If any of those alerrs had been generated on the US side the outcome might be different. Perhaps?
 
Arguably in the public interest, as the "Anacortes" and "Oak Harbor" stations are technically unreliable and trying to target the Canadian foreign language market.
 
Stations, to be granted, must meet all rules of the FCC regarding spacing of stations. Stations are not granted 'in the public interest' if they do not meet FCC rules on spacing of stations. Quite a few LPFM applications were denied because of spacing rules. In fact, in Marfa , Texas because the station would have been 1/2 of a kilometer too close to another station.
 
Realistically, this LP will have no impact at all on listeners of any Canadian station on the Canadian side of the border. It’s too far away to create any interference, and listeners in BC won’t even know it’s there.
 
Yes, I'm quite aware of that translator, but 95.3 was occupied by KDXB-LP in Seattle until that station went dark. I figured someone would take that frequency at that location again.
 
One of the last LPFM applications from the latest window was granted today. It's for a border-area station at Eastsound, Orcas Island in the San Juans. The delay was caused because the applicant needed to specify a directional antenna (w/ waiver), pointing away from Canada:

Slay Alert , 102.3 MHz, 100 watts
 
When does the window reopen? I’ve considered forming a 501c3 and doing an LPFM. There’s always the pirate way but I don’t think I need my door kicked in at 3am by the FCC.
 
ZooMan7777 said:
When does the window reopen? I’ve considered forming a 501c3 and doing an LPFM. There’s always the pirate way but I don’t think I need my door kicked in at 3am by the FCC.
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Maybe another ten years. That seems to be about the frequency at which they happen. And you'd need to find an available channel. Good luck with that.
 
fybush said:
Maybe another ten years. That seems to be about the frequency at which they happen. And you'd need to find an available channel. Good luck with that.
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Or wait until the current LPs all close down. It seems like maybe a handful of LPFM’s make it, while the rest die out pretty quickly.
 
The big MX LPFM compromise list was released today with a boatload of forced sharetimes.. For example, three entities in Spokane will share a single frequency...

www.fcc.gov

FCC Announces LPFM New Station Tentative Selectees

By this Public Notice, the Commission announces the tenative selectees from 93 groups of mutually exclusive applications for new low-power FM station construction permits filed during a December 2023 window.
www.fcc.gov www.fcc.gov
 
Most LPFMs from the first window are still on the air. Very much more than a handful survive (although not by much in many cases). Pirate Jim has a good LPFM site: LPFM Database.com

You can look at the data.
 
Or buy one of the full size stations, the former 104.9 is another Christian station after iHeart dumped it for 340k. Maybe KXXO in Olympia might be willing to sell.
 
The new LPFM on Orcas Island (102.3, Eastsound) has filed for the callsign KIXP-LP.

That sounds a little "too close" to the well-known callsign KEXP in Seattle. Confusion?
 
fordranger797 said:
Or wait until the current LPs all close down. It seems like maybe a handful of LPFM’s make it, while the rest die out pretty quickly.
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But the ones that are viable likely will still be around. The channels that may become available may be the result of a significant number of LPFMs failing because they were in areas that could not provide adequate public support. And, of course, some will close because the format was wrong or the owner tired of all the long hours and small rewards.

Michi can say more, but the survivors will be stations that identified a real need in their area, recruited enough people to keep programming fresh, and got enough listeners to make dedications or found a community organization that assisted them.

I ran one of my own FMs as a classical format for several years. I got tired of doing all the work, paying board ops and electricity while losing money every month and eventually did an album rock format instead.
 
RF101 said:
The new LPFM on Orcas Island (102.3, Eastsound) has filed for the callsign KIXP-LP.

That sounds a little "too close" to the well-known callsign KEXP in Seattle. Confusion?
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As far as KEXP, no. They encode for PPM and won't be affected.
 
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