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The translator game, as played in Canton TX

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jd

What do you do if you need an FM translator for your daytime only AM? Well, you find a seller who'll part with it for a fairly reasonable price. Does $40,000 sound good? Butler7Media, owner of KWJB 1510 in Canton, bought one from E-String Wireless a while back and the deal was quickly approved by the FCC. No surprise there.

The interesting part is that a few months ago the primary station to be relayed by translator K239AN 95.7 in Canton was listed as non-commercial KVNE in Tyler. Now an application to make a few technical changes shows that the station to be relayed is another non-commercial one, KATG 88.1 in Elkhart [formerly of Athens, community of license switched to Elkhart to accommodate the move of a commercial station from there to near Bryan/College Station, a whole 'nother story].

So the question is this: when does the pretending end? Why not cut to the chase, just go ahead and file an application for what will be a fill-in translator for KWJB?
 
40 grand seems like way too much money for a FM translator, still it's what KWJB needs if its going to survive.
 
the translator 60 dbu might not be legal for KWJB as far as the 2 mV/m/25 mile rule until they get it to the it's final point, so you use a non-commercial and you don't have to worry about the 2 mV/m and 25 mile rule..also as you file for a CP to move a translator, there is no fee if it is going to rebroadcast a non-commercial station at that site/power

Absolutely nothing wrong with how they did it,,,,,as far as $40k,,you have to look at the population in the 60 dBu, the average price for a translator for 2012 was $.96 per person in the 60 dBu, so if the final site will have close to 40k pop, and/or if there are heavy cost associated with moving it,, thats how you determine price,,and also, if you have a daytime AM, you are more motivated to get the translator, if there aren't others to choose from, you get the best deal you can

BTW, I have nothing to do with this translator or transaction, but do deal in translators on a daily basis

andy
 
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