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VHF Analog 6

stewie

stewie

I was intrigued to find 87.7 FM on air (Channel 6 audio) in San Jose. How long before LPTV stations have to convert to digital?

I see there are a few "radio" stations doing this up and down California.
 
There's a loophole in the LPTV rules that allow them to use FM modulation standards. It would sound like absolute crap on a TV set, but that's obviously not their target audience!

Yeah, I was surprised the FCC gave them that long too.
 
w9wi said:
There's a loophole in the LPTV rules that allow them to use FM modulation standards. It would sound like absolute crap on a TV set, but that's obviously not their target audience!

Yeah, I was surprised the FCC gave them that long too.
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Yeah, I bet it would nearly blow out the front end of a TV set.
 
Dave Andrews said:
Since they're not 88.1-91.9, are they exempt from the non-commercial requirement?
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Yes, they're exempt from the non-commercial requirement. Not as much because they're below 88, but because as far as the FCC is concerned they aren't an FM station.

For FM, a band of frequencies (as you cited, 88-92) is reserved for non-commercial use.
For TV, there is no such band. Instead, spot channels spread around the dial were reserved -- channel 2 in Boston, 25 in NYC, 11 in Chicago, 9 in San Francisco, 28 in LA, etc.. If channel 6 isn't reserved in your community, it's perfectly legal to use it commercially.

That, and there never were non-commercial reservations for low-power stations like this one. ALL of them can legally run ads.
 
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