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WGNS-AM, Murfreesboro simulcasting on FM Translators

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mattthepm

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From the WGNS website:

http://1450wgns.com/WGNS_Gets_FM.htm

Up until recently, both translators have been simulcasting WANT 98.9 in Lebanon, TN.

I am curious as to what type of precedent this will set, and how it may affect LPFM? Is this a one time only, special case scenario, type of thing or is this setting the groundwork for AM's to be able to translate to FM?

In any event, congrats to WGNS. Coverage is rather good with these translators, especially at night when the 1kW AM signal is barely reachable outside of the Murfreesboro city limits.
 
Wow! I'm calling the FCC today, as I also have an FM translator. I was waiting for the FCC to change the rules, but now I'm just going to ask.
 
What bothers me about all this....Bart has 1 KW day and night. You can hear his 1450 signal very well across the county at night. The AM's that will suffer will be the ones with little or no nighttime. They will be the ones that won't get a translator, especially the ones in the metro areas, where the FM band is already crowded with full power, non-comm/religious translators all ready on, or applications for one by a non comm (i.e. Eduational Media Foundation, a.k.a: KLOVE).

In the future, look for operators like Bart to turn off the AM and just be on the FM, ONLY if the FCC allows this. Another stab to kill AM off totally.
 
mattthepm said:
From the WGNS website:

http://1450wgns.com/WGNS_Gets_FM.htm

Up until recently, both translators have been simulcasting WANT 98.9 in Lebanon, TN.

I am curious as to what type of precedent this will set, and how it may affect LPFM? Is this a one time only, special case scenario, type of thing or is this setting the groundwork for AM's to be able to translate to FM?

In any event, congrats to WGNS. Coverage is rather good with these translators, especially at night when the 1kW AM signal is barely reachable outside of the Murfreesboro city limits.
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The disadvantages of translators is that if another adjacent station can prove that it's causing interference to its signal, they can have your translator shut down in a moment's notice. They're not radio stations in the typical sense. You can't depend on them as your primary signal vehicle. They're meant to simply extend the signal to fringe areas for stations unable to increase their power without cost-prohibitive investment in new transmitters or additional towers.
 
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