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*Just in from NEW JERSEY as we go to press Sunday night: WHWH (1350 Princeton) is reportedly back from the dead. Though the Multicultural Radio Broadcasting-owned station went silent just short of a year ago, in favor of its expanded-band sister WTTM (1680 Lindenwold), Multicultural was one of several broadcasters that asked the FCC to reconsider its "five-year rule" forcing expanded-band broadcasters to surrender one of their two licenses. It argued - successfully, it would appear - that the FCC's stated aim of cleaning up the AM band wasn't being met by the five-year rule. There's no word yet on whether WHWH will return to its last format, business talk programmed by former owner Nassau under an LMA.
 
If you've ever driven across the Route 1 bridge into Trenton and looked left, you'll see "Trenton Makes The World Takes" on the adjacent bridge.

WTTM orignally stood for "World Takes (What) Trenton Makes"...hence the origins of the original phrase. Of course anyone who has even been to that capital city knows in reality that "Trenton Uses What The World Refuses."
 
cyber said:
asked the FCC to reconsider its "five-year rule" forcing expanded-band broadcasters to surrender one of their two licenses. It argued - successfully, it would appear - that the FCC's stated aim of cleaning up the AM band wasn't being met by the five-year rule. There's no word yet on whether WHWH will return to its last format, business talk programmed by former owner Nassau under an LMA.
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In other words, Multicultural got the FCC to admit that the experiment failed. Which means they'll be turning off 1680 AM in Lindenwold and turning in the license, right?

If the experimental band was to clean up the regular band and it didn't work, then the experimental band should go dark, right? Otherwise, you're just adding to the mess of the normal AM band!
 
I highly doubt 1680 will be going dark either.

Licensees are trying to get the FCC to let them keep both licenses.
 
I think that was sarcasm, Paul...

I said in 1992 this would be happening; that when the sunset time came for some of these original AM licensees (particularly after stations were allowed to split programming, and even more damningly split ownership/operating assignments), they'd be kicking and screaming-- and ultimately they'd weasel their way into keeping both stations... The Commission never should have allowed the stations to have separate programming; originally EB stations were to strictly simulcast (and they would have had to have the same root callsign) the main station. This would have weeded out a lot of the nonsensical deception broadcasters are apparently using to con the public into letting them have two stations when they're only supposed to have one.

FCC has already decided protection of AM stations and their signals is unwarranted (hence approval of "HD" Radio on the band)... A couple hundred additional fleathrowers are meaningless... Though this really is a crime though, in the colloquial sense of the word, I'm not the least bit surprised...
 
If the definition of an honest politician or bureaucrat is: One who stays bought.
Then the FCC has never been honest.
But that hasn't stopped the industry from buying them, and giving commissioners and senior officials cushy jobs afterwards.
The Sopranos could take lessons from the NAB.
 
Disclaimer.
I have no knowledge if the Below is true , But it sounds good to me.

First off it was Nassau broadcasting that created the expanded band senario with WHWH and WTTM.
Figuring they now have 2 radio stations , sell it off as 2 stations for twice the money.
with Full knowledge that whomever Buys them will actually only end up with 1 station.(basically saying Sucker)
The FCC relized this,and reinstated the WHWH license after it was turned in.
Nassau's Plan Backfired on them. So Now MRBI has both stations.
I think ( I dont know) that The FCC also stated that MRBI must Sell One of the stations after a few years.
With that said .Now is the time to save your Pennies if you plan on owning a NJ AM station.
BTW I love the Radio TED format
 
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