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Will Radio Programming on WNYZ-LP End Next Year?

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Barry

It appears unclear whether this radio station on 87.75 FM, which is actually the audio of a low power analog TV station, will still exist a year from now. It has been broadcasting Korean language programming for the past decade. But it may be best known as the frequency used by rhythmic Pulse 87 in the past.
According to RadioInsight, the F.C.C. is requiring all remaining analog TV stations to convert to digital by July 13, 2021. They have indicated this is a firm date-no further extensions will be granted. Of course radios cannot receive digital TV audio.
According to Wikipedia, WNYZ-LP has applied to switch to TV channel 49 from the current channel 6. But the RadioInsight article (which I unfortunately cannot find) stated that there is a possibility that the stations may be able to continue if the F.C.C. accepts a proposal from one operating on 87.75 in Chicago to simultaneously transmit an analog audio signal along with the mandated digital one.
Can anyone provide more information about this?
 
I believe a couple of full powered channel 6 licensees tried that during the analog shutdown a few years back and the FCC balked. WRGB/Schenectady was one of them. They claimed that their newscasts had a following of people who listened on their car radios and that it served the public interest to keep the sliver of analog signal going.

This loophole should finally be closed. It was a creative idea that has run its course.

That’s the problem with letting this thing go for so long. The licensees now think they’re entitled to squat on this spectrum.
 
nkd said:
I don’t care. This 87.7 became dead to me on October 30, 2009.
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oh grow up... if pulse was such a great idea and financially successful, they wouldnt have failed everywgere theyve been.. NYC.. HD2 in La... a rimshot in Vegas
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
oh grow up... if pulse was such a great idea and financially successful, they wouldnt have failed everywgere theyve been.. NYC.. HD2 in La... a rimshot in Vegas
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If Ecstasy/Molly/GHB are ever legalized the way marijuana is in some states, stations will finally find advertisers who want to reach EDM fans!
 
Are cable TV operators obligated to carry low power TV stations, such as WNYZ-LP?
Otherwise, I imagine it will have a very small audience if it can no longer operate as a sort of radio station. A low power digital TV signal is probably quite difficult or impossible to receive over the air in much of the New York area. But perhaps it can keep expenses very low by simply rebroadcasting some sort of small religious or ethnic network.
 
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