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WRGC gets it Major Modification Approved.

knoxbob said:
I saw on the FCC web site that Art Sutton's WRGC gets to change Freq. to 540am with 5kw non directional and 210w da at night. That's a surprise because I thought he was only going to get really low night power. I wonder how long it will take him to get it built out.

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=wrgc&sr=Y&s=C&x=13&y=4
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Interesting. I have a Xerox copy of a newspaper article which says they were approved for one of the 1610-1700 frequencies. Which automatically means 10,000 watts day, 1000 night, no directional.

540 AM would mean a stronger signal for the same power or less power..
 
WSYD in Mount Airy is another station that comes to mind as having had an app to move to the expanded AM band -- they never did and I'm sure it's too late now to move. But back to WRGC and Art Sutton in general...does anyone have any info about WRBN 104.1 changing its COL from Clayton, GA to Dillsboro, NC. I believe he was granted a CP to do this. Interestingly, I saw on WLOS-TV's news last week that there's interest in Dillsboro dissolving its town charter (I believe that's the correct terminology) and being annexed by Sylva. IF this happened, does this have any affect on the WRBN move? Also, what happens to any existing station's COL if the town one day ceases to exist?
 
Where the FCC licenses a station is not dependent on such things as a city charter or governmental authority. Three stations were licensed to Kannapolis, NC long before that city was ever incorporated. One of those stations was even located within the city limits of nearby Concord, but because there were no limits at the time it was built, the FCC never forced them to move.

These days rules for main studio location in relation to city of license are even more relaxed, which makes such points essentially irrelevant.

The last time a city with a radio station in NC "dissolved" was in 1967, when the towns of Leaksville, Spray and Draper (Rockingham County) merged to form the city of Eden. WLOE am/fm was originally licensed to Leaksville. The station filed an application to change the city of license to Eden shortly after the merger, and it was routinely approved by the FCC.

My guess is that Art would either let it stay Dillsboro, or ask to change the COL to Sylva. The only real change that would make is to the place where the station must have city-grade signal coverage.

Later . . . .
 
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