WVLZ 1120 AM off the air?

[davideduardo]

DavidEduardo has an equal amount of experience in the industry.

Most of my career I spent telling other people what to do and watching. My main skill was finding people who were way better than I was in the different specialties needed in radio. I am a living definition of an idiot savant, who just has one exceptional skill.

 

[ok walters]

The AM is a daytimer, so it can't feed the translator which is on at night as well.

Never thought I would post this about anything David posts, but that is incorrect if I am reading your post correctly. An FM translator that is coupled with a Class D daytime only AM can continue broadcasting at night, as long as the daytime AM has been on in the last 24 hours.

From FM Translators and Boosters

Cross-service broadcasts are generally prohibited. An FM translator station may only rebroadcast the signal of an AM or FM station or another FM translator signal. It may not rebroadcast the audio of a TV station, or any other service. See 47 CFR Section 74.1284(b). Exception -- An FM translator that is authorized to rebroadcast an AM daytime-only station may continue to transmit programming even when the AM station is off the air for the night.

Helped put two translators on the air in 2017 for daytime only AMs, and that was a big deal as far as they were concerned.

 

[RMarino]

Never thought I would post this about anything David posts, but that is incorrect if I am reading your post correctly. An FM translator that is coupled with a Class D daytime only AM can continue broadcasting at night, as long as the daytime AM has been on in the last 24 hours.

I think he was talking about literally receiving an AM signal and broadcasting it on the FM signal. That was the context as I understood it. I’m sure David knows the rule as you posted it.

Back to the original topic, I noticed 1120 was off again today.

 

[gr8oldies]

I think he was talking about literally receiving an AM signal and broadcasting it on the FM signal. That was the context as I understood it. I’m sure David knows the rule as you posted it.

Back to the original topic, I noticed 1120 was off again today.

Same here about 1120 being off.

There's no obligation to rebroadcast the actual AM signal as long as its the exact same programming.

 

[davideduardo]

Never thought I would post this about anything David posts, but that is incorrect if I am reading your post correctly. An FM translator that is coupled with a Class D daytime only AM can continue broadcasting at night, as long as the daytime AM has been on in the last 24 hours.

What I said is that the daytime AM station can not feed a translator if it is off the air. That means that they would have to feed it by some other method than the AM signal.

A translator licensed to an AM can operate 24/7, but it has to feed the FM facility by some other authorized method. Beyond that, I don't know why a translator would want an AM to feed it due to quality. But that's a separate issue.

 

[davideduardo]

I think he was talking about literally receiving an AM signal and broadcasting it on the FM signal. That was the context as I understood it. I’m sure David knows the rule as you posted it.

Correct. I could have been clearer, but I read a rebroadcast of the AM signal to be the subject of the prior post.

 

[gr8oldies]

What I said is that the daytime AM station can not feed a translator if it is off the air. That means that they would have to feed it by some other method than the AM signal.

A translator licensed to an AM can operate 24/7, but it has to feed the FM facility by some other authorized method. Beyond that, I don't know why a translator would want an AM to feed it due to quality. But that's a separate issue.

I've known of a couple (WRJZ in Knoxville at least for awhile). I've heard a recording of WULM, Springfield OH's translator being fed by its AM, only you can primarily hear Spanish language WAUS, Austell GA with the English catholic programming in the background