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WYAB Yazoo City/Flora to 103.9?

The 93.1 frequency would go back into the general allotment pool, perhaps auctioned off in the next two-three years and then it would reappear on the dial in the next four-five. In the near term, however, the FCC would actually completely remove the channel from the engineering database. Someone would have to specifically petition the FCC to put it back into the FM Table of Allotments.

If I had to predict what would happen - SSR Communications, Inc., Licensee of WYAB, will likely petition the FCC to add 93.1 back into the Table of Allotments to some deserving community of license - possibly Yazoo City, Benton, or some other community. The FCC would eventually take SSR's application, along with those of other interested parties, into an auction setting to send off to the highest bidder.

The "new 93.1" may then appear sometime in 2012/2013, depending on who actually wins the license at auction.

--- Casual Observer
 
Does this mean better coverage..?? WYAB is a scrappy little station...my problem with them is they play lots of re-recordings of important oldies. I have mailed them a few CD's with original versions..but wasted my time...some of the remakes are horrid..but I wish them well...we need more Mom & Pop outlets!
 
Zach -

The 103.7 WLEZ-LP station has applied to move to 100.1 FM, consistent with the FCC's new rules that permit "encroached" LPFMs to move to the 2nd-adjacent channels of full power stations.

--- Casual Observer
 
Although the LPFMs can be kicked off of a particular frequency, I believe that there has only ever been one case of an LPFM station getting forced off of the air completely from a full-power station. I'll re-post if I think of which station it was... but I seem to remember that even that station got a STA (Special Temporary Authority) to come back on the air a few months after the fact.

--- Casual Observer
 
there was an lpfm at 90.7 (i think) in Raymond called "The Effect" with Christian rock, that seems to have disappeared after AFR signed on at 90.5. I'm not sure if AFR had anything to do with it, but the 90.7 in Raymond wasn't around very long. The CSN station at 91.7 is still in Raymond if I'm not mistaken.
 
According to the website for "The Effect" 90.7 in Raymond is still on the air. Although I haven't heard it lately. they also had a translator at 99.3 in Ridgeland but could never get a decent signal from 90.7 in order to feed the transmitter. I'm not surprised. 90.7 could barely reach north of interstate 20.
 
Well, although those stations have had their problems, they're not LPFMs. The 90.7 and 99.3 stations are just translators, and they are not able to originate programming. I'm only aware of one total instance where a "bona fide" LPFM has been wholly knocked out, and even they're back on the air now.

--- Casual Observer
 
We're waiting on a minor modification application to come through with the FCC... so your guess is as good as mine! It could be awhile.

--- Casual Observer
 
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