WYNZ has an application to Change of Community of License from WESTBROOK, ME to SOUTH PORTLAND, ME No other changes being made.What would be the advantage to this change?
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WYNZ changing COL
- Thread starter Andy Taylor
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That's a good possibility but they still have 3 am's & 3 fm's in the same building not licensed to South Portland.What a disaster that law would be.With all the consolidation there are a lot of stations with studios not in their COL.Does anyone think the FCC will actually do this?
Even back in 1972, a station could have their studio at the transmitter site, even if that site was not in the City of License. And many transmitter sites weren't then, and aren't now. --
Maybe 1972 isn't such a bad thing..... that would have prevented consodiation, which most of us agree, has helped greatly to ruin radio. But there are other aspects of 1972 which are quite undesirable.
Maybe 1972 isn't such a bad thing..... that would have prevented consodiation, which most of us agree, has helped greatly to ruin radio. But there are other aspects of 1972 which are quite undesirable.
JIBGUY said:probably just in case the FCC makes law what they've been talking about..... that the studio be IN the city of license.
There used to be such a regulation but I've heard nothing about it coming back.
The main studio must be in either:
- The city of license
- The city-grade contour of any station licensed to the same city
- 25 mile radius of the city of license
(http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2008/octqtr/47cfr73.1125.htm)
The main studio must be in either:
- The city of license
- The city-grade contour of any station licensed to the same city
- 25 mile radius of the city of license
One more you missed: A main studio (radio station) may also be within a +/-40-mile radius of the City of License IF that City of License also has a TV station licensed to it. Radio studio must be within the TV stations 60 dBu signal, which often is about 40 miles from the TV station's transmitter.
This looks like it could be a tower move.
http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/map...IES,&off=streets,GRID,shorelin&ht=0.5&wid=0.5
http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/map...IES,&off=streets,GRID,shorelin&ht=0.5&wid=0.5
Rjoc...think. Where was WHOM's studio in the old days before deregulation? Hint...it wasn't on Mt. Washington. Not sure if they needed a waiver though.
rjoc said:Soooo. Would that require WHOM 94.9 move the main studio up to the top of Mount Washington?????
???
JIBGUY said:One more you missed: A main studio (radio station) may also be within a +/-40-mile radius of the City of License IF that City of License also has a TV station licensed to it. Radio studio must be within the TV stations 60 dBu signal, which often is about 40 miles from the TV station's transmitter.
No, that's covered under the second point I posted:
- The city-grade contour of any station licensed to the same city
(I suppose I didn't make it clear that by "...any station..." I meant either radio or TV station)
60dBu is only city-grade for most FM stations. For analog TV it's 74/77/80dBu (chs. 2-6/7-13/UHF); for digital it's 35/43/48dBu. (and measured differently so it's not as much weaker as it looks) (it's also 54dBu for Class B and 57dBu for Class B1 commercial FMs)
For a maximum-power analog TV station on channel 2 (100kw/600m), the city-grade contour extends a bit over 58km -- just shy of 35 miles. Most TV stations have lower antennas; for a more typical station with a 300m tower the city-grade is much closer to 25 miles.
NHRadio said:Rjoc...think. Where was WHOM's studio in the old days before deregulation? Hint...it wasn't on Mt. Washington. Not sure if they needed a waiver though.
rjoc said:Soooo. Would that require WHOM 94.9 move the main studio up to the top of Mount Washington?????
???
I was attempting to be humorous/sarcastic...in fact; I have been by the Olde Ricker Inn on Route 26 in Poland Spring a few times recently......the old WHOM-FM/WMTW-TV microwave mounts are still up on the roof!!! Got a guided tour of the (at the time WMTQ) studios by the late Jim Aikmann...way back in 1973.
w9wi said:60dBu is only city-grade for most FM stations. For analog TV it's 74/77/80dBu (chs. 2-6/7-13/UHF); for digital it's 35/43/48dBu. (and measured differently so it's not as much weaker as it looks) (it's also 54dBu for Class B and 57dBu for Class B1 commercial FMs)
Darn it. 60dBu is NOT city-grade for commercial FM stations, it's the interference-protected contour.
City-grade for commercial FM stations is 70dBu. (it *is* 60dBu for non-commercial stations)
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w9wi said:Darn it. 60dBu is NOT city-grade for commercial FM stations, it's the interference-protected contour.
Except for class B stations, which is 54dBu.
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