When the FCC does a FM "allotment" LPFMs, class D FMs, and Class D translators are not protected. In fact the new "allocated" FM can file a complaint it the existing Class D's are interfering with the new station's 60 db. That's why I question some folks letting their AM plant go to ruin. You might need it if it is strong enough on paper to allow you to go farther than the 25 mile rule in case your translator gets squeezed. But that another thread.
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WYRV-AM (770) Cedar Bluff, VA on at night, interfering with WABC
- Thread starter Ricky Radio
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It's still there, but the skip from WABC is stronger than it's been the last few nights, and they are winning tonight's battle for dominance.
I've communicated with Billy Blevins at WAME (Signal Hill Media Partners) in Statesville, NC, who are operating WYRV remotely. (704) 872-0550 for anybody who wants to join in. I also sent a message to WABC. And that, folks, is about all I can do ...
I've communicated with Billy Blevins at WAME (Signal Hill Media Partners) in Statesville, NC, who are operating WYRV remotely. (704) 872-0550 for anybody who wants to join in. I also sent a message to WABC. And that, folks, is about all I can do ...
That's true. I too wonder why folk let their AM go to pieces, especially when it's their parent station/signal. Had another friend, who at the time, had just put a translator on and got complaints from a well-known owner, who said the translator was cutting into his translator. Subsequently, the newby had to move two frequencies down. He's a whole lot better off now, for doing so.
That is because the only reasonto keep the AM is to allow for the translator to operate. I'll bet that 95% of the AMs with translators would turn the AM off if the FCC were allowed the translator to operate as a stand-alone-
Including the local KBET here. I'm absolutely certain almost nobody is listening to hip hop on AM. Not to mention the signal is worthless at night due to power and ground conductivity
Perhaps this was already said in this thread-
If you want to take action, consider what you are trying to accomplish, and why. You can reach out to the station licensee privately, or file a complaint with FCC enforcement.
If you want to take action, consider what you are trying to accomplish, and why. You can reach out to the station licensee privately, or file a complaint with FCC enforcement.
Unfortunately David, you're correct. Sad days in/for AM radio. I heard they're fixing to do that.
We would if we could.
Except when tropo wipes out the translator(s) and only the AM is listenable.
thankfully thats not much of an issue here.. in my 3 years here, tropo has never really been much of a thing... nothing like it is on the east coast.
And all the 96.7's are over 100 miles away through often very cold mountains, but every 96.7 just about within 200 miles it at much lower elevation than ours, which also plays into it
Not when no one listens to them... no ones listened to AM in this area in years except maybe a bit of KFBC, a tiny slice of KRAE and KOA. Hip hop on AM? No ones listening to that.. but theyve got the translator.... it is a bit close to a station they used to own, that we now do. Theres numeous spanish AM's.. the AM's might have a hgandful of listeners, but not much. A college has an AM with a translator but its college radio.... the onlY am OF ANY CONSEQUENCE is KOA... thats it.. the rest are mostly scraps being kept alive to keep the translators legal
One AM here doesnt even have a translator.. couldnt justify the expense and prove theres be a bigger audience to corporate or increased revenue.
We'd drop our AM tomorrow if we could.
AM is good for 2 things. DX and baseball. DX'ers are a few, dying breed. I listen to the flagship station of the Atlanta Braves on AM and 30 miles East of Atlanta I have to go to the stream after about 6 innings because the signal is terble(in my best Charles Barkley voice). I'd listen to the FM translator but it doesn't reach me. I love the sound of AM, it reminds me of my childhood, listening to stations from hundreds or thousands of miles away but nostalgia doesn't pay the bills for AM owners.
I doubt that many listeners to translators would know how and where to find an AM signal even if the translator was being hit by tropos. They would look to a different FM or ask Alexa to play music...
You're probably right. They don't even mention it on air. And most people would not bother to check online. Even if the AM was listed on the website
We had the opposite problem in PA. The station was branded as Classy 1400 AM and 94.5 FM WKBI EVERY SINGLE TIME the station name was said.
We'd get calls when the AM went off (a skirt antenna got iced up causing the tx to shut off). When it folded back to 1/3 power, we never got complaints.. told us, our AM audience was all in the city of license.
It was very clear to us when we'd get complaints because the AM was off they never attempted to tune to the translator on 94.5 which is 250 watts at like 700 feet HAAT.. on a 400 or so foot tower, on top of a hill, the highest point in the region.
