[BC] KOB - Was: WLW--when it was 500 kW

[Mark Durenberger]

And didn't 1030 fit into this picture as well?  I seem to recall it was 
being reserved or possible use by KOB, pending that decision.

Mark Durenberger


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Subject: Re: Re: [BC] KOB - Was: WLW--when it was 500 kW


>
>>Actually it was WABC that lost, in my humble opinion.  Once that 770
>>matter was "cleared up" it allowed for power increases by the stations in
>>Minneapolis, St. Louis, Miles City etc.
>
> It woud be years before the clears were opened up to such stations.
>
>>From 1965 (KSWS was then the first Class II-A to break down the clears)
> and for quite a number of years thereafter, only two stations could exist
> on a U.S. Class I-A channel: the Class I-A in the east, and the Class
> II-A in the west.
>
> Class II-As were a new type of station, supposed to be "of the Class I
> type", but without requiring modification of the international
> agreements. (These agreements were later modified, thereby breaking down
> foreign clears as well).
>
> Later, Class II-Bs could be added in under-served areas, anywhere,
> usually with 10 kW day max and 1 kW night max, but there were notable
> exceptions in the west, where 50/5 or 50/10 or 50/20 could be found. Many
> of these fifty-somethings were rimshots to major cities.
>
>
> And, WABC "won" as it retained Class I-A status, whereas KOB, which had
> no legitimate historical claim to 770, anyway, was assigned Class II.
>
> The SCOTUS determined that since New Mexico already had a "station of the
> Class I type", namely KSWS, there was no need for an additional station
> of the Class I type in New Mexico.
>
> Hence, KOB should have been reduced in class from Class I-B (de-facto, in
> Limbo) to Class II-B (in-fact), although through some very careless
> paperwork handling withing the FCC, Class II-A was assigned to KOB, not
> Class II-B.
>
> This became the only exception to the "Class II-A List" ... the FCC's
> basic blueprint for providing the underserved west with additonal, and
> required, stations of the Class I type.
>
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