[BC] Re: IBOC at Night

[R J Carpenter]

From: Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net>

> Rich I was not clear enough. I was thinking in different terms. Lets
> make some assumptions for the sake of simplicity. Willie and WTOP
are on
> > the same frequency. Now lets assume that 1510 was the same
distance
> (in the other direction) as Willie is from WTOP. If 1510 ran IBOC at
night
> putting 500 wattts of digital noise on WTOP's frequency why can't
Willie
> run 500 watts of analog at night as well. The 1510 would likely be
far
> enough away to not directly impact Willie.  Does not the digital
noise
> alter the RSS for WTOP?. So yes, your lawyer would sue the
government on
> the basis that one party was permitted something prohibited to
others.

This argument hasn't been a big success in the case of LPFM wanting as
generous rules as translators.

You will note that Congress itself has stepped in on the issue of
interference rules for translators and LPFM and established that
interference is not related to interfering signal strength but to
licensee / license class.