[BC] Local studio rules

[Joseph M. Davis]

------ At 01:27 PM 2/23/2006 -0800, Harold Hallikainen wrote: --------
>This is clearly permitted by:
>http://sujan.hallikainen.org/FCC/FccRules/2006/73/1125/
>
>"(2) At any location within the principal community contour of any AM, FM,
>or TV broadcast station licensed to the station's community of license;
>or"
>
>When this rule was first proposed to be amended to the current wording, I
>mentioned the possibility of the main studio for a class D FM being a LONG
>way away if a low band 50kW AM (perhaps even directional) were in the same
>city.




And as the DTV transition continues, note that the principal 
community contour for a DTV station goes much further than that of an 
equivalent/companion analog TV station.

Joe Davis



Joseph M. Davis, P.E.
Cavell, Mertz & Davis, Inc.
Broadcast & Communications Consulting Engineers
http://www.cmdconsulting.com/