[BC] Clears - Was: WOWO

[PeterH5322]

>I still don't understand why they want to turn off these AM stations and
>require the US to protect them.  If they are not using them, this might
>open the door for some US stations? It makes not sense to hog spectrum
>that someone isn't using....

It is quite understandable that Canada would never abandon one of its 
original Class I allocations (there were several Class A allocations 
added by "Rio", BTW, but see below).

These "legacy" allocations, by 1939's NARBA, will never be deleted, just 
as the U.S.'s twenty-five ex-Class I-As will never be deleted, although 
these have been moved, or changed from de-facto Class I-A to Class I-B 
in-fact.

What is not understandable is that Canada would maintain notification of 
a Class B (ex-Class II or ex-Class III) or Class C (ex-Class IV) station 
which has not operated for twenty years.

If you want to get an idea of which Class A stations are which, do an FCC 
search by "state" (yes, Canada has states, for this purpose).

Set the station class to Class A.

If a Class A station is other than 540 (Regina, now Watrous, SK), 690 
(Montreal), 740 (Toronto), 860 (Toronto), 940 (Montreal), 990 (Winnipeg), 
1010 (Calgary), 1130 (Vancouver), 1550 (Windsor) or 1580 (Chicoutimi, QC, 
now Cobourg, ON), then it was added as a Class A by "Rio".

There are actually quite a few such "Class A" stations, in name only.

Some are on Canadian Clear channels, but many are on former regional 
channels. Several are on Mexican Clear channels (730 in Montreal, for 
example). I cannot think of one such added Class A which is on a U.S. 
Clear channel.


As an aside, Cuba, which for the better part of one-half a century had NO 
Class A allocations at all ... after it abandoned 1560, and 1560 was 
effectively taken by the U.S. for New York, NY and Bakersfield, CA ... 
now has almost as many Class A allocations, all by "Rio", as the U.S. has 
Class I-A allocations. Most are on foreign clear channels, including 
about one-half of these on U.S. Class I-A clear channels, but some are on 
former regional channels.