[BC] Clears - Was: WOWO

[Milton R. Holladay Jr.]

Canada is just doing their part to fight air pollution............
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>
> >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.