[BC] The Daytimer situation

[Robert Meuser]

Scott,

You can not repeal the laws of physics. The daytime situation has not changed 
for decades. I am very familiar with small town SE stations. One of the biggest 
problems is that they are land locked another is of those on clears. I worked at 
one (in WNC) that made a fortune up to a point when the owner wisely returned 
the license, sold the assets and walked away with a pile of cash. At  that 
particular station we knew how to avoid having a lot of people even knowing it 
was a daytimer.

If the FCC repeals the laws of physics for you (by authorizing nighttime IBOC) 
then maybe as a group you can sue for a better nighttime situation.

For the record I travel most of the country on a regular basis.

R

Bailey, Scott wrote:
> Robert,
>    It was a good idea for the day, but no local, community, groups that
> can't afford FM's because big groups (like whom your employed with) have
> taken all of them and there is no spectrum left, even in the rural
> areas. If you would get out of NYC and come down travel into some of the
> smaller towns in KY, TN, AL, GA, etc, you would find out.
>   Like I said, the daytimers that are on now, have some night
> authorization, and use it. Small town applicants SHOULD be allowed to
> apply for a daytimer, with powers of 250-1 KW, and if possible 5-10
> watts at night. There us a lot is unused spectrum in areas outside the
> metros and it could be used for community broadcasting.
>   And the way the commission is handling all this is ridiculous. They
> are nothing but big time lawyers, wanting to suck money out of anybody
> they can.
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
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> Subject: [BC] The Daytimer situation
> 
> 
> Harold, the idea (from the 80s) was if they went away, other stations 
> could improve facilities. This is also when tighter interference 
> standards were introduced and ratcheting began. It is also when the 
> FCC stopped authorizing new daytime stations.  This is certainly a 
> process of attrition.
> 
> R
> 
> 
> 
> Harold Hallikainen wrote:
> 
>>> I have stated in the past that the FCC wanted daytimers and marginal
>>> full timers to go away and put certain constraints in place to make it
>>> happen over time. Please don't confuse my stating that policy with me
>>> personally wanting a station to go away.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Did the FCC really want daytimers to go away? i recall an FCC
> staffmember
>> (maybe John Reiser?) saying that the laws of physics allows daytime
>> operation without causing interference to distant stations. Not using
> that
>> opportunity is a waste of spectrum. If, on the other hand, there is not
> an
>> economic use of that daytime only channel, it can be abandoned.
>>
>> Anyone remember the Daytime Broadcasters Association? How about the
> NAFMB
>> and the NRBA?
> 
> 
> 
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