[BC] WCBS dumps IBOC, returns to "High Definition" AM

[Robert Meuser]

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.

My point is that you bought a station with certain restrictions. Either 
you should have made a different investment or you should accept the 
restrictions and not go looking for a government handout. Nobody is 
going to "help" daytimers or all AMs nor are they going to "help" TV or FM.

I can think of a lot of ways a daytimer could make money in the daytime. 
It is just some people have a restricted of view of what programming 
should be.

You might get together a group of daytime operators and take the FCC to 
court when they allow nighttime IBOC. In fairness you could claim the 
right to use the same power levels permitted for digital in adjacent 
channels

If you want new spectrum, get together a group of daytime operators and 
bid on channel 6, relocate at your expense the remaining stations and 
then get the CEA members to build cheap receivers for your audience.

Maybe you should just collectively go buy out the full time station that 
keeps you off and downgrade it.

Be proactive rather than wait for the government to be reactive.


R

Bailey, Scott wrote:

>Nobody FORCED me to buy anything! Come on Robert, you have preached in
>the past you wanted to see all daytimers go away and clean up the band.
>Well, give the daytimer some relief. My answer is to allow them to
>operate or move to Class C channels, if it the station would fit on
>those channels.  Come to think of it, those channels are so congested;
>it wouldn't make much difference for more to be operating on them at
>night anyway.
>I keep seeing daytimers going dark anyway, especially in Alabama &
>Mississippi. In my case, the property is worth more than the license
>itself. But I refuse to turn it off at this time.
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>Scott
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
>[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Robert Meuser
>Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 1:15 PM
>To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [BC] WCBS dumps IBOC, returns to "High Definition" AM
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>So someone put a gun to your head and forced you to buy?  Or maybe you 
>just didn't realize you were purchasing a daytimer. Usully people know 
>what they are buying and make informed choices. I personally would not 
>buy a low powered daytimer at the top of the band in an area of low 
>ground conductivity unless I had a plan to  meet budget between 10 AM 
>and 4 PM.  But that's just me.
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>Then there is the story of the guy who wanted a station 'real bad' and 
>that's exactly what he got.
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>R
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>Bailey, Scott wrote:
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>>No Robert, we didn't choose to be daytime, or built it for that reason.
>>The mega groups bought the full time facilities, and left us with the
>>daytime only facilites.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
>>[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Robert Meuser
>>Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 3:16 PM
>>To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: [BC] WCBS dumps IBOC, returns to "High Definition" AM
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>>You CHOSE to own a daytimer. You either bought one or built one. If you
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>>built one, you cynically chose to serve only the high revenue dayparts.
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>>If you bought one, you accepted the choices of the original owners.
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>>R
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>>Bailey, Scott wrote:
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>>>I have b&*@* and complained about this for years, move every AM to
>>>somewhere in the unused VHF band. For us daytimers, give us a FM
>>>translator. The religious groups that are hogging them should have to
>>>give some of them up to AM daytimers.
>>>Go right ahead, tell me I'm wrong, but some people have never owned an
>>>AM daytimer!
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>>>Scott
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