[BC] The Daytimer situation

[sbailey@nespower.com]

Well, why then in the late 80's they stopped anyone from applying for a
Daytime Only allocation?  If it's clear to use during the daytime hours,

then so be it, let someone use it.  I think we've clean up the band as
much as possible in this corner. Most of the daytimers on now are
stable,
and will be here from now on out. If they wanted to, the idea has come
up
again to bring back daytime only allocations, from what I hear. I'm sure

the commission has been bombarded by this idea by many small community
groups and small "wanna be" operators.

I took it the Daytime Broadcasters Association was abandon due to the
fact
that a lot of the daytimers were granted unprotected night power, and
that
was enough to shut them up.

Scott


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?


Harold