[BC] AM on translator becomes new FM station...

[Larry Fuss]

Keith Hammond wrote:
Apparently, it's official: As of this past Monday, we no longer have a combo
of "Oldies 101.5 FM and AM 1240, WJLX!" We now have only "Jasper's NEW FM
station! Oldies 101.5!"

Ummmm Keith...  unless they got a waiver, translators are not allowed to
originate programming.  In fact, the rules specify that if the translator is
simulcasting an AM, the AM must have operated within the past 24 hours.  I
can't imagine the FCC granting such a waiver, because it effectively creates
a new class of FM station.  If the AM has shut down, the translator cannot
operate independently.

Larry Fuss