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

[Mark Shander]

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>Well, licensees often do things to save money that are not in their long term best interest.  Consider the number of stations streaming very low bitrate mp3s to their transmitter sites as STLs over the public Internet,
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>In our town ...   I suggested that they use an FM subcarrier to deliver the AM audio, which was done, saving the station about $1500 per year.  The downside is that the AM is off if the FM is down (there's now also a backup phone coupler), but the upside was that they delivered a bunch of SCA receivers to select clients around town, so the the "AM" could be received inside large buildings, daycare centers, etc. with relatively higher quality.

Hi Kyle (and Cowboy and All),

Exactly the topic of coverage regarding codecs and apps and remote studios
and STL's and the like, with respect to consumer vs. broadcast equipment
and apps in my recent column in The BDR:

http://www.thebdr.net/articles/ops/ops/RotR-BCfromAnywhere.pdf

I do like the additional benefit you mentioned, with the SCA receivers
distributed directly to commercial recipients, and the opportunity that
adds to sell directly to more facilities that want better audio received
by their customers.  Building penetration is a potential issue for AM's,
as is frequency response and potential interference from motors,
microwaves and other sources this helps buildings control....

Regards,

Mark Shander
http://www.thebdr.net