AM station use FM of translators under FCC rules won’t result in ...
AM station use FM of translators under FCC rules won’t result in interference, NAB said. The group was responding to opposition from NPR, Prometheus Radio and other parties to an NAB petition for AM broadcasters to use the translators…
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to prevent signal loss at night. “The overwhelming majority of comments filed in this proceeding support NAB’s proposal,” a Sept. 8 NAB filing said: “Concerns over potential interference and congestion on the FM band are speculative.” Approval of the plan would boost AM station values, said a Sept. 6 filing by Minority Media & Telecom Council and National Assn. of Black Owned Bcstrs. (NABOB). Minorities would benefit, since they're likelier to own AM than FM stations, the 2 groups said. FCC approval would “breathe life into AM station owners,” a minority broadcaster told a panel of 8th floor media advisers at a Fri. NABOB panel (see separate story). Asked about agency progress, Chmn. Martin’s media adviser, Heather Dixon, said on the panel: “We're at the comment stage.” Minorities own 3.4% of U.S. broadcasters -- about 1/9 their proportion in the population -- Jessica Rosenworcel, Comr. Copps’ senior legal adviser, said at the meeting: “That’s not just a problem. That’s a national disgrace.”