AM Translator Windows 'Resounding Success' Says Lake
The filing windows allowing AM stations to buy and relocate FM translators were “a resounding success,” said FCC Media Bureau Chief Bill Lake in a blog post Wednesday. The second of those windows closed Monday (see 1610250061). The first window,…
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open only to smaller AM stations, led to 671 relocation applications filed, and so far, over 90 percent have been granted, Lake said. The second window, for all AM stations, led to 420 applications, with 265 OK'd, Lake said. “A substantial majority of the licensees participating in the windows chose to acquire the relocating translators, thereby ensuring a permanent place for their programming on the FM dial,” he wrote.