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Beasley Supports 2019 HD Radio Petition

Beasley Media supports a 2019 petition from NAB, NPR and Xperi asking the FCC to allow permanent HD asymmetric sideband operation for digital FM, said a letter to the FCC posted in docket RM-11851 Monday. Currently, stations operating in this…

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way have to request annual experimental authorizations, the letter said. Beasley’s station WCSX(FM) Birmingham, Michigan, has been operating under that system since 2015 and hasn’t drawn interference complaints from adjacent FM stations, Beasley said. “Replacing the current burdensome and costly asymmetric sideband experimental application and extension process with a simple notification would benefit both broadcasters and the Commission,” the letter said.