[SBE] Translator Sources

[Benedict, Raymond C]

So, do they comply with:

³Without significantly altering any  characteristics of the incoming signal²
?


On 4/15/09 1:41 PM, "Ron Castro" <ronc at sonic.net> wrote:


> Not necessarily.  Read this article from today's Radio Journal:

>  

> "Translators make headlines in Atlanta. When "Streetz 102.9" appeared without

> warning on FM radios in Atlanta last week, the market was abuzz with

> speculation ­ was this a pirate of some sort, or a surprise move-in? It was

> neither: in fact, it was 170-watt translator W275BK, Decatur, GA (102.9),

> recently sold by Radio Assist Ministry to Extreme Media Group for a whopping

> $230,000. And the programming being heard there was coming from the HD2

> channel of Clear Channel¹s WWVA-FM, Canton, GA (105.7). That HD subchannel was

> being leased apparently by two former Radio One executives, who spotted a

> clever way to squeeze a brand-new station on to the Atlanta dial for a

> fraction of the cost of buying a full-power signal. But "Streetz" didn¹t last

> long ­ it went silent last week, not because of FCC issues but because Radio

> One reportedly filed suit against its operators over contract issues.

> Meanwhile, Atlanta¹s existing broadcasters are playing the translator game,

> too ­ Cumulus recently traded a full-power signal in Albany, GA to that same

> "Extreme Media Group" in exchange for translator W250BC, Riverdale, GA (97.9),

> which recently began testing from the big Richland Towers master FM site on

> Briarcliff Road. That translator, too, is expected to begin relaying an HD2

> subchannel ­ in this case, the one that¹s carrying the old "99X" modern rock

> format that used to be heard on WNNX, Atlanta."

> 

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

> 

> In addition, a well-known DC attorney who owns a translator has been using it

> to carry and HD2 signal for several months with no rebuke from the FCC.

> 

>            Ron Castro

>   Chief Technical Officer

>      Results Radio, LLC

>                 N6IE

>        www.N6IE.com <http://www.N6IE.com>

>>  

>> ----- Original Message -----

>>  

>> From:  Benedict, Raymond  C <mailto:rcbenedict at cbs.com>

>>  

>> To: Vic Jester <mailto:vjester at mindspring.com>  ; sbe member discussion mail

>> list <mailto:sbe at sbe.org>  ; Ralph Beaver <mailto:bevo at mediaalert.com>

>>  

>> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:27  AM

>>  

>> Subject: Re: [SBE] Translator  Sources

>>  

>> 

>> Translators can only:

>> 

>> §   74.1201    Definitions.

>> 

>>    (a) FM translator. A station  in the broadcasting service operated for

>>    the purpose of  retransmitting the signals of an FM radio  broadcast

>>    station or another FM broadcast translator  station without

>>    significantly altering any  characteristics of the incoming signal other

>>    than its  frequency and amplitude, in order to provide FM  broadcast

>>    service to the general  public.

>> 

>> 

>>  So it appears that translators must transmit  the analog signal too if they

>> are to carry  IBOC.

>> 

>> On 4/15/09 1:14  PM, "Vic Jester" <vjester at mindspring.com>  wrote:

>> 

>>  

>>> Right- but that doesn't always indicate which  program is on it.

>>> Translators can be used with, for instance, any of  the multi-cast channels

>>> of an FM.  Looking for a way to track what  program is on which translator

>>> in a given market...   Thanks

>>> 

>>> 

>>> 

>>> -----Original Message-----

>>>> >From: Ralph  Beaver <bevo at mediaalert.com>

>>>> >Sent: Apr 15,  2009 1:03 PM

>>>> >To: Vic Jester <vjester at mindspring.com>, sbe member  discussion mail list

>>>> <sbe at sbe.org>

>>>> >Subject: Re: [SBE] Translator  Sources

>>>> >

>>>> >Using:

>>>> >

>>>> >http://fccinfo.com/

>>>> >

>>>> >Translators  will have call signs which are a different format from

>>>> >main stations.   I just pulled up Phoenix AZ and found K224CJ

>>>> >(translator for  KHOT),  K205CI (translator for KEAR) and so  on.

>>>> >

>>>> >Beaver

>>>> >

>>>> >

>>>> >

>>>> >At 12:16 PM  4/15/2009, you wrote:

>>>>> >>Does anyone know of a database that shows  the station affiliation or

>>>>> >>program source for  translators?

>>>>> >>

>>>>> >>Thanks

>>>>> >>Vic

>>>>> >>

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