NAB wants low-power FM station license seekers to give “advance...
NAB wants low-power FM station license seekers to give “advance notice to any full-service FM stations that may be impacted” by an LPFM getting an FCC waiver to be two notches away on the dial, the association said. Association executives…
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proposed the “simple, reasonable procedure” in meetings Monday with Commissioner Robert McDowell and with an aide to Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, filings posted Tuesday in docket 99-25 said. Full-power FMs that would be affected by a second-adjacent frequency waiver “should have the opportunity to review and potentially improve the engineering showing” from the LPFM applicant, the filings (http://xrl.us/bn2uoc and http://xrl.us/bn2uoe) said. That “would offer benefits to everyone involved, including the Commission, the LPFM applicant, the full-service station, and listeners,” they said. A draft Media Bureau order would allow such waivers (CD Nov 15 p6), and NAB and other full-power broadcasters have said they should be given infrequently. “Determining the interference potential of either a second-adjacent LPFM station or similarly-situated FM translator is not a simple matter,” the association said this week. It sought a “cautious approach” to such exemptions.